1962 Maserati 3500 GT Vignale Spyder For Sale Details: Listed for sale on eBay; located in Georgia. The Maserati is...
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.
Most people associate Abarth with Fiat, but a very successful liaison was also formed with Simca. The French company was...
Porsche made a serious move to dominate the 2-litre class of international Grand Touring car competition in 1964 with introduction of its advanced Typ 904 GTS Coupe. The new car combined a very durable...
1966 Chevrolet Corvette La Carrera Panamericana Racer For Sale Details: Listed for sale on eBay; located in Connecticut. The Corvette...
The three-liter, six-cylinder 300S model Mercedes-Benz was first exhibited in October 1951 at the Paris Salon and production began in...
After famously leaving Ferrari and ATS, Giotto Bizzarrini teamed up with Italian industrialist Renzo Rivolta, who was turning his Iso Company into a manufacturer of sports cars. After developing a sophisticated chassis for the Iso Rivolta coupe, Rivolta then asked Bizzarrini to turn the Iso Grifo A3/L into a race...
Introduced in 1954, the Aceca was a fastback version of AC’s Ace roadster. Built as an exclusive Grand Touring car,...
Raikkonen Quickest in Practice – Kimi Raikkonen recovered from his problems in first practice to lead the way in today’s...
The Maserati Ghibli is a two-door, two-seater coupe that debuted at the 1966 Turin Motor Show. The V8-powered Ghibli was the most popular Maserati vehicle since the automaker withdrew from racing in the 1950s, and it outsold its two biggest rivals, the Ferrari Daytona and the Lamborghini Miura....
The Ford Galaxie’s strong NASCAR and drag racing legacy is well known among Ford racing enthusiasts. Not so widely known,...
The Porsche 911 Carrera RS is considered by many to be the greatest 911 of all time. Using the standard...
Gracing the cover of Griot’s Garage Handbook #272 is a very unusual car, a 1948 Daimler DE36 Drop Head Coupe. Not to be confused with the German automotive leviathan of the same name, the Daimler Company of the U.K. is Britain’s oldest automotive marquee. Daimlers served as primary transportation for...
2003 Mercedes Benz CLK DTM Factory Race Car For Sale Details: Seller Oakfields is asking £245,000 for the DTM racer....
Patrick Interested in F1 Test – IndyCar race winner Danica Patrick has set her sights on a Formula One test,...
The Jaguar XK120 was a rather extraordinary sports car for its time, not for any notable technology or coachwork advances, but because it achieved touring car standards of ride and comfort in a sports car which had performance exceeding that any other production car. The XK120 name referred to its...
The Ferrari F310, and its evolution, the F310B, was the Formula One racing car with which the Ferrari team competed...
Formula Junior was the class of choice for ambitious young drivers and between 1958 through until the end of 1959,...
The first Chaparral, a conventional front engined vehicle, was built by Dick Troutman and Tom Barnes in 1961. In 1962 Jim Hall and Hap Sharp formed Chaparral Cars, Inc. and immediately began the design and construction of Chaparral 2, a mid-engined car with an aerospace inspired semi-monocoque fiberglass chassis. In...
Using the new 3.0 CSi model as a foundation, BMW created the Coupe Sport Leicht or Coupe Sport Lightweight to...
Danica Patrick Finally Wins – A few hours and 4,500 miles (flying “AirTranica”) after becoming the first female to win...
Enzo Ferrari is best known for the cars that bear his name, but his fall-outs with employees and customers are also well documented. One of the most dramatic of these happened in the winter of 1961/1962 when a large number of key personnel left. Among them were engineers Carlo Chiti...
1971 Lola T-222 For Sale Details: 509 ci 897 hp Kinsler injected Chevrolet V8 and Hewland 5-speed; Red and White...
Gracing the cover of Griot’s Garage Handbook #271 are two amazing Italian machines: A 1934 Alfa Romeo Typo P3, and...
Model: 1967 Porsche 911S/ST Replica Drivetrain: 2.7 liter flat 6 and 901 5-speed Colors: Red with Black interior Price: Seller Specialty Cars is asking $79,900 Market: The 2008 Sports Car Market Price Guide suggests a $30,000 – $40,000 price range for a 911S, while the January – May Cars That...
1954 H.R.G. Twin Cam Sports Racer For Sale Details: 1497cc twin OHC four-cylinder built by Singer; Dark Green with Red...
1933 Vale Special Roadster For Sale Details: Triumph-based 832cc 4-cylinder ; Red with Tan interior; Currently bid to $12,500 on...
1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce Race Car For Sale Details: 1600 race engine built by Dan Marvin; Twin 40 DCOE Webers; Sperry Stage V head; aluminum flywheel; headers and race exhaust, remote filter, oil cooler (engine and carbs are original to the car). $45,000 asking price. Source/Location: Alfa...
Fighting a Dino with a bull Response by Lamborghini to Ferrari 2-seater, Porsche 911 was the risky, exotic Urraco From...
Model: 1953 Siata Daina Gran Sport Drivetrain: Non-original Alfa Romeo 4-cylinder and 5-speed Colors: Red and Tan Leather Price: Currently...
1960 Lotus Elite Series II For Sale Details: 1200cc inline Coventry Climax 4 cylinder with twin Weber 40 DCOE; close ratio ZF 4-speed; White with Blue Stripe and grey interior; Seller Fantasy Junction is asking $85,000 Market: The 2008 May – August Cars That Matter Price Guide advocates a $37,200...
