Everybody starts somewhere. For Maserati, that beginning was epicentered at Via Pepoli 1 in Bologna, Italy, in December of 1914. ...
Garage Profiles
Profiles of garages, museums and other collector car facilities. These are the truly awe-inspiring car collections, the types of car collections that make fans weak at the knees. Whether they are filled with the latest supercars, or exclusive vintage cars, or the most extremely rare models ever made, these are the garages and collections we are most jealous of. Here is to the greatest car collections in the world today and the people who own them.
Around 60 years ago, Fritz Schlumpf purchased a collection of thirty Bugatti models after tough negotiations. He simply adored Bugatti:...
The Petersen Automotive Museum opened its latest exhibition in the Bruce Meyer Family Gallery, “Seeing Red: 70 Years of Ferrari.” The exhibit is a celebration of seven decades of automobiles and the man, Enzo Ferrari, who brought them to the attention of the world. The exhibit opened to the public...
The April 7th issue of AutoWeek has several must-see articles. Sport Car Digest’s favorite is a profile of Harry Yeaggy’s...
From the Cisitalia of 1947 to the 2uettottanta of 2010, through the Flaminia Presidenziale, many of the milestones of Pininfarina...
The RM Auctions and Sotheby’s Art of the Automobile sale and exhibition was staged November 18-21, 2013 in New York City. The first major collector car auction to be held in Manhattan in over a decade saw 31 automobiles and two motorcycles vehicles cross the auction block. With the auction...
Galleria Ferrari is the official museum dedicated to the famed Italian marque, located in Ferrari’s home town of Maranello, Italy,...
Sports Car Digest recently toured the Mario Righini Collection, one of the more exceptional private car collections in Italy, if...
The Ralph Lauren Car Collection was featured at the 2014 Lime Rock Historic Festival, held August 29th to September 1st at Lime Rock Park. Among the Lauren automotive treasures on display at the picturesque road course in Connecticut were a 1929 Birkin Blower Bentley; 1964 Ferrari 250 LM; 1956 Jaguar...
Interview and photos by Greg Wing Brian Donovan, owner, operator, team manager and lead engineer of Donovan Motorcar Service, regularly...
The Allure of the Automobile exhibit is currently displayed at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia through June...
The new Porsche Museum, located in the heart of the Porsche factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, officially opened to the public on Saturday, January 31, 2009. The museum features 60,250 square feet (5,600 sq meters) of exhibition space designed entirely in white, ample space for approximately 80 historic vehicles and more...
Bruce Meyers passed away last week at the age of 94. He lived a fulfilling life most of us can...
By Leigh Dorrington The history of the Indianapolis 500 fills one of the most remarkable galleries in all of racing....
If you’ve ever visited a museum and left feeling like you didn’t get to fully appreciate every detail of a particular exhibit, you’re not alone. Many times we’ve departed museums with a mixture of feelings, like being totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of pieces on hand and feeling like...
The foundation of a corporate archive in 1936 was a necessary step for the then Daimler-Benz AG. The timing was...
The ubiquitous Griot’s Garage mail order catalog sells everything a car guy needs for their garage, from power tools to...
The Design Museum in London opened Ferrari: Under the Skin, an exhibition exploring the history and design of Ferrari. The show celebrates 70 years of development since the launch of the first car in 1947. Displaying rarely seen material from private collections, the display provides insight into the world of...
The Petersen Automotive Museum opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 that features ten race cars from the...
Mullin Automotive Museum – Worth the Trip from Anywhere Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor There are number...
Ferrari Classiche was established to provide restoration and maintenance services, technical assistance and Certificates of Authenticity to owners of classic Ferraris. Housed in the former Ferrari Foundry building within Ferrari’s Maranello, Italy factory, the 10,225 square foot Classiche offices and workshop were officially opened by Ferrari President, Luca di Montezemolo,...
By Leigh Dorrington The Mercedes-Benz Museum at the company’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany is a depository of the history of...
The Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles exhibit is presently on display at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in...
Since it opened on June 1, 2017, the Newport Car Museum has attracted more than 14,000 visitors and become a hit with car clubs and tour groups exploring the Northeast and especially the vacation destination of Newport, Rhode Island. The museum’s location in nearby Portsmouth, in a 114,000-square-foot building once...
Interview by Dennis Gray | Photos by Gray unless noted Jon Shirley makes good decisions whether finding and buying one-off...
In 2012, Sports Car Digest and Senior Photographer Dennis Gray profiled famed car collector, Jon Shirley. Ever gracious with his...
By Art Evans | Photographs as credited My abridged dictionary defines “provenance” as “source, derivation.” Provenance is important insofar as collections of art are concerned. The value of a painting, for instance, is greatly enhanced if its history can be documented. Another important aspect is authenticity. My wife inherited a...
It’s part Dr. Frankenstein, part Andy Granatelli. A place where old Fiat 500s are reborn, given new life, and prepped...
Bob Clarke is a committed car guy to say the least. And his tastes are wonderfully varied, from hot rods...
By Csaba Kiss If one has the occasion to visit Yvan Mahe’s Equipe Europe workshop in Ozouer Le Voulgis, France, the feeling one can get is that of dropping in on a living classic car museum. Situated in the picturesque French countryside, about 30 miles from Paris, the Equipe Europe...