On the 20th anniversary of the date the Volkswagen W12 broke seven world speed records on the famed Nardò circuit...
In 1896, in Suresnes a western suburb of Paris, Alexandre Darracq started his business, A Darracg & Cie. His business...
More than a thousand modern and heritage Bentleys set a new record for the largest gathering of Bentleys in history. 1,321 cars arrived at the Bentley Drivers Club Annual Rally, hosted this year at the Salon Privé Concours d’Elegance in England, together forming a stunning photograph to continue Bentley’s year-long...
Examples from every generation of Mustang since the iconic sports car’s launch in 1964 converged on Ford’s Lommel Proving Ground,...
Bugatti is the first manufacturer to break the 300-mile-an-hour barrier. On a test track in Germany, a near production prototype...
Mika Hakkinen Dario Franchitti Photo: Richard Dole 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and his first Formula One World Championship, in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land Speed Record in the Spirit of America Sonic 1 at Bonneville by running 555.48 mph/888.76...
Roberto Moreno Photo: Pete Austin Mike Hawthorne Photo: BRDC Archive 1 F1 race winner and six-time Le Mans victor Jacky...
Photo: Pete Austin The UK’s Celtic county of Cornwall is a land full of mystical fables and folklore of piskies,...
Elio de AngelisPhoto: Maureen Magee Colin ChapmanPhoto: Maureen Magee 2 Johnny Rutherford, driving a McLaren-Offenhauser, wins the USAC Indycar race at Trenton, New Jersey (1976). 3 The Mercedes-Benz W194 “Gullwing” makes its race debut in the Mille Miglia (1952). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
On June 14, as part of the celebrations for the re-launch of Coventry Transport Museum following an impressive £9 million...
Australians Rod Wade, aged 71, and Austen Ritchie, 38, have set a new World Record for driving a pre-war car...
The Historic Racing Drivers Club is anticipating a bumper season in 2014, as it has already received a record number of entries for its first event at Silverstone in early April. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
After being silent for more than half a century, the sound of Sir Malcolm Campbell’s record-breaking 350-hp Sunbeam once more...
Mecum Auctions’ 2013 grand finale event at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 5-7 was...
Vintage Adventurer Rod Wade and co-driver Michael Flanders have created a new world record for driving a pre-war car across the USA, from New York to Los Angeles in 50 hours, 20 minutes and 6 seconds. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
In what may go down as one of the most remarkable collector car auctions of all time, RM Auctions and...
During RM Auctions’ two-day sale in London’s Battersea Park 120 exclusive collector cars sold for a spectacular $34,085,045.00, an impressive...
Chassis 5111GT sells for $52 million A Series I Ferrari 250 GTO (Chassis #5111), once owned by American collector Paul Pappalardo was confirmed to have changed hands in a private sale for $52 million—making it the most expensive documented sale. Originally sold to Jean Guichet in 1963, Guichet and Jose...
Vintage Adventurer Rod Wade is aiming to set a new world record as he drives against the clock from New...
Barrie Horne/Gordon Robertson Porsche 911.Photo: Jakob Ebrey A pulse-quickening parade of more than 1,200 Porsche 911 sports cars took to...
A new mark has been established for automobiles sold at auction, as an ex-Fangio Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car has set records for any car ever sold at auction, as well as for an F1 car and a Mercedes-Benz. Across the block at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, the...
A new record was set for a Mustang selling at auction during Mecum’s 26th Original Spring Classic, May 14-19, 2013,...
• The 2013 Desert Classic Concours will be held February 24, 2013 on the beautiful golf course of the Desert Princess Country Club and the Doral Desert Princess Resort. The theme for this year’s show is “Year of The Winners,” and as such will be displaying many rarely displayed or...
Ferrari’s record-breaking parade of 964 cars at Ferrari Racing Days at Silverstone on Saturday, September 15, has now been confirmed...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
Any questions about the virility of the collector car market were quickly vanquished during this August’s Monterey classic car week, when the five independent car auctions that took place from Aug. 15-19, recorded a total of $226 million dollars in combined sales—that’s over a quarter of a billion dollars in...
On the heels of last month’s news that a Ferrari 250 GTO broke the all-time record for the most expensive...
Early in June, Bloomberg News confirmed that the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (Chassis 3505GT) originally built for Stirling Moss to...
Despite what have been arguably the worst economic times in over a generation, the mantra of the auction world for the past two years has been that cars of uncompromising quality, will always realize exceptional prices. And, while intuition and logic may have dictated that this couldn’t possibly be true...
