A striking midnight blue 1931 Cadillac 452A owned by 90-year-old Charles Gillet of Lutherville, Maryland, was awarded the Best in...
In the early going of the 1934 Coppa Acerbo, in Pescara, Italy, Hans Stuck’s Auto Union Type A led Achille...
Just how far will a fanatical collector go to capture the racecar of his obsessions? Would he carry a satchel stuffed with large sums of cash to meet a stranger in a dubious location? Or would he crawl across a filthy garage floor bare-chested over broken glass to get to...
In the 1930s there was little transportation more luxurious and prestigious than the Lancia Astura. This image is of the...
Witness Jay Leno as he takes a drive in one of the most legendary Bugattis ever created. The 1937 Bugatti...
Photo: David Gooley I know the engine is running only when I rev it. I pull the gearshift lever into first and give the huge 142-inch-wheelbase classic a nudge. Shifting is silent and silky smooth, with synchromesh in second and high gears. The magnificent old Packard pulls away effortlessly with...
We met up with Gary Humecke in Thousand Oaks, California to see and drive his remarkably preserved 1937 Mercedes 170V...
The supercharged, 2-liter Wanderer W25K was admired for its excellent quality and sporting character. The German car, having a two-seater,...
Fed up with seeing their major races won by the Germans in the 1930s, the Italians allowed only 1½-liter entries in their 1939 races to eliminate their opposition. They reckoned without the astonishing skills of the Daimler-Benz Racing Department. The most glamorous Grand Prix race of the 1930s was not...
December 2008 The Donington Grand Prix; Donington, October 3, 1936. Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney...
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In January 1933, Pierce-Arrow revealed a new design at the New York Auto Auto Show. The official announcement, of January...
A joint venture between enthusiast Martyn Corfield and restorer Trevor Farrington has turned back the clock 75 years with the...
This car, which ran as the Multi-Union and was quite modern in look, was actually built up from an Alfa Romeo P3 Grand Prix car and enjoyed a long history of success in private hands, in England, before WWII. Here, it is being driven by Chris Staniland, in the August...
1934 Team Talbot 105s When the conversation turns to the great prewar race and rally teams, the big names—Bentley, Maserati,...
Check out this 91 year old Aston Martin race car driven as it should be at Le Mans....
Creating his own car company was “an old idea of my father’s,” Ferry Porsche recalled. The idea dated back at least to 1923. “When he left Austro Daimler in 1923 to go to Mercedes,” Ferry continued, “he had the idea to do something a little like what Bugatti had done....
I have admired Tazio Nuvolari all my life and so has just about every other motor racing enthusiast of my...
Eddie Hall is known for being the only person the drive the entire 24 Hours of Le Mans race on...
One of the most revered sports cars in the world is the SSK and this one features the most dramatic body of them all. It’s nicknamed after Carlo Trossi who was its first owner and had close connections to the industry. In fact, he had the foresight to be an...
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Most will agree the sight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom III majestically gliding across a show field...
1934 Riley Nine MPH Le Mans Special If not the dream of everyone with any interest in motor racing, it...
Prince Birabongse Bhanutej, Prince of Siam, first came to Europe in 1927 to complete his education at Eton and Cambridge University. At Brooklands in 1935 “Bira,” as he was known, had his first experience in motor racing driving a Riley Imp with White Mouse Racing, his cousin’s Prince Chula Chakrabongse’s...
This is the debut showing of Reed Railton’s land speed record car, its tire fairings here removed, in front of...
The motorsport industry considers the Goodwood Festival of Speed as a sacred site. This event takes place in late June...
Arturo and Deborah Keller’s stunning 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Louis Vuitton Classic Award. Although it is understood that the competition for the coveted Louis Vuitton Annual Award was fierce, Arturo and Deborah Keller’s 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Autobahn Kurier was selected...
Background The Bugatti factory in 1927 was at the peak of its automobile production with multiple lines to handle the...
• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on...
Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500? In one corner, wearing black coachwork with gray interior weighing in at 3,650 pounds, the 1929 Ruxton factory special known as the Muller Front Drive Special. And in the other...
