An incredible Lanchester car built almost 100 years ago for an Indian Maharaja is expected to sell for £100,000 when it goes under the hammer at auction. The magnificent 38 horsepower State ...

The first Lanchester car was operational and running on public roads in February of 1896. Six demonstrator cars were built and tested in 1900, leading to full-scale production of cars being ...

Nor do the brakes stop the car quickly once applied. Although Lanchester had installed four-wheel brakes on its smaller cars, the 40-hp retained a two-wheel setup.

It had a few last gasps of independent thought, though - a new saloon based on the be-finned Vauxhall Cresta was canned, fortunately, but the Daimler SP250 sports car mixed odd looks with a neat ...