Pavel Kasik recently bid farewell to his beloved Tatra T77 only days after completing its 20-year restoration. The Tatra started...
When we presented the first part of our continuing interview with F1 design legend John Barnard last March, VR Contributing Editor...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through Grand Prix motor racing of the Thirties, and too early to give Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss and Hans Herrmann any real competition in the W196 of 1954 and 1955....
Italy and the world lost one of the most accomplished stylists of all time in early July, when Sergio Pininfarina...
The classic car community lost one of its great champions on July 3, when Martin Swig passed away as a...
Just days after his 1959 Le Mans-winning teammate, Carroll Shelby, and a matter of weeks since Ted Cutting, designer of the DBR1, both died, Roy Salvadori passed away. Despite his Italian surname and parentage, Roy Salvadori was born in the small seaside town of Dovercourt, Essex, England, and always looked...
After World War II, Enzo Ferrari began the work of retooling his small company from manufacturing parts for Italy’s war...
Parnelli Jones “Lofty” England 2 Thirteen year-old Alessandro Zanardi, who will later become a two-time CART Champ Car champion, drives...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included...
On May 23-24, on the banks of Lake Como, a select group of the world’s finest automobiles were displayed on...
German racer Paul Pietsch, the last surviving driver of the prewar Silver Arrows era and the oldest living Grand Prix...
The 1920s and 1930s were not only a pivotal time in world history, they proved to be the crucible from which the Italian Alfa Romeo brand would forge its future. Engineer Giuseppe Merosi launched A.L.F.A with the 4-cylinder 24 HP, in 1910. Founded by gifted engineer Giuseppe Merosi, on January...
It seems strange to me that I’ve become an Alfa enthusiast, as I apparently have come to the party relatively...
Sydenham Trophy Race, Crystal Palace, May 20, 1939. Prince Bira in his E.R.A. chases Hans Ruesch’s Alfa Romeo 8C35 up...
In 2012, Alfa Romeo is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the “Giulia”, a car which is particularly significant in the brand’s hundred-year history, as a model which exhibited both the technical and creative talent of Alfa Romeo during a time of strong growth for the company. The style, the technical...
Is 263.4 kph, or 163.7 mph, the maximum speed of a new twin-turbo V12 people-carrier? The speed of a motorcyclist...
Martin Swig is a former multi-franchise new-car dealer based in the San Francisco Bay area who is an avid vintage...
The grounds of a stately home provide the ideal setting for a gleaming display of Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Alfas, Fiats, Abarths, Lancias and other Italian delicacies – which is why the annual Auto Italia Concours at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire has grown to be such a ‘must-do’ event for Italophiles....
For 10 years, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering has provided an unparalleled and exclusive experience for motorsports enthusiasts and collectors...
Ercole Spada started his design career with Carozzeria Zagato in 1960.Photo: David Gooley Artists and artisans have called Italy home...
Despite what have been arguably the worst economic times in over a generation, the mantra of the auction world for the past two years has been that cars of uncompromising quality, will always realize exceptional prices. And, while intuition and logic may have dictated that this couldn’t possibly be true...
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This painting shows the Talbot Lago driven by Louis Rosier being tended by a mechanic at the very first World...
Alain ProstPhoto: Maureen Magee Mike SpencePhoto: John Fenning Collection 1 Ivor Bueb wins the 1500-cc sports car race at Brands Hatch, England, driving a Copper-Climax (1955). 3 Brian Redman drives a Chevrolet-powered Lola T-600 to victory in the 100-mile IMSA sports car race at Laguna Seca, California (1981) Become a...
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bertone Design, Concorso Italiano will feature several prominent concept cars from the Bertone...
In order to understand the Pegaso story, it’s first necessary to understand the man behind the car and the tumultuous...
René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced single-seater...
