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It’s tough being British. The lackluster cuisine and stoic monarchy don’t help. Though they did give us the Beatles, Fish and Chips, and the James Bond franchise. For the most part, it’s rare to get a British moment of passionate engagement, especially for the average person. But there is one...
Story by Roger Dixon. Images by Roger Dixon & Autolook. Viva l’Italia Turin, Italy’s `Motor City` renowned for its Baroque architecture, grand boulevards, and beautiful piazzas is home to auto manufacturers Fiat, Lancia, and Alfa Romeo also the World famous styling houses of Ghia, Bertone and Pininfarina again hosted Autolook...
An impressively curated collection of historic Porsche automobiles wasexhibited at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this August. There were historic race cars, a very early Pre-A, and other significant Porsches on display to comprise a special class to commemorate the brand’s 75 years in business. At the end of the...
Words by: Glen Smale. Images by: Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale The No. 21 Ferrari 250 GT SWB (1962) of Alexander van der Lof leads a group of Ferraris through the Chicane during the Lavant Cup (Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale) First of all, it would be worthwhile to recognise the significance of the...
They jokingly say “Nostalgia is a thing of the past”-well not in West Sussex, UK where Goodwood has been reviving its 1950s-60s halcyon days of racing for the past 25 years, 7 years longer in fact than the circuit operated back then. For the Revival’s silver jubilee the Duke of...
The glamorous Blenheim Palace hosted the highly regarded Salon Privé once more, in a late summer flurry of glorious sunshine in the Oxfordshire countryside. 18 years since the inception of Salon Prive, the event has grown into much more than purely a concours event, with a staggering array of Car...
If you had to pick a singular, quintessential Ferrari to represent the pinnacle of their ascendance to the best in sports car design, it would have to be the Lusso. And while Ferrari has built many exceptional road cars, the last and best of the Ferrari 250 series, the 250...
In October of 1969, Datsun started production on the 240Z, a car that would change the face of sports cars forever. The 240Z was a response to Toyota’s 2000GT. A car that was proposed to Datsun by Yamaha but was passed on and ended up becoming a halo car for...
In the coastal town of Seaside, California, junk car enthusiasts from all around the country gathered to celebrate the peculiar: the 2023 Concours d’Lemons. While most automotive shows showcase pristine, polished vehicles that gleam under the sun, the Concours d’Lemons was an entirely different spectacle. Here, the rusted, the odd,...
The sun-drenched greens of the Bayonet and Blackhorse Golf Course played host to a mesmerizing automotive spectacle on August 19, 2023—the illustrious Concorso Italiano. Against sprawling fairways and manicured lawns, this gathering of automotive enthusiasts celebrated the timeless beauty, precision engineering, and the indomitable spirit of Italian car craftsmanship. The...
Hot on the heels of its creation of the World Drivers’ Championship in 1950, the FIA turned its attention to sports-car racing. Endurance races like Le Mans and the Mille Miglia were acknowledged as great classics but no championship linked them in a manner that might excite both racing fans...
“Would you like to join us on the Tour this year?” The tour my friend Brian Murphy was referring to, is the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance and my answer to his question was a resounding YES! Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Akin to splurging on a first-class airline ticket or tasting an exceptional glass of wine, it’s never easy “going back” to what you can realistically afford. The same can be said of car shows; enjoy an afternoon on the lawns at Pebble Beach, and you’ve just raised the bar, for...
Introduced at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, the Centenario was developed by Automobili Lamborghini to celebrate the 100th anniversary of company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini’s birth. While based on the contemporary Aventador SV, the Centenario demonstrated numerous cutting-edge technologies planned for upcoming Lamborghini production models. The Centenario Roadster soon joined its...
These days, German companies direct what’s happening at several classic British car manufacturers – Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mini. There was a time when a Brit directed a German car manufacturer – Volkswagen. It was just after World War II. Germany had been divided into Allied sectors, and it happened that...
The three-day Historic Gold Cup meeting was held over the weekend of the 28th to 30th of July, with the usual mixture of “English Weather” given this, there was a decent-sized crowd of spectators, who were treated to off-track spectacles as well as a good series of sixteen races for...
