Everybody starts somewhere. For Maserati, that beginning was epicentered at Via Pepoli 1 in Bologna, Italy, in December of 1914. Via Pepoli is a cobblestoned street that winds its way through the oldest sections of Bologna. The buildings are a typical mix of storefronts, apartments, commercial and industrial uses, with the odd gallery, museum, or trattoria thrown in among the rest of it. In other words: … [Read more...]
Remembering Bruce Meyers – Creator of the Legendary Meyers Manx
Bruce Meyers passed away last week at the age of 94. He lived a fulfilling life most of us can only dream about. He was an inventor, a surfer, a war hero, an artist, and a race car driver. Meyers completely changed the landscape of the 1960s Southern California car culture when he created the Meyers Manx, an off-roading fiberglass buggy that was based on the Volkswagen Beetle. Bruce Meyers. Source: Historic … [Read more...]
How Thirty Vintage Bugattis Ended Up on a Train
Around 60 years ago, Fritz Schlumpf purchased a collection of thirty Bugatti models after tough negotiations. He simply adored Bugatti: Schlumpf had to own as many of the vehicles as possible because he wanted to use them as a basis for establishing the biggest Bugatti collection in existence. In fact, it became something of an obsession, as reflected in the negotiations with an American Bugatti owner that went on … [Read more...]
Ferrari at Le Mans 24 Heures Exhibit
The Ferrari Museum in Maranello opened its new exhibition -- "Ferrari at 24 Heures du Mans" -- to celebrate seventy years of Ferrari victories in the world's most famous endurance race. Visitors can look back over the 36 wins recorded on the French track, with the help of some of the cars that competed in the famous races plus multimedia and interactive contents. … [Read more...]
Winning Numbers Exhibition – Picture Gallery
The Petersen Automotive Museum opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 that features ten race cars from the collection of Petersen Founding Chairman Bruce Meyer. Titled “Winning Numbers: The First, The Fastest, The Famous,” the exhibit contains Le Mans winners, land speed record setters, dragsters and road racers from Meyer's personal garage. “Affectionately called ‘the car guy’s car guy,’ Bruce … [Read more...]
Bruce Meyer Collection Exhibit – Photo Gallery
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 featuring ten race cars from the collection of Petersen Founding Chairman Bruce Meyer. Titled “Winning Numbers: The First, The Fastest, The Famous,” the exhibit contains cars from Meyer's personal garage that broke land speed records, several that won at Le Mans, a Belly Tank racer, hot rods and even … [Read more...]
Jon Shirley Car Collection – Photo Gallery
In 2012, Sports Car Digest and Senior Photographer Dennis Gray profiled famed car collector, Jon Shirley. Ever gracious with his time, our extensive interview with Shirley touched on a variety of automotive topics, such as buying his first collector car, personally restoring his Ferrari NART Spider, his favorite cars to race and why he would sell a car from this collection. If you haven't done so already, please take … [Read more...]
Introducing SCD Garage
A funny thing happened while writing about the sports car world: we started selling cars. It began slowly at first. One reader sought a Talbot-Lago and another was selling a 289 Cobra. We made a few phone calls. Sent a few e-mails. Pretty soon, cars were coming and going quickly, word was spreading and our newsletter (and inboxes) were filling with readers actively looking to buy and sell a host of … [Read more...]
Grand Basel Celebrates Cars as Art
The debut Grand Basel was staged 6-9 September 2018 in Basel, Switzerland. Celebrating 'Excellence in Motion', the inaugural Basel edition Grand Basel presented the automobile in the cultural context of art, design, architecture and lifestyle to more than 12,000 visitors. The show's exhibits were selected to include more than 100 cars, creatively spread over a total show space of 32,000 square metres. Cars … [Read more...]
70 Years of the Porsche Sports Car Exhibit
The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany opened the "70 Years of the Porsche Sports Car" exhibition on Friday, June 8th, 2018. On this very day in 1948, the Porsche 356 'No. 1' Roadster received its general operating permit. With this special exhibition, Porsche presents numerous stories and milestones through which the company has shaped and driven the development of sports cars from 1948 to this day. Its aim is to … [Read more...]
Newport Car Museum – Profile and Photos
Since it opened on June 1, 2017, the Newport Car Museum has attracted more than 14,000 visitors and become a hit with car clubs and tour groups exploring the Northeast and especially the vacation destination of Newport, Rhode Island. The museum’s location in nearby Portsmouth, in a 114,000-square-foot building once devoted to missile manufacturing, seems an unlikely place for a car museum; however, with 50,000 … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s New York City – Photo Gallery
The 2017 RM Sotheby's New York City auction and exhibition was staged November 30 - December 6 at Sotheby’s York Avenue headquarters in New York City. RM Sotheby’s third Manhattan sale saw 31 automobiles and select memorabilia cross the auction block. With the auction cars presented within a gallery setting on the 10th floor of Sotheby’s New York City headquarters, the RM Sotheby's ICONS sale celebrated the cutting … [Read more...]
Ferrari: Under the Skin Exhibition – Photos
The Design Museum in London opened Ferrari: Under the Skin, an exhibition exploring the history and design of Ferrari. The show celebrates 70 years of development since the launch of the first car in 1947. Displaying rarely seen material from private collections, the display provides insight into the world of Ferrari. This collection, the first outside the Museo Ferrari in Maranello, brings together early design … [Read more...]
Classic Mazda Museum Opens in Germany
The first Classic Mazda Museum in Europe -- and indeed the only one outside Japan -- opened on 13th May in Augsburg, Germany. Mazda Classic Automobil Museum Frey, a project led by a local Mazda dealer Auto Frey with the support of Mazda Germany, spotlights Mazda's almost 100 years of defying convention. The centrepiece is an exhibit of 45 vehicles, which includes classic Mazdas officially sold in Europe as well as … [Read more...]
Seeing Red: 70 Years of Ferrari Exhibition – Photo Gallery
The Petersen Automotive Museum opened its latest exhibition in the Bruce Meyer Family Gallery, "Seeing Red: 70 Years of Ferrari." The exhibit is a celebration of seven decades of automobiles and the man, Enzo Ferrari, who brought them to the attention of the world. The exhibit opened to the public on Saturday, April 29th, 2017. It will run through April of 2018. … [Read more...]
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