Bond. James Bond. It is nearly impossible to think of the James Bond character without visualizing the iconic Sean Connery...
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.
What comes to your mind when you think about James Bond? For me, it’s the vodka martini – shaken not...
There isn’t a nameplate more synonymous with Aston Martin than the DB series, and we owe a huge part of the company’s modern appeal to the Aston Martin DB9. Introduced in 2003, this V12-powered grand tourer marked the beginning of the marque’s Gaydon Era and quickly became the quintessential 21st...
With development of its 2nd generation of ‘DB’ six-cylinder sports cars nearing its end, Aston Martin turned to the Italian...
What makes a true hypercar? Is it a dramatic body? Is it the majestic noise of a V12 or performance...
The Aston Martin DB5 is back, thanks to a collaboration between Aston Martin and EON Productions, the company that produces the James Bond films. Following the DB4 G.T. continuation project, a series of 25 Goldfinger DB5 continuation editions will be created for customers by Aston Martin Works and EON Productions....
Aston Martin unveiled their new V12 Zagato endurance racer concept on the shores of Lake Como, Italy at the Villa...
ATS, or Automobili Turismo e Sport SpA, was an Italian carmaker and racing team that operated all too briefly between...
The Larry H. Miller Total Performance Museum announced the acquisition of the 1968 Ford GT40 Chassis P/1074 that sold for a world-record $11,000,000 at the RM Auctions Monterey 2012 sale. The selling price on the famed Gulf GT40, which was campaigned in major international sports car races during 1968-69 by...
Audi is intensively preparing to battle for its 14th victory in the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24 Hours of...
All images: © Porter Press International If there is one manufacturer that has dominated the endurance racing landscape over the...
On August 23rd, 1954 at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, a factory-prepared Austin-Healey set 83 National and International Class D records driven by Donald Healey, George Eyston, Carroll Shelby, Mort Goodall and Roy Jackson-Moore, including a 24-hour average speed of 132.81 mph. Owner Donald Healey’s desire to take...
Auto Union Type C Car: Auto Union Type C / Engine: 45 deg V16 / Maker: Auto Union / Bore...
Auto Union Type D Car: Auto Union Type D / Engine: 60 deg V12 / Maker: Auto Union / Bore...
The 1939 Auto Union twin-supercharger Type D Silver Arrow racing car, the second “Karassik restoration” car, has been purchased by Audi AG. With the acquisition, Audi now owns three of the five Auto Union racing cars that can claim to be original. “This is one of the most emotional moments...
Autocoast TI22 Peter E. Bryant (1938-2009) was born in England, and at a young age he caught the racing bug....
Automobiles Darracq Pierre-Alexandre Darracq was born November 10, 1855, Bordeaux, France. Of Basque origin, he studied as a draftsman at...
Automobiles Peugeot Armand Peugeot was born on 26 March 1849 in Herimoncourt, in eastern France. He was the son of Emile Peugeot and Jean Pierre. . Since 1810, the family had manufactured a wide range of practical goods ranging from corset bones, coffee grinders, spectacle frames, winding mechanisms for clocks,...
By Cliff Reuter In 1946 Ilario Bandini began producing racing cars in Forli, Italy that featured tubular frames made from...
Bonhams Bond Street Sale will be holding an auction of motor cars and automobilia on 16 December 2020. The sale...
This 1937 Bentley 4 1/4 Liter Fixed Head Sport Coupe sold for $1,320,000 at the 2009 Gooding and Company Scottsdale Auction held January 17th at the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona. Its pre-sale estimate was $900,000 – $1,400,000. On August 9, 1908, Claude Raul Benoit Lang was born into...
Bentley has recreated a long-lost car from its past that was lost in a wartime bombing raid in France. The...
Benz ‘Tropfenwagen’ Car: Benz/ Engine: Inline 6 Cylinder / Maker: Tropfenwagen Typ RH (RH = Rennwagen mitt Heckmotor) / Bore...
A young Art Center College of Design student, named Peter Elbert Brock, became the youngest designer ever hired by Bill Mitchell, the Vice President of Design at General Motors. He rewarded Mitchell in November 1957 by making a sketch of what Mitchell chose to be the basis for the next...
You may recognize Bill Warner as the Founder and Chairman of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, held each March on...
After famously leaving Ferrari and ATS, Giotto Bizzarrini teamed up with Italian industrialist Renzo Rivolta, who was turning his Iso...
Bentley Motors competed in the 2013 Mille Miglia with two unique 4 1/2 Litre Supercharged “Blowers” – a 1930 Le Mans race car belonging to perhaps the most famous and daring of the Bentley Boys and a company demonstrator that is still going strong even after nine decades on the...
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Using the new 3.0 CSi model as a foundation, BMW created the Coupe Sport Leicht or Coupe Sport Lightweight to...
If you ask a hardcore BMW enthusiast about their favorite Batmobile, chances are you’re not going to get any answer even remotely related to Gotham’s caped crusader and his set of wheels. On the contrary, it’ll be the BMW 3.0 CSL. This performance coupé from the 1970s was a touring...
