April 2018 The Bertone Collection By Gautam Sen & Michael Robinson Many of the iconic vehicles of the second half...
RM Sotheby’s recorded a sale total of €23,745,225 ($29,562,805) at its fifth annual Paris sale on February 7, with an...
Heinz Melkus was born in 1928, in Dresden, and from an early age developed a passion for cars. Heinz was to become a racing driver of considerable skill and an ingenious designer/constructor of a range of very competitive and innovative machinery that included sports and racing cars. Heinz Melkus Sadly,...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as steppingstones to Formula One and...
As you’ll read in this issue’s news, the much-revered Lyndley Bothwell collection was recently sold by Bonhams. Of particular interest...
RM Sotheby’s third Manhattan sale, entitled ICONS, produced $45.5 million worth of sales last Wednesday night, December 6, at Sotheby’s York Ave headquarters, with 84 percent of all lots sold. Eleven cars posted individual million-dollar-plus results, with strong prices evident for exceptional historic racecars and high-performance models of the 1990s,...
The 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 11, 2018, at the Golf Club of Amelia Island on...
A 1925 Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix car will cross the auction block with No Reserve at RM Sotheby’s upcoming...
The only time I ever met Eddie Cheever was one weekend when we were at the Hockenheim circuit, in Germany, for the 1979 Formula Two race. He was a tall 21-year-old American who had lived in Rome for much of his early life and spoke immaculate Italian. I felt very...
The official entry list for next month’s third running of the Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA has...
The 16th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing automotive and motorsports...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club, their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
Attendees at next weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will be able to reflect upon 60 years of racing history at...
One of the most exciting and evocative racing touring cars from yesteryear will be making its European debut at the 2017 Silverstone Classic, scheduled for 28-30 July at the Silverstone Circuit in England. This year’s Classic will be the first time that the striking John Player Special BMW 635 CSi...
The first thought after looking around the garage has to be “why would a woman with four Ferraris have an...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario,...
One of BMW’s most celebrated vehicles, the 507 has remained an icon of design for 60 years. Conceived by the legendary American sports car dealer Max Hoffman, the 507 was intended to be the manufacturer’s halo car, bringing a company then known for mundane sedans and microcars into competition with...
On Saturday June 24 at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization will bring together families...
In 1992, Tim Harvey won the British Touring Car Championship. His lengthy driving career has spanned three decades and he’s...
“Where have all the young teams gone?” the words of that famous song with a one word alteration could well apply to the ranks of Formula One teams since the World Championship came into being back in 1950. It is said that more than 150 teams have come and gone,...
Imagine you are a designer in late 1952. One day you are sitting, staring out of the window, when your...
Paddy Hopkirk Helio Castroneves Photo: Jim Hatfield 1 David Pearson wins the NASCAR Winston Cup race at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia (1973). 2 Tommy Milton drives the Durant Special to victory in a race on the board track in Beverly Hills, California (1922). Become a Member & Get...
The 75th renewal of Goodwood’s annual Members’ Meeting took place last weekend at the historic Chichester circuit, awarding classic cups...
Electric vehicles are suddenly all the rage. Showing one’s “green” credentials is very popular in this low or zero emission...
1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and a German driver, Nico Rosberg. Germany has had many successes and failures during the history of motor racing and the life of the modern Formula One World Championship. While pre-war...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the...
A 1969 Maserati Ghibli 4.9 Spyder took top honors for the highest sale price at last week’s Mecum Kissimmee Auction in Florida. The yellow 330-horsepower DOHC V8-powered Italian Spyder drew a top bid of $920,000, handily outpacing the field of mostly American muscle cars led by a 1967 Corvette that...
