By Louis Galanos On February 4th of this year I had to go to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville,...
Henry Ford II’s impassioned drive to bring the company racing glory at Le Mans had a less than stellar beginning,...
In 1964, a 27-year-old Bruce McLaren declared that “Life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.” His company, Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd, wasn’t even a year old. Back then, Bruce’s vision was shared by fewer than half a dozen loyal souls who slogged across the world to race...
For more than half a century, motor racing has drawn huge crowds in Japan, but for motorsports fans one race...
The last few years have seen Cadillac rebranding itself in a big way. Their newer cars have been presented as...
LaFerrari – Official Press Release and Photos The wraps are finally off the LaFerrari. The Prancing Horse’s eagerly-anticipated limited-series special, of which just 499 will be built, made its world debut today at the Geneva International Motor Show. “We chose to call this model LaFerrari,” declared Ferrari’s President, Luca di...
Auto Union Type C Car: Auto Union Type C / Engine: 45 deg V16 / Maker: Auto Union / Bore...
Report and photos (unless noted) by Jamie Doyle Horsepower is something the vast majority of enthusiasts spend a lot of...
With the last active owner Dieter Inzenhofer retiring later this month, the legendary ANDIAL name will stay in the Porsche family as Porsche Motorsports North America, Inc. (PMNA) announced it has purchased the brand for future use. ANDIAL is an anagram made from the names of the founding members –...
By Dennis Gray and Peter Giddings | Photos by Dennis Gray This 1926 Delage Grand Prix 15-S-8, better known as...
On May 27, 1934 the German racing cars that were soon to acquire the nickname “Silver Arrow” were entered for...
The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO of Charles Nearburg was named winner of this year’s Louis Vuitton Classic Concours Award, announced during Retromobile Week on 5th February 2013 at Le Pre Catelan in Paris. Since 2005, the Louis Vuitton Classic Concours Award is given to an automobile judged “Best of the...
The current world speed record on a public road was set January 28th, 1938 by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz...
On the 29th of January, 2013, the 127th birthday of the automobile, the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens (FIVA) introduced...
Formula Vee celebrated its 50th birthday on track at Daytona, with a special parade of classic Formula Vee and Formula Super Vee cars prior to the 2013 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, many of them driven by legends of motorsport. Several ex-FV drivers who went on to become international motorsports...
A new exhibition at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania will celebrate Porsche Style and...
At the Paris Auto Show in 1959, Ferrari closed out the decade right by unveiling their most wonderful GT to...
The legacy of the Chevrolet Corvette was forged 60 years ago this month when it was introduced at the General Motors Motorama show in New York City on January 17, 1953. As the all-new 2014 Corvette rolls into Chevrolet dealerships later this year, it will build on the six-decade history...
The seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette made its debut Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit....
Restoration and certification work has resumed in the recently renovated Ferrari Classiche department which now boasts a packed workshop of...
The history of 0666 TR, and the 250 Testa Rossa program at large, are rooted in the broader context of international motor sport during the late 1950s. With Mercedes-Benz out of the picture, the highest levels of sports car racing consisted of an escalating battle between Ferrari and Maserati for...
Orazio Satta and Giuseppi Busso had joined Alfa Romeo as designers in 1938 and 1939 and worked together on everything...
Aston Martin will celebrate its centenary in 2013 with a year-long calendar of events. The British sports car company will...
Mercedes W125 Car: Mercedes W125 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line Supercharged / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 94 mm X...
Following the premiere of the one-off design study at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance earlier this summer, at an event...
The Platypus Porsche Sports Racing car By Kevin Triplett | Photos by Dennis Gray The Platypus Sports racing car routinely appears historic car racing events on the West Coast; it is a great story of an American home-built race car improbably named after the Australian mammal. At the 1953 Paris...
Work has begun on a 1,000 square metre (10,760 square foot) extension to the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy, just...
Sunbeam GP (1923) Car: Sunbeam GP / Engine: 4 Cylinder In-Line / Maker: Sunbeam / Bore X Stroke: 67 X...
This Porsche 962-103, better known as the “Holbert Racing Löwenbräu Special,” is widely considered the most successful and recognizable 962. Built by Porsche AG in Spring 1984, 962-103 was the third customer car completed at the racing department in Weissach. Intended to compete in the IMSA GT Championship, 962-103 was...
