Northern California’s Classic Sports and Racing Group will be hosting a Formula Vee Gathering during its 2017 Thunderhill Spring race...
Mid America Motorworks will host its 15th annual Air-Cooled VW Magical Mystery Funfest, May 31-June 2, in Effingham, Illinois. An...
On the 20th anniversary of the date the Volkswagen W12 broke seven world speed records on the famed Nardò circuit in Italy, we take a look back at the infamous supercar. Few are aware the first supercar to feature a functioning example of Volkswagen’s unique “W” engine was not the...
While this news has been somewhat eclipsed by the virtual implosion of the U.S. auto industry, after more than a...
June 22, 1934 was not only one of the most important days in the early corporate history of the Company...
As the years pile up, I find myself learning more about people I used to know than I ever appreciated...
This Sunday, March 10th, The People’s Car will make its debut at one of themost prestigious collector-car events in the...
1976 Cheetah Mk6 AF2 Fifteen years is a long time in the automotive world, and I suspect that within the evolution of the racing car it’s probably a number of generations. At one point in time, I had the pleasure of being behind the wheel of a 1961 open-wheeler that...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
The all-electric Volkswagen ID.R race car will perform daily runs at the 2020 Sonoma Speed Festival in an attempt to...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian...
The VW Beetle made its bow at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance and wowed the thousands of enthusiasts who attended the event. The class of 12 vehicles showed how the Beetle platform inspired coachbuilders around Europe to produce their own versions of the Volkswagen. The Concours, now in its 24th...
For all the talk today of “level playing fields” and equal opportunities for all, it has to be understood that...
Every year, Guinness World Records receive around 50,000 applications from aspiring record-breakers. It is a competitive field to be on, and...
It took time for me to become enthusiastic about anything German. I have been hit by the blast of a...
Kirk F. White took a circuitous route to his successful classic car business in Philadelphia, entering the workforce earlier than...
VW cars, campers and commercials will be the motoring stars of Beaulieu’s Simply VW on Saturday June 19th, as Vee Dub owners and fans enjoy a great Saturday out at Britain’s National Motor Museum. A calendar highlight following the easing of current restrictions, the much-loved rally will bring together all manner...
Mike Lawrence Australia has decided to demote FF1600 and install Formula 4 as its national starter series. Formula 4 gives...
In Switzerland Ernst and Fritz Beutler made a good living from special bodies on both Volkswagen and Porsche chassis. Ultimately...
The genesis for Volkswagen’s near-ubiquitous Transporter, or Microbus, was a combination of post-war necessity and the clever instincts of a Dutch importer. After World War II, VW’s Wolfsburg factory was in disarray and taken over by the Allied forces. While offered to a number of British and American car companies...
Mecum’s Los Angeles 2018 collector-car auction, held this past weekend at the L.A. County Fairplex in Pomona, California, achieved $9...
I bought both a Volkswagen Type 1 and a Morris Minor more than 20 years ago when we started...
In 1980, people laughed when they heard Audi was developing a four-wheel-drive rally car. Hadn’t Ford tried that with their Capri 10 years earlier and drawn a blank? But the detractors stopped laughing when an Audi Quattro won the 1981 Janner Rally in Austria by 20 minutes. And they were...
When you think of Volkswagen you don’t often use of the word rare, but in this case, with a 1958...
Mystery GT40 Dear Editor, While perusing Roadcar, on Page 49 (May 2013) I saw a picture of a white GT40...
As you’ll read in various sections of this month’s issue, the 2013 season got off to a surprisingly hot start with the annual orgy of collecting that is the Scottsdale auctions. While I want to come back around to what the overall market seems to be doing and where it...