The inspiration behind the concepts and designs of Lister cars came from the pre-war Mercedes racing cars that would today...
RM Auctions closed out its 2012 auction calendar with the early December sale of the John Staluppi “Cars of Dreams”...
A single blown tire put an end to one of the greatest open-road races of all time. Driving along the dazzling Italian countryside in May of 1957 at more than 150 mph, a punctured tire launched the Ferrari of Alfonso de Portago over a canal, instantly killing de Portago, co-driver...
By late 1955, Alfa’s motorsports engineers had developed the Alfa Romeo 750 Competizione, which was specifically designed for racing. The...
The Studebaker Corporation built some significant and beautiful vehicles during its more than a century in business. Their horse drawn...
1953 Leson Simca Special Progress is not always a good thing. In the early 1950s, if you wanted to go racing in America you could build yourself a car or have one professionally constructed to your exact specifications. Sure, that meant some homebuilt, crude and dangerous machines were flying around...
When I moved to Tennessee a few years ago, one of the first things I did was look for a...
There are few things that car guys love more than the story of a fabulous automotive find…the wilder, the better....
I was involved with the E-Type Jaguar right from its inception, initially as an employee under the wing of Lofty England. Following my discharge from National Service in the RAF, I had some deferred service to complete, I met Lofty at the 1959 Le Mans 24-hour race—he offered me a...
Italo Piana is a living legend among Italian MotoGP fans. He won the Italian Motorcycle Championship three times, and was...
Bruce Leslie McLaren won the first-ever Grand Prix of the United States in 1959, but really established his life’s legacy...
As a predecessor of the 250 GT SWB and the 250 GTO, the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour de France is still one of the most desirable and collectible models today. To this day, rare competition examples of the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour de France with decorated provenance, detailed...
1958 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato Photo: Steve Natale There is much to love about the Italian “Etceterini.” The term broadly...
The U.S. motorsports community as a whole, and the profession of motorsports journalism in particular, suffered a great loss on...
One of the prettiest Ferrari racers ever is the 750 Monza. The 750 Monza prototype made its debut in 1954 at Monza with an engine based on a development of the Type 555. The 3.0-liter, four-cylinder, double overhead camshaft engine had 250 horsepower and developed strong torque that made for...
Photo: Steve Oom “Flat out like a lizard drinking!” Came the response from Andrew Woodall when I asked him how he...
The car collector world is full of automotive puzzles and owners and pundits with “theories”. Some theories arise out of...
Roy Brown Jr.—designer of the much maligned, ’50s flop the Ford Edsel—passed away on Feb. 24 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from complications of pneumonia and Parkinson’s Disease. He was 96. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, after World War I, Brown first went to work at GM’s Cadillac Studio before moving...
We haven’t sent you to YouTube for some time now, but feel that this clip, for those who may not...
In the history of motor-sport safety, few names are as universally recognized as that of Bill Simpson. Initially an active...
This painting shows the Talbot Lago driven by Louis Rosier being tended by a mechanic at the very first World Championship Formula One race at Silverstone in 1950. This naturally aspirated 4.2-liter car finished 4th behind three supercharged 1.5-liter Alfa Romeos. The artist says he likes this image for its grass field...
The Merrimack Street Garage of Manchester, New Hampshire, is steeped in tradition. The place has been an automotive landmark for...
Le Mans 1957 represented the high water mark for Jaguar’s iconic D-Type. Handicapped by the reduction of engine size to 3-liters...
Sir Stirling Moss scored the first of his three Monaco Grand Prix wins in 1956 with this Maserati 250F, nipping ahead of rival Juan Manuel Fangio’s Ferrari on the opening lap and staying out front the rest of the way. During his pursuit of the leader, Fangio later bent his...
Talking with famed Indianapolis chassis builder A. J. Watson, the question arises about the front, twin air inlets—the signature of...
One of the most intriguing post-war American automotive tales has largely been forgotten. It was a car story that began...
Road racing in America started just after World War II and rapidly grew into a phenomenon. While many of the cars competing on American asphalt were expensive jobs built in Europe, a great number of enthusiasts disappeared into the garage to build their own road racing specials. They bent tubes,...
May 2004 Women in Motorsport From 1945 By Susan TP-Jamieson and Peter Tuthill The topic of women in motorsport is...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the...
Is it possible to see genius ? Yes, you can see it in the trail of genius that Fangio left behind while winning his fifth World Championship at the “Green Hell”, Nürburgring (170 curves spread along 22 kilometers), in 1957. He achieved what is considered by many to be his...
