If you were smitten by the sight of the aero-engined Brutus on Top Gear earlier this year, you’ll be able to see it for real this summer – thanks to a special appearance at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, taking place over the weekend of June 15-17.

There will be a whole collection of aero-engined cars at the Pageant, with the Brutus taking centre stage. Normally on display at the Auto & Technik Museum in Sinsheim, Germany, this automotive marvel will be making a special trip to the UK in order to thrill the crowds.

Ever fancied riding on board a race car as it powers its way around the Nordschleife in Germany? Well then, this new DVD is a must.

You only need to watch a few minutes of coverage to realise that this guy knows what he’s doing. Walter Röhrl is a two-time World Rally Champion and uses all of his skill and car control to keep the 1965 Porsche 911 S on the rain-soaked track.

As well as the ‘over the shoulder’ main view, there are a number of inset shots which include a rear view and footwell view – this one in particular shows just how hard Röhrl needs to work as he fights to keep his race car from losing grip.

Best of all, the German driver offers advice throughout the lap, explaining how he approaches each corner of what is regarded by many to be the most technically challenging circuit in the world.

The TVR S-series has gone largely ignored by the classic car fraternity, which makes this serious sports car a cracking bargain.

Words: Chris Hope / Pics: Matt Woods

TVR's S-series was introduced in the mid-Eighties as a budget option for those who couldn’t afford one of the Tasmin-based supercars. It was based largely on the M-Series, which bowed out in the late Seventies, but had enough tweaks to seem new and fresh. Crucially it was released at a time when British buyers were beginning to miss the sort of back-to-basics sports cars that MG, Lotus and Triumph used to offer – certainly 160 bhp of Ford V6 in a car weighing less than a tonne made for a whole lot of fun. At the very least these machines make for interesting alternatives to the likes of the evergreen MGB or its modern-day pretender the Mazda MX-5.

Around 2600 TVR S models were made in eight years and according to vehicle statistics website howmanyleft.co.uk just under one in four survive today. Almost 400 of the S-series cars on Britain’s roads today have the 2.9i engine, while only 33 have the Rover V8 – so you may need to be patient if you’re after this, the biggest of the S-series brutes.