Dozens of books and thousands of articles have been written about Enzo Ferrari and the Scuderia he founded in 1929,...
For readers in the Los Angeles area — or, conceivably, further afield — a couple of upcoming events at the...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing. They believed that advertising, prestige and development were in their interest and they were right. Demand for the motorcar began to increase. Most of these companies ran “Works Teams.” They...
Niki Lauda M. von Brauchitsch 1 Richard Petty drives a Ford Torino to victory in the NASCAR Grand National race...
Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject...
Enzo Ferrari Biography Enzo Ferrari was born in 1898 in Modena Italy. His father, Alfredo, ran a local metal-blacksmith business who forged axles for the Italian railways. When he was 10 his father took Ferrari and his brother Alfredo Jr. to an automobile race in Bologna. There he saw Vincenzo...
Mike Lawrence There is a minor industry in new James Bond novels and if we include Young James Bond and...
His signature sky blue helmet firmly strapped to his head, Alberto Ascari poses for a Pirelli publicity picture before the...
Seems unfathomable that we have never looked at this site (forgive us, Ferrari fans), but better late than never, and especially so given this month’s feature about the ex-Ascari Ferrari that enjoyed a long afterlife. In any case, this link will take you to the History section of the main...
Luigi Musso acclimates himself to the cockpit of his Maserati 300S prior to the start of the 1955 Grand Prix...
Maserati has opened a dedicated exhibit, Maserati 100: A Century of Pure Italian Luxury Sports Cars, at the Enzo Ferrari...
Mike Lawrence In 1957 Maserati was supreme. Fangio won the F1 Championship and the Maserati 450S came within an ace of winning the WSCC, and then Maserati suddenly withdrew and left the way clear for Ferrari to become the dominant Italian marque. For a moment, Maserati had the laurel within...
Enzo FerrariPhoto: Ferrari Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Mercedes 1 Chuck Daigh, driving Frank Arciero’s Lotus 19-Climax, wins both heats of the...
The new Enzo Ferrari Museum (MEF) was opened on February 18, in Modena, by Luca di Montezemolo and Piero Ferrari,...
Black Jack and his Brabham biplane are evidence of the aerodynamic wilderness in which the Grand Prix teams found themselves once “The Wing” worked its way into F1’s consciousness.Photo: Chris Willows Red Bull gives you wings” says the advertising strap line for the energy drink that funds not only the...
Entering the 1974 season, a pair of fresh, new faces began exerting significant influence upon Ferrari, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo...
Maranello, Italy, November 1979. The introduction of the new Ferrari 312/T5 at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track. Standing behind the new...
It is interesting to note that the two most iconic constructors of Italian road-going sports cars—Ferrari and Maserati—only grudgingly began offering Grand Touring cars in the 1950s. For founders Enzo Ferrari and the Maserati brothers, racing was their focus and their passion. Yet, in a post-war world screaming for sports...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s...
I don’t think there has ever been a car that has captured the public’s imagination more than the Jaguar E-Type....
Cisitalia 202 was a ground-breaking post-war design that placed Pininfarina at the forefront of automotive design. The late 19th century was not a great time for the Farina family to be bringing up eleven children in rural Italy. The tenth was christened Battista, and with all these mouths to feed...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early...
Two major exhibitions opened recently in “Motorland,” as the locals often call Modena, the unofficial home of Italy’s high-performance racers and road cars. One quietly commemorates the heated competition between Ferrari and Maserati cars on the race tracks of the world in days gone by, while the other honors one...
When Enzo Ferrari began building cars under his own name in 1947 he built racecars, satisfying a pent up desire...
The history of Automobili Lamborghini is one that almost parallels the success of post-World War II Italy itself, and is...
When we presented the first part of our continuing interview with F1 design legend John Barnard last March, VR Contributing Editor Mike Jiggle got him to discuss his early years at Lola and going to work at McLaren, as well as his basic design philosophy. In this second installment he speaks...
Mention the words “Rudi” and “Mercedes” and what comes to mind? Chances are good it will be images of famed...
Italy and the world lost one of the most accomplished stylists of all time in early July, when Sergio Pininfarina...
After World War II, Enzo Ferrari began the work of retooling his small company from manufacturing parts for Italy’s war effort, to the manufacture of racing cars. Prior to the war, Ferrari had served as racing director for Alfa Romeo’s racing efforts, and as such, had been involved in the...
