Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Italian-Austrian Karl (Carlo) Abarth in Turin in 1949. In the 1960s,...
Famous racing and film cars from Jaguar’s Heritage collection will drive through Bradford on Thursday, April 24th to mark the...
When Sports Car Digest stumbled upon Roger Blanchard’s automotive paintings at this spring’s Euros at the Fair, we were struck by Blanchard’s detailed comprehension of a wide variety of subject matter, as his art ranges from a Maserati 250F to a Bonneville streamliner to a Porsche 917. And of course,...
Sports Car Digest has an extensive library of automotive magazines from the 1950s through present day. We think you know...
The next installment in Sports Car Digest’s therapeutic look back at classified advertisements features two rare Porsche racing cars offered...
The latest episode in Sports Car Digest’s look back at classified advertisements features a 1953 Siata 208S Spyder that was offered for sale in the September 1964 issue of Road & Track for $4,000. Created by Societa Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori (SIATA), these magnificent Italian wonders were powered by Fiat’s...
The latest look at old classified advertisements features a Ferrari 196 S race car offered for sale in the April...
This week’s look back at old classified advertisements features a Alfa Romeo race car offered for sale in the May...
The latest look back at old classified advertisements features a 1955 Maserati A6G 2000 Zagato offered for sale in the April 1995 issue of Hemmings for $225,000. The Maserati A6G 2000, also known as Tipo A6G/54, was offered in Maserati’s sales brochure with four different body styles including coupe and...
January 2009 Update: This very same Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder recently sold at Gooding’s Scottsdale Auction for $4,950,000....
Frazer Nash has the distinction of being the only British car ever to win the Sicilian Targa Florio. This was...
By Paul Chenard, Racing History Collector and Illustrator I’ve been collecting vintage toys since 1982. I started slowly and methodically, partly for lack of information, mostly for lack of finances. I used to collect any metal transportation toy that I found interesting, anything that caught my eye (and that I could afford)....
This 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Alloy Competizione did not sell at the high bid of $4,400,000 during the Gooding...
This week’s look back at old classified advertisements features a Toyota 2000GT race car offered for sale in the April...
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, will offer this stunning 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (Chassis # 0714TR) when the Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event returns to Maranello, May 17, 2009. 0714TR was extensively campaigned in its day with significant finishes at the world’s most important racing events and is...
Artcurial is offering a Matra MS650 (s/n 01) at its 2009 Classic and Racing Cars auction on Sunday, February 8th...
The new Porsche Museum, located in the heart of the Porsche factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, officially opened to the public...
The latest look back at old classified advertisements features a 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial offered for sale in the September 1985 issue of Hemmings for $145,000. In the early 1950s, Ferrari shifted from using the compact Gioacchino Colombo-designed V12 engine in its smallest class of sports racers to a line of four cylinder engines designed by Aurelio Lampredi....
Pegaso was an established company noted for its trucks and motor coaches, but also produced sports cars for seven years. Pegaso...
Bitter from multiple sports car racing defeats at the hands of the potent Ford GT40 in 1966, Ferrari was determined...
“Design is what sets a vehicle apart, what separates a good car from a great car. It is what creates enthusiasm for the automobile, what sparks an emotional bond between car and customer. And it is the reason that the automobile inspires a passion among consumers like no other product,...
This 1937 Bentley 4 1/4 Liter Fixed Head Sport Coupe sold for $1,320,000 at the 2009 Gooding and Company Scottsdale...
Our recent 1967 24 Hours of Daytona Photo Gallery continues to be a very popular story, as it featured great...
When Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled the Porsche 917 at the Geneva International Motor Show on March 13, 1969, little did we know that it would become one of the most successful and famous sports racing cars of all time. Not only did the race car give Porsche its first 24...
The latest look back at old classified advertisements features a 1952 Jaguar C-Type offered for sale in a 1962 issue...
A Race To Remember – Recollections of 1970 12 Hours of Sebring By Louis Galanos In 1970 my fiancé and...
The American Le Mans Series starts their season on Saturday, March 21st with the 57th running of America’s premier sports car endurance race, the 12 Hours of Sebring. Expectations are high for the race, as Acura, Audi, Lola and Peugeot will all battle for overall victory around Sebring’s grueling 3.7...
The 2009 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance was held Sunday, March 15th on the 10th and 18th fairways of The Golf...
RM Auctions held its 2009 Automobiles of Amelia Island auction on March 14th in Amelia Island, Florida. RM achieved a...
Porsche continued its winning ways last year at the 12 Hours of Sebring, taking the overall victory with the RS Spyder sports prototype. Following tradition, the name of the overall winner was added to the front of the pit structure at the Sebring International Raceway before this year’s race....