This summer’s Silverstone Classic will honor the 50th anniversary of the Historic Sports Car Club with a very special parade...
Barrett-Jackson’s 14th annual Palm Beach Auction is happening this weekend, April 8-10, at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm...
The original Lamborghini Miura SV shown at Geneva Motor Show in 1971 has been the subject of more than a year’s restoration by Lamborghini PoloStorico, and was presented as a finished project at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. The Lamborghini Miura SV (Super Veloce), chassis 4846, was the pre-production...
The 350/400 GT Series represented Ferruccio Lamborghini’s desire to create the finest Grand Touring automobile ever assembled. During its introductory...
It is a sobering thought that Lamborghinis have only been in production for 50 years and yet, in that relatively...
One of the highlights of this weekend’s Classic Car Celebrations in Monterey, California, will be Friday’s 13th renewal of The Quail, an event that’s not just a celebration of the finest classic motorcars and the luxury motoring lifestyle, but also a stage for major automotive industry debuts. This Friday The...
Mecum Auctions’ inaugural Denver sale drew standing-room-only crowds to the Colorado Convention Center on June 26-27, and with 396 cars...
Automobili Lamborghini is relaunching its restoration center under the name of Lamborghini Polo Storico. The new department includes the brand’s...
The 33rd Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix will take place in the Pennsylvania city’s Schenley Park this July 18-19, with its central focus a celebration of The Marques of Italy. The Vintage Grand Prix is actually a 10-day outing with a number of related events culminating in the two-day vintage racing...
The second annual Benedict Castle Concours D’Elegance was held in Riverside, Calif. on March 28. An eclectic mix of more than...
Kiwi Bob Wallace was the chief test driver for Lamborghini for 12 years, from 1964 to 1975, and his competence...
The largest gathering of Lamborghini cars ever assembled toured from Piazza Castello in Milan to the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese, held 8-11 May 2013 in honor to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary. Setting off from Milan, Italy, the Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Grand Tour honored the “House of the Raging...
The 63rd Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, to be held August 18, on the 18th fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links,...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s...
British expat, John Amette, is responsible for all Ferrari Classiche submissions for Ferrari of Newport Beach, Ferrari of San Diego and Ferrari of Washington. VR: So how did you first get started in cars? JA: Well, the interest and involvement with cars came from my father and my brothers who...
A class of Lamborghinis will undoubtedly make their presence known at the 2013 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March...
• Coys rounded off a successful year with their final auction of 2012, “True Greats”, on December 4th, at Westminster,...
VR: How did you first get bitten by the “bug”? Drew Alcazar is president and founder of Russo & Steele Auctions. DA: Well, that was an easy moment to remember because it was like an epiphany. I was probably in fifth grade and I was riding around in my friend Dale...
• McCormick’s Palms Springs Collector Car Auction will be held November 16-18, 2012. Among the early entries are a 1953...
The history of Automobili Lamborghini is one that almost parallels the success of post-World War II Italy itself, and is...
Noted Duesenberg expert Randy Ema runs a successful restoration business in Orange, California. VR: I would imagine, like every consummate car guy, cars must have been a very early influence for you? RE: As a little kid, I played with Matchbox and AMT models. I only liked those because they...
When event patron Peter Ricketts was asked what he had done in a previous life to bring so much precipitation...
The grounds of a stately home provide the ideal setting for a gleaming display of Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Alfas, Fiats, Abarths, Lancias and other Italian delicacies – which is why the annual Auto Italia Concours at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire has grown to be such a ‘must-do’ event for Italophiles....
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bertone Design, Concorso Italiano will feature several prominent concept cars from the Bertone...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did not enter competition himself until age 23 after attending a racing school. Working his way up the ladder of the sport he eventually found himself racing both in Formula One...
Alessandro Zanardi is an inspiration to us all. Here is a double CART champion who lost both his legs in...
Former Formula One driver of the 1970s, Loris Kessel, has succumbed to his long-term battle with leukemia. Kessel’s early dream...
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting good racing drivers. “If they’re quick, they’re good,” he growled. So was that all there was to it? Lap times? Whatever it was, he ended up employing the likes of...
