The 2013 edition of Race Retro will honour the motorsport legacy of racing’s Team Lotus and the rallying success of...
As you will have read in last month’s Vintage Racecar news, the automotive world lost one of its last remaining...
Georges Lemaître actually finished 2nd in the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition in this Peugeot 3hp, but was awarded victory and the posted 5000-franc prize because his ride looked more like a car than the three-wheeler that crossed the line first! Photo: Peugeot It all started as a promo for Monte...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia February 26–27, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
In my era as a race and rally driver, we were expected to assist in both the general and technical development of the particular car we were working with. It was long before the days of computer data logging and evaluation which is so prevalent today. So, a driver was...
Two heroes and a heroine. What unites them? The Audi Quattro, rallying’s first four-wheel-drive, turbocharged car. Hannu and Stig each...
A Rogue, an XK120 and the World Record that Took 5 Years and Stirling Moss to Break. It was a...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the Sunbeam Alpine. Its styling promised more than it could deliver. With a wheelbase of 97.5 inches and an overall length of 168 inches, it weighed in at almost 3,000 pounds....
Quadruple Monte Carlo Rallye winner Walter Röhrl dominated December’s FIA European Rally Championship for Historical Cars event in the Spanish...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
“Once upon a time”— is the way most children’s fairytales start, but this is no French fairytale. Although it is not unlike Jean Rédélé’s (the father of Alpine) dream of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright. Just as with that story, this dream may yet become reality. The...
May 2009 Peter Collins: All About the Boy! By Ed McDonough Along with Stirling Moss and Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins...
One of the most successful relationships in motor sports during the sixties was between Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. It...
In honor of the recent passing of Alpine founder Jean Rédélé, Renault has unveiled an exposition of Alpine history, at its Paris exposition center. Titled “Passion Alpine,” the exhibit at Renault’s L’Atelier Renault, on the Champs Elysées, features a wide variety of Alpine racecars, including everything from the first 4CV...
November 2007 Racing Sports Cars, Memories of the Fifties By Art Evans Readers of this magazine will no doubt be...
On May 26–27, the Bugatti Owners’ Club staged their all-French “La Vie en Bleu” speed hillclimb event at the UK’s...
1962 Sunbeam Alpine Le Mans British motor manufacturers and wealthy private entrants have always been entranced with the Le Mans 24-Hour Race. Bentley started it all with their wins in 1924 and the four consecutive victories between 1927 and 1930. Lagonda inherited the crown in 1935, and then, of course,...
As explored in this month’s “Racecar Profile,” the Sunbeam Alpine was developed by the Rootes Group as a way of...
March 2006 Adidas Racing Boots Adidas has a long history of supplying high-quality racing boots, and Fyshe Limited is now...
The Sunbeam Alpine has always had a slight stigma regarding its competition career. Early on it was labeled the “British Thunderbird” with styling bestowed by Kenneth Howes who had only recently left Ford in Dearborn to take up the project with Rootes. The visual similarities of the Alpine and Thunderbird...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent Bain Vintage Racing Services (203) 377-1658 Jack Boxstrom RM Classics (613) 476-9132 Chris Chistansen Fantasy Junction (510) 653-7555 Paul Lane Automotive Restorations (203) 243-1984s These prices are suggested guidelines, they...
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