Review by Wallace Wyss With John Bentley doing the ghostwriting, Carroll Shelby wrote his book The Cobra Story in 1965,...
The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) created a website devoted to the education of racing drivers, with top champion drivers...
For its thirteenth annual fall celebration of the Legends of Motorsport, The Petersen Automotive Museum, along with The Phil Hill Family and The Checkered Flag 200, will present a very special “Tribute to Phil Hill” and the 50th Anniversary of his Formula One World Drivers’ Championship, to be held at...
Arnold Hubert Wagner, an original partner of Andial – one of America’s most successful and respected authorities on Porsche performance...
Catching the spirit of Can-Am is one of the goals of the new Unlimited Racing Championship (URC) that will feature...
Slot Car Racing Around the World Four Wheels and a Guide Flag During the 1960s when the slot car craze was in full swing the United States could rightfully be considered the center of the slot car universe, fast forward 50 years and Italy along with Spain can be described...
By Stephen Mitchell My pilgrimage to Pebble Beach this year was memorable for many reasons. My purpose in attending was...
Craig Breedlove – the first person to exceed 400, 500, and 600 miles per hour on land – will receive...
By Will Silk When conversing about American premium luxury automobile manufacturers, no conversation would be complete without the mention of Packard; the focus of this edition of Classic Cars for Sale with a 1937 Super Eight Convertible Sedan found in the 1965 catalog of the Vintage Car Store. Packard’s history is...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is going through a metamorphosis. The Museum Foundation, headed by chairman Steven E....
The Puzzles Facing the Car Industry – Oil Prices and Consumer Biases By Martin Swig Car selling requires a long-term...
On Friday 15 July 2011, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy with an historic event. One hundred Rolls-Royce motor cars, from 1911 until the present day, were displayed in the Courtyard at the Home of the car manufacturer in Goodwood, West Sussex. The cars were...
By Stephen Mitchell A friend once asked me what was the fastest I’d ever driven a car. My answer was...
By Art Evans Sports Car Digest Editor Jamie Doyle has assigned me to write a column about the history of...
A virtual museum tour of the famed BMW Art Car Collection is now available, with an extensive overview of the origin, history and development of the collection. In addition to extensive photographic material, a film has been devoted to every single one of the 17 “works of art on wheels”,...
The Lyon Air Museum in Southern California is currently exhibiting ten Duesenberg automobiles from the collection of General William Lyon....
Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend By Al Axelrod OK…finally a book on a...
Porsche will return to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype, with the first outing of the completely new developed race car planned for 2014. With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans. The most recent win was in 1998 with the Porsche 911...
Bentley Motors rolled out the red carpet to welcome over a hundred members of the Bentley Drivers Club (BDC) –...
The Gull Wing Group celebrated its 50th anniversary with Mercedes-Benz USA by recreating one of the group’s most famous photos...
By Will Silk James Fontana’s new book The 1000 Mile Dream is a fictional piece that parallels the actual running of a Mille Miglia event during those glorious days of the early 1950s. While purists and historians will have to take a moment to perhaps adjust from time to time...
Report and photos by Zoltan Papp Seldom happens that the experience of a spectacular and memorable event can be further...
Subaru driver Mark Higgins set an all-time fastest lap of averaging 115.356 MPH today on the iconic Isle of Man...
Toyota Under Fire: Lessons for Turning Crisis into Opportunity By Martin Swig In the last two years, Toyota has been the target of more negative publicity than any auto company in recent years. Some of the fault lies with Toyota, but most of the blame must be on an inept,...
By Will Silk Silver Clouds: The 1934 Grand Prix Season written and illustrated by renowned motorsport artist Paul Chenard of...
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced that The Drivers, the TV series based on the world surrounding the 24 Hours of Le...
Damon Hill O.B.E. announced to the Board of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) that he plans to step down as BRDC President at the Club’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 25 August, 2011. Damon was appointed BRDC President in 2006. During his tenure the BRDC has secured the long...
A convoy of 50 Jaguar E-types traveled together through London on 6, June to the 2011 Motorexpo in Canary Wharf,...
Tony DeLorenzo and his 1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88 race car are being inducted into the Bloomington Gold Great Hall in...
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business By Martin Swig In the 1950s and 1960s, General Motors ruled the automotive world. Their market share in the United States was over 50%. Each of their brands (Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac) was the benchmark...
