The 2017 Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance was staged May 5-6 at the Pinehurst Resort and Golf Club in North Carolina. The 5th annual event on the fairways of the historic golf resort blended the heritage from three of North Carolina's traditions -- motorsports, golf and military. Best of Show at the 2017 Pinehurst Concours was awarded to the 1925 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster owned by Guy … [Read more...]
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Bellissima! The Italian Automotive Renaissance – Photo Gallery
If you’ve ever visited a museum and left feeling like you didn’t get to fully appreciate every detail of a particular exhibit, you’re not alone. Many times we've departed museums with a mixture of feelings, like being totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of pieces on hand and feeling like we didn’t scratch the surface of what an exhibit truly had to offer. There's a new exhibit in Nashville, Tennessee that offers … [Read more...]
Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance 2016 – Picture Gallery
The 2016 Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance was staged April 29-30 at the Pinehurst Resort and Golf Club in North Carolina. The 4th annual event on the fairways of the historic golf resort blended the heritage from three of North Carolina's traditions -- motorsports, golf and military. “The Pinehurst Concours has emerged as a truly special day and one of the most unique events in the state of North Carolina,” said … [Read more...]
Porsche Werks Reunion 2015 – Report and Photos
The Porsche Werks Reunion 2015 was held Friday, August 14th at the Rancho Canada Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California. Hosted by the Porsche Club of America, the second edition of this single-marque event was met with an overwhelming amount of show goers and all told, over 700 Porsches in attendance from every generation. The 2015 Werks Reunion celebrated the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the 911 Turbo … [Read more...]
Featured Porsches at Mecum Kissimmee 2015
A selection of Porsches will be among the headline offerings at the Mecum Kissimmee 2015 auction, scheduled for January 16-25 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. Similar to previous years, Mecum's 2015 Florida sale will offer a group of desirable Porsche road cars for bidders to enjoy. With their Kissimmee sale, Mecum's focus is on American iron, but the auction house has done an admirable job … [Read more...]
Porsche Werks Reunion 2014 – Report and Photos
The Porsche Werks Reunion 2014 was held Friday, August 15th at the Rancho Canada Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California. Hosted by the Porsche Club of America, the inaugural Monterey Classic Car Week event focused solely on Porsche started off with a bang, after a separation from the Legends of the Autobahn event this year. The afternoon was a fantastic spectacle for the Porschephile, as well over 500 of Stuttgart's … [Read more...]
2014 Porsche Cayman S – Driving Report
What hasn’t been said about the new Cayman? It’s a sweetheart of the automotive journalism community, and if you’ve ever been behind the wheel of the covered-roof Boxster, it’s not hard to understand why. With mosquito-like reflexes, a highly versatile powerband and chassis dynamics that rival some of the best in the business, the is an attractive package so highly polished that it feels like something much more … [Read more...]
2014 Nissan NV200 Cargo SV – Driving Report
Frumpy really doesn’t even begin to describe the initial impression when we met the ‘face’ of Nissan’s latest addition to the bite-size, commercial van market. The 2014 Nissan NV200 Cargo SV makes the old Fiat 600 Multipla look downright svelte. Alongside Ford’s newly revamped Transit Connect, and the eventual Dodge ProMaster City, these tiny vans plan on filling a void in a sliver of the market that doesn’t … [Read more...]
Bruce’s Unfinished Business – McLaren M6-GT
History’s top racing car manufacturers have always taken rather different approaches to their road-going products. Enzo Ferrari never cared for them all that much, as fantastic as many of them were, seeing them as a way to fund the next race car. Ferdinand Porsche, on the other hand, placed great importance on his company’s street cars and there was often a strong link between Porsches for the road and Porsches for … [Read more...]
2014 Fiat 500 Sport – Driving Report
It’s easy to pick on the little guy, and Fiat’s 500 has endured plenty of this during its few years on this side of the Atlantic. Chosen as the mascot for the brand’s return to American soil, the ‘little’ Cinquecento was a brave move coming from a very new relationship between Fiat and the Chrysler group. Following a 27-year hiatus from the United States, the anticipation was high, and there was news of several new … [Read more...]
An Unforgettable Day with Porsche Legends
By Trevor Ely After shoving an industrial-looking lever into what felt like it must have been first gear, I heard a familiar 'back-talk' from the small displacement flat six that surely provided a thrilling noise for the onlookers. As I entered a corner, I remembered that this clumsy-looking beast was a car that Zuffenhausen once claimed would be the way of the future for competitive 911s in sports car racing. It … [Read more...]