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Car Profiles

We profile the world’s finest sports cars, past and present automotive personalities, larger-than-life races and garages or museums. Profiles may include first-hand driving impressions, in-depth interviews and period racing stories and photographs.

Pin2023 Nissan Z (U.S. market) unveal event in New York
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Nissan Z Makes Its New York Debut

On August 17, at a special event in New York, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. launched the all-new Nissan Z sports...
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Sneak Peek at the Audi skysphere Concept Car

Audi will be releasing a new family of concept vehicles and recently, they’ve just unveiled the first and newest member,...
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Five Notable Porsche 917 Liveries

Vivid paintwork and stickers are as much a part of Porsche Motorsport as the boxer engine. While the Porsche 917...
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Ferrari Daytona – Last of the Front Engine V12

Ferrari Daytona, officially called the Ferrari 365 GTB4 Berlinetta, is known as the quintessential front-engine classic grand touring car. It...
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Sunbeam Tiger – A Mighty Roar in a British Sports Car

The Sunbeam Tiger is an English iconic two-seater roadster, built during the 1960s by the Rootes Group of Britain to...
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The Resplendent Royale – Bugatti Type 41

In the 1920s, Bugatti created the most luxurious car in the world. In 1926, the Bugatti Type 41 Royale presented...
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How Thirty Vintage Bugattis Ended Up on a Train

Around 60 years ago, Fritz Schlumpf purchased a collection of thirty Bugatti models after tough negotiations. He simply adored Bugatti:...
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Ferrari at Le Mans 24 Heures Exhibit

The Ferrari Museum in Maranello opened its new exhibition — “Ferrari at 24 Heures du Mans” — to celebrate seventy...
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Bruce Meyer’s All-American Cruise-In

The Petersen Automotive Museum will host Bruce Meyer’s All-American Cruise-In with special programming celebrating Carroll Shelby and “Ford v Ferrari”...
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Prodrive to Restore Works Race Cars

Prodrive launched a new operation dedicated to the authentication, restoration and support its historic race and rally cars. The creation...
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Remembering Maserati’s ‘Car of Kings’

The Maserati 5000 GT made its debut to great fanfare at the Turin Motor Show in 1959. With its fuel-injected,...
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Winning Numbers Exhibition – Picture Gallery

The Petersen Automotive Museum opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 that features ten race cars from the...
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Aston Martin Cloverleaf Returns to Aston Hill

It was 95 years ago that the Aston Martin which came to be known as ‘Cloverleaf’, XR 1981, lined up...
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Celebrating Maserati’s Land Speed Record

Mario Umberto “Baconìn” Borzacchini, at the wheel of a Maserati Tipo V4, set the world land speed record for the...
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Continuation ‘Blower’ Bentley Revealed

One of the most iconic cars from Bentley’s history — Sir Tim Birkin’s 1929 supercharged 4 1/2-litre ‘Blower’ — will...
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BMW M1 Art Car by Andy Warhol

“I love this car. It’s more successful than the artwork,” was the opinion of Andy Warhol after his sweeping brush...
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Porsche Reveals Retro Coca-Cola Livery

As the 50th Anniversary of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) comes to a close at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta,...
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Bentley Corniche Rises from Ashes

Bentley has recreated a long-lost car from its past that was lost in a wartime bombing raid in France. The...
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Corvette’s Journey to Mid-Engine

The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the brand’s first-ever production mid-engine Corvette, is the culmination of 60 years of mid-engine experimentation....
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PinScuderia Camoradi Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage
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Maserati Birdcage Debuted with Victory

On 12 July 1959, the Maserati Tipo 60 ‘Birdcage’, with the 30-year-old Stirling Moss at the wheel, made its race...
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How the Bugatti Type 35 Legend Was Born

The Bugatti Type 35 is one of the most successful racing cars of all time. And deservedly so: the French...
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PinMark Donohue - 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR IROC
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Celebrating 45 Years of the Porsche IROC

It was 45 years ago when the first “made-for-TV” race series pitted the world’s most famous and successful race car...
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Silver Arrows Victory at 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours

Thirty years ago, Mercedes-Benz achieved a double victory in 1989 with the new Sauber-Mercedes C 9 Silver Arrows. A third...
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Ten Facts from Aston Martin’s 1959 Le Mans Win

Sixty years on from Aston Martin’s greatest victory, when Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby took Aston Martin’s only outright win...
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Maserati Triumphed in the 1939 Targa Florio

Maserati recently celebrated the 80th anniversary of Luigi “Gigi” Villoresi’s impressive win at the 1939 Targa Florio at the wheel...
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Porsche Celebrates 50 Years of the 917

One of the strongest number sequences ever produced by Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year: the Porsche 917....
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The Legendary ‘Blower’ Bentley

As Bentley marks its centenary year in 2019, the British company’s ground-breaking supercharged model of the pre-war years won the...
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Ferrari 335 Sport Wins Mille Miglia Award

The 1957 Ferrari 355 Sport (chassis 0674) owned by Cavallino Investments of Cortland, Ohio was awarded the Spirit of the...
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Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic turns 80

The Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic Coupe is not just one of the legends from the French automaker but perhaps...
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Bruce Meyer Collection Exhibit – Photo Gallery

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 featuring ten race cars...
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Fiat 500 MoMA Display Opens

The Fiat 500 F series, acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 2017, was seen...
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PinMcLaren P1 GTR in celebration of 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna securing his maiden Formula 1 World Championship
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McLaren Commemorates Senna F1 Championship

McLaren Special Operations (MSO) has completed a unique new McLaren P1 GTR project to mark the 30th anniversary of Ayrton...
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PinFerrari 250 GTO 3223 GT
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A Good (Car) Guy is Hard to Find – A Girl’s Memoir

A Good (Car) Guy is Hard to Find: A Girl’s Memoir By Petra Perkins with Louis Galanos Memory: A blazing...
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Panhard Dyna X Wins FIVA Preservation

The 1951 Panhard Dyna X 110/X85 owned by Yoshinobu and Miyoko Kato won the FIVA Best Preserved Vehicle award at...
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Jon Shirley Car Collection – Photo Gallery

In 2012, Sports Car Digest and Senior Photographer Dennis Gray profiled famed car collector, Jon Shirley. Ever gracious with his...
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Porsche GT2 RS Sets Nurburgring Record

Porsche set another new record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in cooperation with Manthey-Racing. On Thursday, 25 October 2018, the Porsche GT2...
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Help Locate the First Lotus

Lotus needs your help in tracking down the long-lost Lotus Mark I, the first car built by company founder Colin...
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50 Years of the Lamborghini Espada and Islero

Twenty Lamborghini Espada and Islero models gathered on 7 September 2018 in Perugia, Italy to tour the region in celebration...
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Porsche 919 Meets Its Predecessor

At its final huge public appearance on the “919 Tribute Tour”, the record-breaking Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo met a historic...
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New Exhibitions at Ferrari Museum

On the 120th anniversary of the founder’s birth, the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy pays tribute to his passion for...
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