An important part of, not only motorsport history, but british post-war social history is this exceptional 1950 HWM Alta Jaguar. HWM or Hersham & Walton Motors are often regarding as the greatest contributor to the growth of British motorsport on the post-war International race scene. John Heath and George Abecassis developed and raced from their Walton-on -Thames premises with 1950 marking a turning point, they entered four works cars designed to be campaigned in both the new 2-litre Formula B (Formula 2) class and in sports car events across Europe.

This superb example has an incredible race history. In 1950 the car was raced by Moss, John Heath, Lance Macklin, George Abecassis and Rudi Fisher. In all it raced in fifteen events across Europe including Reims, Grand Prix de Geneve and Grand Premio De Bari.

The excellent piece of British motorsport history crossed the block on day one of the Race Retro Live Online Auction (Saturday 27th March). After lots of bidding, the HWM with original HWM letters sold for a staggering £517,500 (including buyers premium).