Merriam-Webster dictionary’s definition: Sports Car (noun.); A low, usually 2-passenger automobile designed for quick response, easy maneuverability, and high-speed driving. A shorter definition: GR-86. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our...
Another great VSCC race meeting at Donington Park; being British we have to mention the weather: scorching sun to torrential rain and back again! The rain was so heavy that the penultimate race had to be cancelled and it was only by waiting for a long period beyond the scheduled...
The Weathertech International Challenge at Road America is fast becoming a mid-summer tradition for classic and vintage racing enthusiasts, with this years event running from July 13 to July 16. It had something for everyone, from a full Concours d’Elegance show on the Friday and Saturday on the streets of...
Images by: Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale Okay, so the weather forecast beforehand wasn’t that great, but a little rain wasn’t going to dampen my spirit. The drive from West Wales to Goodwood was about a five-hour run, due in part to the persistent rain and the excessive standing water on the...
Between June 23 and June 25, 2023, the Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance, the world’s longest continually running concours, held its 67th edition. The Concours welcomes cars of all types, from the popular Hot Rod section through to British sports cars such as Triumph, MG, and Jaguar, to name a few. The...
The Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance held its 28th annual Father’s Day event on Sunday, June 18, 2023. Perhaps one of the most famous haute couture and luxury shopping districts on the planet, the event stretched along the road closed specifically for the event from Wilshire Boulevard to the world-famous Santa...
Over the weekend of June 15 to 18, 2023, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association held the Brickyard Invitational at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As part of the SpeedTour series of races, this event highlighted everything from pre-war racing cars all the way up to late 20th century classic, and even...
When you don’t want to get your 289 Cobra muddy, and your GT 350 just doesn’t have enough ground clearance, what is a Ford guy to do? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
It’s been more than 40 years since Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx raced for their respective Formula 1 teams. Their competitive fires may have dimmed, but their love for the sport still burns. Jochen Mass at the Mille Miglia 2023 Jochen Mass won his only F1 race at the 1975...
What was once a single-day event now spans five days. And the original 1,000 miles from Brescia to Roma and back now cover more than 2,000 kilometers. Change has come to the Mille Miglia, but the icons of man and machine endure. https://sportscardigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Mille-Miglia-Flyover-Bob-Cullinan.mp4 The 2023 Mille Miglia began with a...
When you hear the word, Corolla, you get an image of that champagne colored, ubiquitous, almost to the point of being the invisible car. The one that populates roads, highways, parking lots, your great aunt’s driveway and rental agencies all around the world. But putting the initials GR ( for...
On a day blessed with brilliant sunshine, which later turned into rainstorms of biblical proportions and even a tornado (fortunately after the meeting had ended) the VSCC made their annual visit to the wonderful twisty and undulating circuit in the Lincolnshire Wolds, which is often called the “mini Nurburgring”. Originally...
After one hundred years of providing some of the finest motor racing on the planet, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest(ACO) has presented the motorsport world with a spectacle par excellence. This year is not the 100th race, its actually the 91st race as the Le Mans 24 Hours was not...
Surrounded by ever increasing London City skyscrapers, the five-acre green oasis of the Artillery Gardens staged the London Concours for the seventh year. Using the 18th Century Armoury House as a backdrop, just under 80 cars spread over eight classes featured throughout the three-day event, June 6-8. On day 2,...
For the third time in Como, the FuoriConcorso event was held on May 20th and 21st in Cernobbio, a pilgrimage site for all classic car enthusiasts. A different, more contemporary and relaxed take on the traditional concours d’elegance format, FuoriConcorso took place at three venues, Villa del Grumello, Villa Sucota,...
When Jim Gehkre returned from his tour in Vietnam, in January of 1970, the first thing he needed was a set of wheels. He sold his ’57 Chrysler New Yorker just before he left to serve his country. Being a Mopar man, he went to the local Dodge dealer and...
