Following the enthusiastic response from racers to the launch of the JD Classics Challenge, the new Historic race series for...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley Nash Automobile ads often go over the top when describing a new line of cars. Nash Motors certainly made their 1940 limited edition Nash Ambassador Eight Special Cabriolet sound pretty special in the ad announcing its availability: “Presenting a Brilliant New Sport Car – custom-built in...
The Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan is a one-off Ferrari based on a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB with...
1969 Rennmax BN3Photo: Ian Welsh It can’t be denied that the world of motor racing, both contemporary and historic, is...
January 2005 12 Hours of Sebring—1970 By Harry Hurst If you poll almost anyone familiar with the history of long-distance endurance racing and ask them what one of the most exciting, epic seasons of all time was, nine times out of ten the response will be 1970. The 1970 endurance...
How many vintage racing machines can you name that were originally powered by an ear-piercing DKW power plant? Not such...
In the mid-1960s, as fuel injection systems swiftly replaced carburetors, Porsche enlisted Bosch to install a state-of-the-art slide-valve injection system...
Karl Kling, Mercedes W196.Photo: courtesy of Chris Bayley Automobilia (www.chrisbayleyautomobilia.co.uk) Lost in the sands of time for nearly 60 years a photographic collection has recently been unearthed by Automotive Collector Chris Bayley. These original photos, which are believed not to have ever been previously published, transport us back to the...
Photo: Pete Austin Where do we start with the story of the March 761? In true Sound of Music fashion—at...
The Enzo, named in honor of the company’s founder, is part of an exclusive series of road cars, including the...
Mike Lawrence We are seeing some quite extraordinary prices paid for certain cars, and some people have recalled the late 1980s when prices shot through the roof. Then the bubble burst and, in its wake, so did bankruptcies, court cases and at least one suicide. This time, however, I think...
The Maserati MC20 made its debut in 2022, developed through a collaborative effort between Maserati and the motorsport engineering company...
Let’s look back at the highlights of the 1980 Monaco Grand Prix when Carlos Reutemann finished first while driving for...
The L88 was a special option package developed under the direction of Zora Arkus-Duntov, director of GM’s performance division. First introduced in 1967, the L88 Corvette featured a highly modified version of Chevy’s 427-cubic-inch V-8 engine. Although this engine received a factory horsepower rating of 435, actual engine output was somewhere between 540 and 580 horsepower, giving the “stock” L88...
1956 Lycoming Special The immediate post World War Two years were best described as austere times for many countries, even...
The Porsche Carrera GT is unquestionably one of the defining supercars of its era. Equipped with a glorious-sounding V10 and...
1934 MG Q-type The story of how, in 1923, the first MG—under the guidance of Cecil Kimber—grew from the Bullnose Morris car is well known. The secret of success for MG was that it was able to supply light, open cars at highly competitive prices. Known as the M.G. Super...
The Type 35 Bugatti was unveiled in 1924, with a long hood, and a 2.0 litre inline-8 engine that produced...
It was in March of 1974 when mass production of the Countach started at the Lamborghini factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese;...
1933 Alfa-Cadillac “Keenan Wynn Special” Looks like an Alfa…but looks can be deceiving. The “Keenan Wynn Special” stretches its legs on an empty stretch of road in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. Photo: Casey Annis It’s enough to make any self-respecting purist cringe. Take a seductive 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300,...
Photo: BRDC Archive My greatest racecar is not a car I actually drove, but it represents a missed opportunity I...
The CCGT, introduced at the 2007 Geneva Automobile Show, was conceived as a parallel effort during the production of Koenigsegg’s...
Developed by Oreca & Reynard Motorsport in Europe, the Chrysler Viper GTS-R was the first real attempt to race the Dodge Viper. Listen to its naturally aspirated 8-liter V10 engine roar as it races around Spa-Francorchamps....
Mick Schumacher drove his father Michael’s Mercedes-AMG W02 F1 car at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard....
During the 1960s, Mercedes-Benz offered a series of convertible and coupe sedans based on its W111 chassis platform. Early variants...
Photo: David Gooley One glance at a late 1937, ‘38 or ‘39 Darl’mat 402 Special Sport tells you it’s classic Art Deco French. Those swoopy airfoil fenders reminiscent of custom coachbuilder Saoutchik’s Delahayes, as well as Ettore Bugatti’s creations of the era are the giveaway. Also, the almost cubist bright...
In 1994, at the young age of 22, Christian von Koenigsegg established his own supercar company with a grand vision...
Every so often, Porsche creates a short production run of cars that celebrates the attributes of one of their special...
For the last 20 years or so of his life, Rodger Ward and I were friends. Even though I had met him only once during the fabulous fifties when he drove a customer’s Devin SS when I was the Devin distributor. We became close friends when I asked him to...
