A shooting star is an astronomical phenomenon which appears suddenly in the night sky, burns brightly for a few seconds...
King George V thought it was very funny. “You’re late, my boy,” he guffawed. The world’s fastest human being had...
Aficionados of the Riley marque, particularly devotees of the Riley Specials raced prior to World War II, will find a good deal of information here about the cars from the company that began trading as the Bonnick Cycle Company of Coventry, England, in the late 19th century. The site is...
Cisitalia 202 was a ground-breaking post-war design that placed Pininfarina at the forefront of automotive design. The late 19th century...
After World War II, Enzo Ferrari began the work of retooling his small company from manufacturing parts for Italy’s war...
To anyone interested in automotive history, the late 1940s and early ‘50s was a fascinating period of time, especially in the UK. With Britain still suffering the effects of an extremely costly war, it wasn’t until July 1954 when all rationing came to an end. Mostly the rationing affected foodstuffs...
Neville HayPhoto: Kary Jiggle After a very successful year in 1935, Prince Chula Chakrabongse, who financed Prince Birabongse’s racing, decided...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s...
From 1950 until his premature retirement from road racing and hillclimbing just three years later, Tommy Hoan set his competitors on their collective ear with the sheer speed of his 1949 MG TC. In the Queen Catharine Cup race of 1952, he also shot out the window of the Grill...
Renowned engineer and author Bill Milliken passed away in his sleep July 28 at the age of 101. Born in...
Like most German industrial companies, World War II left much of Mercedes-Benz’s Stuttgart factory in ruins. However, with time Mercedes...
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