John Surtees, the only person to win world championships on both two and four wheels, was awarded a CBE in...
The Volkswagen Beetle is an icon. Over the years, it has symbolized many different things to many different people, from...
By Andrew Newton Featured in this classified ad from Road & Track‘s June 1964 issue is an example of one of the most exclusive, desirable, and drop dead gorgeous sports cars to have ever graced this earth. Just sixteen Jaguar XK Super Sports, or XKSS’s, were built in Coventry during a...
By Will Silk Amidst the rumors and ongoing legal battles between Group Lotus and the 2010 Team Lotus race organization...
By Will Silk It’s that time of year again when the sound of unrestricted race engines at full song begins...
The Petersen Automotive Museum and Checkered Flag 200, the museum’s premier membership group, will present another gala tribute this November in honor of the SCCA’s Trans-American Sedan Championship. “Tribute to Trans-Am” will take place November 12, beginning with a 6:00 p.m. cocktail reception, followed by dinner. Also scheduled is a...
Ex-Factory Racer Shines A fabulous 1957 Ferrari 335 S has won the coveted Best of Show award at this year’s...
VR: Like so many of us, I’m sure that you were influenced by the automobile very early on in your...
Sports Car Digest covered vintage car races from Portland to Portugal in 2009, taking tens of thousands of pictures along the way. We worked with amateur photogs armed with Nikons to wily veterans stalking a shot like a hunter following its prey, all seeking a picture to wow our readers....
Recently, well known collector and conservation stalwart Fred Simeone commented, “Certain cars nowadays have become so historically important that their...
Aston Martin will celebrate its centenary in 2013 with a year-long calendar of events. The British sports car company will...
The home of today’s Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has a very special sound in the world of motoring: Zuffenhausen. Indeed, Zuffenhausen is far more than “just” a production plant rich in tradition for Porsche AG, since it is here in Zuffenhausen that the heart of the Company...
The 1950 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1950 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 23-24, 1950 / Winner: Marzotto G. –...
Jaguar Land Rover launched a new Land Rover Heritage division to support vehicles 10 years out of production across Land...
Championship racer and innovator Jim Hall was honored on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) Evening with Jim Hall presented by Firestone. This was the fourth annual RRDC West Coast banquet, held prior to the running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The...
A Grand Sport Corvette – one of only five ever built by General Motors – is the latest addition to...
The Board of Directors of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame announced the 2011 class on Wednesday, January 12 at...
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...
More information about Bugatti’s exclusive collaboration with Asprey and its Digital Studio has been released. Recently, they revealed the one-of-one...
Motor Racing History – Radical Technical Innovations & The Era of Ground-Effects The Birth of Ground-Effects Two major developments occurred...
Friday at Monterey Car Week More than 200 of the world’s finest cars will take over the greens at Carmel’s The Quail Golf Club on Friday, August 16, for the 21st annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. The popular highlight of Monterey Car Week will feature an elegant garden party...
A special era in the history of the Porsche 917 stems from a private conversation held between Porsche team manager...
While closed during the Coronavirus pandemic, the Newport Car Museum has launched its first in a series of videos reviewing...
The International Motor Racing Research Center announced a fund raising event called the Hot Lapz Experience as part of the Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen, IZOD IndyCar Series race, July 2-4, 2010 at Watkins Glen International. Beginning on Sunday May 16th, the Center will offer three separate Hot Lapz...
The Porsche Archive is based in Zuffenhausen — but that’s not the whole story. There are also thousands of design...
Located in the mid-west of England, Prescott Estate is home to The Bugatti Owners’ Club, a unique organization that houses...
Filmmaker and Sports Car Digest contributor Stephen Mitchell, along with Jeanetta Dumouchel of InterFUND and Ron Kellogg of the Kellogg Auto Archives, introduced their documentary on the Carrera Panamericana road races which ran in Mexico from 1950-54 during the Cannes Film Festival, held May 11-22, 2011. The documentary titled Carrera...
Lamborghini produced a total of five different versions of the original Countach between 1974 and 1990. Among them, the third...
The non-profit Racing History Project and the Automobile Driving Museum have teamed up to present a very special dinner event....
On the one hand, they are ideal sports cars, and on the another an aberration in Porsche history: the transaxle models. In 1976, Porsche introduced the transaxle powertrain configuration in the type 924 and embarked into new territory. The engine is mounted in front, but the transmission is at the...