2023 BRM P15 MK1 V16 continuation Savile Row London’s World renowned street of exclusive tailors for the second year in succession was closed to traffic for two days, May 24-25, to host its own Concours event. This narrow side street, just around the corner from Regent Street and Piccadilly, was...
Trevor Wilkinson started his engineering business, in 1946, in Beverly Grove, Blackpool. It was named Trevcar Motors and the business was general engineering, work was not always automotive-related. A year later, Trevor was joined by auto enthusiast Jack Pickard. The company was then renamed TVR Engineering and carried on much...
On May 9th, 1992, Roberto Guerrero earned the pole position for the 76th running of the Indianapolis 500-mile race. Piloting a Buick-powered Lola T92/00 for King Motorsports, the 33-year-old Colombian became the first man in Speedway history to officially break the 230-mph barrier as he set new track records for...
Background The weekend’s highlight of the 2023 “Motul Course de Monterey” was round four of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. Following the recent “street fight” at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, it was anybody’s guess what this season’s first natural road course race would yield. WeatherTech Laguna Seca...
A proving ground like no other Automotive factory proving grounds and test tracks are like Disneyland – the fun is varied and never-ending. Even the work feels like car play. Every carmaker has these facilities, and they are as varied as the planets in our solar system. Many of them...
Hennessey Venom F5 parades for the onlookers Returning for a second year London’s Salon Prive’ expanded on its previous year with more cars, exhibitors and a whole host of new vehicle launches. Over 70 cars were entered in the Concours which was divided into two classes; class one for cars...
This Hustler is not an unsavory men’s magazine, nor is it Jackie Gleason playing a pool shark, nor a con artist, or even a hot Lotus Elan for that matter. The Hustler does look sexy like a Lotus Elan on steroids, and it moves right along as a sports car...
Here in the UK we get a four-day “long weekend” with public holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday, apart from a few minor events this is the traditional start of “the season”; it is a running British joke that these holidays will bring awful weather, well- not this time...
What is it about a Stradale? Ask most Alfisti what Alfa they’d most like to have in their garage, and a significant percentage will say a Tipo 33 Stradale. I’ll admit, I’m odd, since my choice would be a Giulia TI Super, but the Stradale is a close second even...
“Sit up class and pay attention-Bentley look to the front! Rolls stop talking to Royce and tell that new Italian pupil Ferrari to stop doodling sketches of prancing horses on his exercise book. Alfa don’t keep pulling Delahaye’s hair she doesn’t want your attentions, I know you think you’re a...
Synonymous with Zagato, but embraced throughout the automotive industry, double-bubble roofs are one of the most striking design cues ever to emerge from post-WWII Italy. An already established coachbuilder with a lot of experience in lightweight materials, namely aluminum, Ugo Zagato was also among the first to experiment with aerodynamics,...
Welcome to the eclectic world of The Vintage Sports-Car Club and its unique competition the Pomeroy Trophy, or the ‘Pom’ as it is known. It is an annual event held in February and is open to all types of cars and motorcycles. Originally conceived by Laurence Pomeroy, writer of the...
The Ford Motor Company recently announced its entrance into a technical partnership with defending Formula One World Champions Red Bull Racing, opening what the company’s executive chairman William Ford termed “an exciting new chapter” in the firm’s long and illustrious motorsports history. New FIA engine regulations for Formula 1 are...
Sonoma Raceway, March 24-26, 2023 Just the day after a Northern California storm passed through Sonoma CSRG gathered over 150 vintage race cars at Sonoma raceway. Divided into eight groups of comparable performance: Group 1 – Sports and GT cars prior to 1963 Group 2 – Small displacement production sports...
1955 Aston Martin DB 2/4 Four days, four countries, more than 1,000 kilometers, in cars that are the envy of every petrolhead. From historic streets and piazzas to snowy mountain passes, the third edition of the Coppa delle Alpi rolled through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. 1957 MG A 1962...
For twelve hours each March, the IMSA field soaks up the punishment of the rough Sebring surface. The 2023 edition of the endurance classic lived up to the billing. The race had it all – compelling story lines before the green flag flew, tight dicing, mechanical hurdles, clever strategy, and...
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