The Ford Bronco is the product of legendary talent, from the teams who won the Baja 1000 to the collectors...
Cartainers, a pioneering force in state-of-the-art automotive display and storage solutions, is launching a limited production series of exclusive containers...
Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy: Automobili Lamborghini, an emblem of automotive excellence, has long been synonymous with daring and exclusive color palettes. As it marks its 60th anniversary, Lamborghini proudly celebrates this harmonious fusion of colors and their profound significance in personalizing their super sports cars. In 1963, when the visionary Ferruccio...
A mere hundred years have passed since the first Grand Prix d’endurance de 24 heures, a somewhat humble beginning for...
Choosing a name for a new Rolls-Royce motor car is a crucial, highly considered and painstaking process, in which the...
Located in the mid-west of England, Prescott Estate is home to The Bugatti Owners’ Club, a unique organization that houses its very own competitive hill climb course and the Bugatti Trust, a store of almost 40,000 historic documents and images dedicated to the Bugatti marque. Its connections with the Bugatti...
In 1966, Lamborghini shook the automotive establishment when it mounted is powerful V12 engine transversally, in a rear-mid position, on...
When there is an opportunity to spend a long weekend surrounded by interesting automobiles and be able to sleep in...
The internal combustion engine (ICE) was not the only, nor the default, means of propulsion for early motor cars at the beginning of the 20th century. Indeed, in the early 1900s, engineers and manufacturers initially divided their loyalties precisely between three competing technologies: the ICE, steam power and electricity. Steam...
Throughout Automobili Lamborghini’s history there have been numerous records and firsts that have made the House of Sant’Agata Bolognese one...
The Volkswagen Beetle is an icon. Over the years, it has symbolized many different things to many different people, from...
The 1931 side-valve Minor was fitted with a brand-new 847-cc engine, designed by Leonard Lord, and was intended to compete directly with the Austin 7. The new engine was offered with the outgoing OHC unit until 1932, with Morris having to work hard to convince buyers to specify the newer...
In nature, there’s a phenomenon known as “convergent evolution” – the way different creatures in different places evolve the same...
A combination of tenacity, dreams and boundless passion always prevails. No one knows this better than Romano Artioli. For decades,...
To celebrate its debut in Formula One, as well as its assault on a selection of other high-speed disciplines, Alpine is taking a look back at some of its iconic moments in racing and significant achievements spanning more than five decades. For some, the earliest memories of Alpine are of...
A legend is turning 100. In 1921, the Bugatti Type 13 “Brescia“ heralded a new trend in motorsport. The open-top...
Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to qualify for a Formula 1 Grand Prix, behind the wheel of a...
In March, 2019, the Hispano Suiza brand was revived when a new luxury hypercar, the Carmen, was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. The Carmen is the new flag bearer for the famed Hispano Suiza marque, which has long been a source of pride for the Spanish automotive industry. Hispano...
American racing legend Mickey Thompson was a man in a hurry. He competed in numerous types of motorsport during his career...
After rising from the ashes of postwar Europe, Mercedes-Benz returned to racing in 1952, winning the World Sports Car Championship...
Aston Martin is known worldwide for its high-profile successes in sports car racing. A famous outright win at Le Mans and a third consecutive victory at the Nürburgring 1,000-km saw Aston Martin crowned World Sportscar Champions in 1959. Multiple class wins at Le Mans stretch from 1931 to this year’s...
Just as Carroll Shelby’s original Ford-powered Cobra roadster set a new standard for high performance in a sports car, the...
Many successful Bugatti racing drivers of the “golden era” were former pilots and perhaps not surprisingly many famous pilots were...
George Herbert Skinner (also known as Bert) and Thomas Carlyle Skinner (also known as Carl) created the Skinners Union (SU) brand. Experimenting with fuel mixtures in the early 1900s they made their first carburetor in 1904 and went on to form The SU Company in 1910. Carl Skinner had two...
The game-changing Audi quattro made its UK debut, in London, in 1980. Here, five former members of the Audi UK...
“A technical product is not perfect until it is aesthetically impeccable as well,” Ettore Bugatti once said. And the company...
While closed during the Coronavirus pandemic, the Newport Car Museum has launched its first in a series of videos reviewing its collection of over 75 cars. Episode 1 covers the 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible… perhaps the perfect vehicle for social distancing. The Newport Car Museum features six galleries (Ford/Shelby,...
The flying man from Mantua On April 13, 1930, just after 5:00 am, the silent shadows beside Lake Garda are...
It’s been 70 years since SEAT was founded on May 9, 1950, the company that helped democratize mobility in Spain...
From Hiroshima cork producer to global car manufacturer, 2020 sees Mazda celebrate a century of engineering success. One hundred years of business that has also seen a fair share of records achieved by Mazda over the course of its vibrant history. Even Mazda’s first passenger car created a record-breaking sales...
