COPMPETITION HISTORY The 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Dubos Coupe has a fascinating history of competition, design and reincarnation. Originally built as...
It’s part Dr. Frankenstein, part Andy Granatelli. A place where old Fiat 500s are reborn, given new life, and prepped...
An incredible number of factors are involved in getting a supercar from the drawing board through concept stages and into eventual production. The design language, aerodynamics, performance, and pricing are just some of the elements that have to complement each other with a minimal margin for error. See Also: The...
In 2022, Lamborghini is celebrating 60 years of the legendary V12, the 12-cylinder engine that has been at the heart...
When the first Supra came on the scene in 1979—designation A40—it was not a stand-alone machine; it was a riff...
For those of us that have been watching Formula One races since the early 1990s, the safety advances that have been implemented in the last 30 years are extraordinary. Consider that the first carbon fiber chassis cars were just starting to be developed around the late 1980s, and the material...
Many cities and countries have automobile museums. The Principality of Monaco has a collection—a collection of cars first begun in...
The V12 engine holds a special place in the heart of many automotive and motorsports fans. For some, it’s the...
All words and photos by Matt Stone. Transportation museums around the world vary—from purpose built, factory backed, artistic (and often architectural) wonders to old warehouses thinly repurposed into museum or personal (or foundation) collection display (and/or storage) duty. To take in and fully appreciate some of the world’s best, a...
Even though the Japanese motoring industry explored sports cars decades later than European and American manufacturers, its rapid growth soon...
At the beginning of the Formula One World Championship in 1950, there was no real list tightly controlling the specifications...
Motorsports, for better or for worse, 80% of the time need to be run at dedicated facilities built precisely to host them. These facilities have garages to perform mechanical work in, a slow area to leave and join the dedicated racing surface from those garages, and a length of specially...
Nestled in a nondescript building at an industrial section of Lincoln, Nebraska lies one of the world’s most impressive automotive...
It has been 70 years since Bentley started the production of the R-Type Continental. The first Bentley to carry the...
Despite its long and storied history, the Abarth Osella PA1 is still formidable as a vintage racer. The result of a dream-team partnership between the legendary Carlo Abarth and Vincenzo Osella, the story of this iconic car is well worth exploring in more detail—so let’s dive in. From Motor Thun...
1998 was a transition year in sports car racing in the United States. IMSA was in the process of being...
The most beautiful race car is a dirty race car. A winning car covered in grime will always be prettier...
It has been decades since the first Bentley T-Series was taken off the road and placed in storage. It will soon be ready to take on the world again after a complete wheels-up restoration. For the first time in at least 15 years, the sound of the 6 ¼-liter pushrod...
From Abarth’s angry little stingers to V12 Ferraris and everything in between, Italy offers one of the world’s most diverse...
After a few years of delays due to the global pandemic, the eagerly anticipated—and, to some, controversial—new regulations around Formula...
When Jensen Interceptor got a Ferguson Formula all-wheel drive, it made the first step towards revolutionizing sports cars. The next milestone came with the Audi Quattro, and since then, all-wheel drive started its breakthrough to the mainstream. Gradually, sports cars of all shapes and sizes ended up adopting the layout—and...
In the last decade, car collecting has evolved from a niche hobby to a global industry, making car culture omnipresent...
All photos by Matt Stone Most people might believe that Japan’s automotive history dates to sometime in the 1960s, because...
Car collector Corrado Lopresto has assembled the finest field of Italian automobiles in all of Italy (and possibly in the world). Sports Car Digest was given a rare look at the classics, and some of the quirks, that make up the Lopresto Collection. Just beyond these doors lie one-of-a-kind Lancias,...
From the creation of the first automobile to this very day, the German industry’s commitment to technical perfection gave birth...
When you are a young person, How do you choose what altar to worship at? There are so many to...
It’s a common consensus that America is the land of motor cars and a cradle of modern automobiles. When it comes to sports cars though, the United States has had a fundamentally different approach than European or Japanese manufacturers, which created an unique ecosystem. Historically, American sports cars have been...
Today a global leader, Japan was a late bloomer when it came to the automotive industry. Still, thanks to its...
On March 9, 1972, the Maserati Boomerang was first introduced at the Geneva Motor Show. It demanded attention. It was...
Rae and Ted Segerstrom cast long shadows in Orange County, California. They are big game real estate developers and investors, and they are the title sponsors of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Their fingerprints are all over the South Coast Plaza, among America’s most highly-rated shopping...
