The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has opened a new display, “Indiana Automobiles: Precision Over Production,” a celebration of legendary Hoosier-built...
Tatra’s predecessor Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau (the name Tatra was adopted in 1919) built its first racing car in 1900 and the...
Having got over the high spirits of Christmas and New Year, it’s good to get back on the ground to some sort of normality. There are many traditional pre-season events to attend to slowly cajole both mind and body once again into a routine. The Historic Rally Car Register’s Open...
The Petersen Museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles is preparing to open a new exhibit honoring Dan Gurney called...
Unlike Vintage Racecar’s editors I don’t spend my working life thrashing the pants off other people’s rare and priceless racing...
Philadelphia’s Simeone Automotive Museum has expanded its collection with the addition of a new, rare, treasure, a 1907 Renault Racing Roadster (above, Bob Goldstein photo courtesy of the Simeone Automotive Museum) that was one of 10 originally imported by William K. Vanderbilt to assist his early-century plan to jump-start auto...
Between covering auctions, events, rallies and vintage races, in addition to profiling classic cars, collections, historic races and more, 2016...
The Petersen Automotive Museum announced its newest exhibition in the Armand Hammer Foundation Gallery, “The Unconventional Canvases of Keith Haring.”...
Historic automobile specialist Fiskens celebrated its 25th anniversary year with the launch of an updated showroom located in London’s Queens Gate Place Mews. The business has integrated the new showroom into the traditional surroundings of the mews.The new premises is an addition to the existing showroom and creates new space...
Goodwood, and in particular the Revival, is without doubt a Mecca for motoring enthusiasts the world over however, that isn’t...
The Petersen Automotive Museum (above, David Zaitz photo) is the recipient of the 2016 International Historic Motoring Award for Museum...
The life of racer and engineer John Cooper Fitch is reflected in the myriad of items that recently were presented to the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) in Watkins Glen, New York. The gift from Fitch’s sons, John, Christopher and Stephen Fitch, significantly enlarges the John Fitch Collection created...
The Petersen Automotive Museum awarded motorsports icon Dan Gurney with the Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award at its 22nd...
The Racing History Project has announced its event schedule for 2017. Coming off a string of successful fundraisers in Pomona and...
One year after its grand re-opening, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will unveil the most comprehensive retrospective on the Bugatti family ever seen, showcasing the art, sculpture, furniture and automobiles of the family that changed automotive design, engineering and racing during the art deco period. “Art of Bugatti” will open...
More than 450 of the world’s most prestigious supercars rumbled onto the grounds of Britain’s National Motor Museum on August 20-21,...
The Petersen Automotive Museum honored motorsports legend Dan Gurney with its 2016 Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award — in...
The Bugatti name is widely known in the automotive world for the selection of exquisite roadcars and racecars produced by Automobiles Ettore Bugatti. What may not be as well recognized is that the automobile was not the only art form pursued by the Bugatti family, as four generations have made...
JD Classics welcomed more than 500 guests to another of its breakfast mornings on 23rd October, headlined by an insightful...
Peter Brock, designer of the Cobra Daytona Coupe (above, photo courtesy David Newhardt), will be the honored guest at the...
Bertha Benz, one of the first female automotive pioneers, was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in July. As the business partner of engineer husband Carl Benz (inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1984), she played a significant role in the filing of the first patent for...
Ugly Grand Prix Cars by Robert W. Butsch The debut of the Lotus 49 awakened in me the realization that racing...
Lyon Air Museum, Santa Ana, CA July 1-August 1, 2016 1937 Mercedes Benz 540K alongside a Douglas DC3. 1941 Mercedes-Benz...
After reading the great Racecar profile of the BMW M3 (VR, August 2016), I had to share my experience with a BMW built for a special category of American competition. This unique BMW competition car has an estimated 1,500 miles since new according to logbook activity and race entry...
Classic Motor Cars Ltd, a classic car restoration company in England, has been given to the employees by its owner....
One year after its grand re-opening, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will unveil the most comprehensive retrospective on the Bugatti family ever seen, showcasing the art, sculpture, furniture and automobiles of the family that changed automotive design, engineering and racing during the art deco period. “Art of Bugatti” will...
As noted each of the last two weeks, The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best award, celebrating automotive design and...
More than 450 of the world’s most prestigious supercars rumbled onto the grounds of the National Motor Museum last weekend...
The Historic Vehicle Association (HVA) has announced that that the 1907 Thomas Flyer has joined other automotive icons on the National Historic Vehicle Register. The car, winner of the 1908 New York to Paris Automobile Race, will be exhaustively measured and documented by the HVA using the guidelines set by the...
