Ferrari 156 Car: Ferrari 156 / Engine: 120 degree V6 / Maker: Ferrari / Bore X Stroke: 73 mm X 58.8...
Car Profiles
Profiles of sports, racing and vintage cars. Some of these cars are historically significant, some are about pushing the automotive technology of their time, while others are just the pinnacle of the driving experience – engaging, fast and fun. On this page we take a look at some of the most memorable sports cars of all time, all of them iconic and recognizable to any car-obsessed fan reading this site. These are the cars that get our blood flowing here at Sports Car Digest, from vintage racers to classics to the latest supercar offerings, we realize that there are myriad discussions debates over which ones are the most memorable, the most celebrated and the most remarkable. Ignore the debates and refrain from picking an overall winner. Just sit back and celebrate.
Ferrari team driver Felipe Massa recently debuted the 2010 Ferrari Formula One race car, known as Ferrari F10 chassis number...
Ferrari Classiche recently completed the restoration of the Corsa Indianapolis single-seater (chassis 0388), a one-off built in 1953. The Ferrari Monoposto Corsa Indianapolis – the original name in the original Certificate – was developed as a prototype for the 1953 Indianapolis 500, but didn’t participate in the actual race although...
Story by Will Silk Seventy five years ago Sir William Lyons entered the realm of automobile manufacturing from humble beginnings...
Ateliers Decauville Aine The Decauville family from Normandy, settles South of Paris in the seventeenth century. Armand-Louis-Victor began cultivating sugar...
Delage 15 S8 Car: Delage 15 S8 / Engine: Inline-8; DOHC, 2 Valves per Cyl; Roots Supercharger / Maker: Delage / Bore X Stroke: 55.8 x 78 mm / Year: 1926 / Capacity: 1,488 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 126.8 kw / 170.0 bhp @ 8000 rpm /...
This ex-Shelby Team 289 Cobra Roadster (CSX 2557) will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Automobiles of Amelia Island...
Having bid farewell to Formula One, BMW will reportedly strengthen its involvement in GT and touring car racing for 2010...
This 1964 Shelby 427 Cobra ‘Flip-Top’ Roadster will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Automobiles of Arizona auction to be held January 21-22, 2010 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. Its pre-sale estimate is “Available Upon Request.” The odyssey of the Shelby Cobra is defined by the...
Ferrari F2002 Car: Ferrari F2002 / Engine: Ferrari type 051 90° V10, Naturally Aspirated / Maker: Ferrari / Bore X...
Race Car & Racing Development This article will discuss the art as well as the science of race car driving as it evolved through the history of motorsport. When four-wheel brakes were still a rarity and suspension was considered a black art. From the time that drivers held a tiller...
This 1963 Aston Martin DB4 GT (0175/L) will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Automobiles of Arizona auction to...
The first shake-down has been held at Fiorano of a very special one-off, the P540 Superfast Aperta, built for an...
Alfa Romeo P2 Car: Alfa Romeo P2 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Alfa Romeo / Bore X Stroke: 61.0 mm (2.4 in) / 85.0 mm (3.3 in) / Year: 1924 / Capacity: 1,987 cc / 121.3 cu in / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 155 bhp / 116 KW...
ATS, or Automobili Turismo e Sport SpA, was an Italian carmaker and racing team that operated all too briefly between...
Chaparral 2J Legend “according to Jim Hall” has the idea for the Chaparral 2J came to him through a child’s...
Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B – Car Profiles He seemed to be well positioned at Fiat, then the leading racing team but his friend Luigi Bazzi who had recently joined Enzo Ferrari at Alfa Romeo knew the ego that blazed inside Vittorio Jano could not be contained at the larger...
On August 23rd, 1954 at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, a factory-prepared Austin-Healey set 83 National and International...
With development of its 2nd generation of ‘DB’ six-cylinder sports cars nearing its end, Aston Martin turned to the Italian...
Cisitalia D46 Car: Cisitalia D46 / Engine: Inline-4 / Maker: Cisitalia / Bore X Stroke: 68.1 x 74.9 mm / Year: 1946 / Capacity: 1,089 cc / Class: Voiturette / Power: 62 bhp at 5,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 79.1 inches / Track: Front: 48 inches Rear: 44.1 inches / Weight:...
Williams FW14B Car: Williams FW14b / Engine: 670 V10 / Maker: Williams – Renault / Year: 1991 / Capacity: 3,493 cc /...
BMW has a long and distinguished history at the Mille Miglia, culminating in 1940 when Fritz Huschke von Hanstein and...
This feature is a first for the triad of VeloceToday.com, Coachbuild.com and sportscardigest.com. We all had input to this article and feature this article in our respective websites at the same time. The recent and regrettable passing of Elio Zagato caused us to query a variety of noted car enthusiasts...
Maserati 8CTF Car: Maserati 8CTF/ Engine: Straight 8 / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 69.0 mm (2.7 in) /...
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A – Supreme Road Racer Story by Ed McDonough Views differ as to the meaning of the...
A 1939 Mercedes-Benz W154 Silver Arrow was specially featured at Lime Rock Park’s Vintage Festival September 4-7, 2009. A stellar attraction of the legendary period from 1934 to 1939, the W154 represented the apogee of the supercharger era of Mercedes-Benz’s racing vehicles....
This 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra (CSX3006) will be offered for sale at RM Auctions and Sotheby’s Automobiles of London...
Lotus 33 Car: Lotus-Climax 33 / Engine: Coventry Climax FWMV 90º V8 / Maker: Lotus / Bore X Stroke: 67.9...
Delahaye 145 Grand Prix Car: Delahaye 145 GP / Engine: 60º V12 / Maker: Delahaye / Bore X Stroke: 75.0 mm x 84.7 mm / Year: 1937 / Capacity: 2,993 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 245 bhp / 183 KW @ 5,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,700 mm / Track:...
