Among the major car collections in the world, there is one that stands out more than any other as synonymous...
On Friday 15 July 2011, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy with an historic event....
Thousands of images dating to the earliest days of Ford Motor Company are being hauled out of the Ford archives and licensed for sale for the first time. FordImages.com features more than 5,000 images for sale including commemorative and limited-edition prints, vintage signs and advertisements. The site launched in January....
Indianapolis 500 fans worldwide have debated for decades about which drivers are the greatest in the race’s glorious history. Now...
By a vote of its current members in 2010, the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) elected 24 race-car drivers and...
By Will Silk The Chevrolet Vega is perhaps one of those cars that history has brushed aside for a number of reasons. The early 1970s were difficult times, with the first global fuel crisis accompanied by a recession in the United States, automakers were willing to make bold moves in...
Most of the international racing successes of Porsche works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) were clinched together....
Augie Pabst, described as “one of the fastest, most charismatic and popular drivers in his day” by the Motorsports Hall...
Audi will unveil the latest in its range of e-tron concept studies – an all-electric, 1:2 scale version of the 1936 Auto Union Type C Grand Prix car – at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg from 3 to 8 February, 2011. The electrically-propelled reworking of the Thirties racing classic...
In late January, 2011, the dynamic duo of the Scott brothers announced that they will be producing a TV series...
By Will Silk Speculative interest in using vintage cars as a means of investment have been in use for decades,...
From Bloomberg: Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is helping an investment group that aims to buy $150 million worth of classic cars and make annual returns of 15 percent. Mason is an auto enthusiast who has competed five times in the Le Mans 24 Hours race. He is on the...
Story by Stephen Mitchell The first time I saw a Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso was at Riverside Raceway where...
The story of Carroll Shelby will be told at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum through the special...
By Will Silk Artists Nicolas Cancelier of Belgium, Paul Chenard of Canada, Anna-Louise Felstead of the United Kingdom and Rick Rucker of the United States have created an international organization of automotive artists entitled Club Artistes Auto (CAA). The goal of the new organization is to assist automotive artists on an international level...
The Board of Directors of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame announced the 2011 class on Wednesday, January 12 at...
By Will Silk It has taken some time, but 2011 will mark the debut of a new series of racing...
Sports Car Digest published 516 stories in 2010, ranging from auction results, car profiles, event and vintage racing coverage, yet several resonated more than others with our readers. Based upon page views attributed to each story, our photo gallery from the Goodwood Festival of Speed was the most popular story...
Contributor Stephen Mitchell has plans for a documentary on the original Carrera Panamericana races (!) and would like to tap...
Sports Car Digest is taking a break for the holidays, but we will be back in the New Year with...
The British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) celebrated motor racing achievements of 2010 on 6th December at the BRDC Annual Awards. The ceremony, hosted by BBC Formula 1 presenter Jake Humphrey, was attended by motor racing’s finest, including three of the BRDC’s Knights of the Realm – Sir Stirling Moss OBE,...
By Will Silk Amidst the rumors and ongoing legal battles between Group Lotus and the 2010 Team Lotus race organization...
Motor Racing History – 3.5-litre Naturally-Aspirated Engines, Active Suspension and Electronic Driver Aids 1989 was another McLaren year but this...
Motor Racing History – The Monsters F1 Turbo Engines The Turbo Years The war between FISA and FOCA continued into 1981 causing the postponement of the Argentine Grand Prix. Bernie Ecclestone threatened to run its own World Professional Championship but luckily an agreement was struck at a summit meeting in...
Motor Racing History – Radical Technical Innovations & The Era of Ground-Effects The Birth of Ground-Effects Two major developments occurred...
Motor Racing History – The Big 12 Cylinders & The Arrival of Sponsorships, Advanced Safety and Aerodynamics Checkbook Racing The...
By Will Silk In 1952, Schuco Toys of Nuremburg, Germany released a tin toy motorcycle powered by a wind-up clock spring that was known as Charly 1005. Fifty-eight years later, Schuco is re-releasing this classic tin motorcycle in a limited batch of 2000 pieces. Schuco gained fame throughout the 1930s...
Motor Racing History – New British Teams & The Rear-Engined Revolution The Rise of British Racing Green Green cars began...
Motor Racing History – Formula One And A World Championship For Drivers In 1946, following World War II, only four...
Motor Racing History – The Pre-War Grand Prix Period Formula Libre Grand Prix racing in accordance with a strict formula based on engine size and weight was abandoned in 1928.In its place, races were run under Formula Libre rules. In lieu of the major manufacturers, drivers raced as privateers or...
