Arie Luyendyk is a household name in motor racing, especially in Indianapolis folklore, but it was a long and arduous...
Vintage Racecar Features
Out there since the mid-1950s, the Mercedes-Benz SL has been a staple post-WW2 sports car for Stuttgart’s automaker. Deeply rooted...
Back in 1977, a group of Atlanta car folk had a need for speed but didn’t want to end up in the local jail. They came upon the perfect location in Braselton, Georgia. Road Atlanta. The 2.54-mile, 12-turn course was the perfect place to have some high-speed fun. The event...
What began as a study of Asian automobile advertising of the late 1950s has unearthed a rare tale of a...
Sometimes a slogan doesn’t mean very much. Take for example Exxon’s “Happy Motoring” or Pontiac’s “We Are Driving Excitement” –...
When Jensen Interceptor got a Ferguson Formula all-wheel drive, it made the first step towards revolutionizing sports cars. The next milestone came with the Audi Quattro, and since then, all-wheel drive started its breakthrough to the mainstream. Gradually, sports cars of all shapes and sizes ended up adopting the layout—and...
Louis Gerard. Five years after Whitney Straight’s historic trip to South Africa to take part in the First South African...
Bearer of a degree in Industrial Engineering at the Turin Polytechnic, Savonuzzi honed his skill on Fiat aero engines during...
It’s a well-known fact that BMWs are exceptional cars. They’re stylish, fast, and luxurious, and most importantly, they have the best safety features. But not every car is created equal—some are faster than others, which is why we have created this list of the top 5 fastest BMW cars. If...
Alfa Romeo has a long history in racing that dates back to 1910 and extends to Formula One today. Throughout...
The sport of vintage racing is enjoyed by thousands of spectators and participants around the world. It attracts people of...
Porsche Aftermarket Tuning: The State of Play There are few tuning companies in the world who are universally entrusted with the enviable (and sometimes unenviable) task of making a Porsche car better than it was when it came from the factory. E-Motion Engineering LLC, a California-based Porsche Tuning Specialist, is...
I have been road racing since the early 1980s and vintage/historic racing since the late ’80s; always in 105 series...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour...
In the 1950s, home-made, one-off sports cars were being created everywhere across the country, the majority of them emerging from suburban garages built by weekend racers, mechanics, engineers and dreamers. The results of these efforts were mixed; some cars were crude creations cobbled together by shade-tree mechanics that were downright...
Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
Over the past few months, we here at Sports Car Digest have been expanding beyond just covering classic sports cars...
Before we begin, I’d like to take an opportunity to say that this season’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has been the best one in some time. Hamilton has been outright, the best of the best, for quite a few years now, but Verstappen’s victory this time around has created the...
The first time I ever saw Daijiro (Dai) Yoshihara was on a circa 2008 episode of Best Motoring, where he...
Lotus founder Colin Chapman was undoubtedly gifted at what he did, admittedly some of his cars were better than others...
Whereas the roots of the RS dynasty can be traced to one car before the RS4 B5, this twin-turbocharged superwagon was perhaps the most valuable one for Audi. Its fierce power delivery could put many thoroughbred sports cars to the test, and combined with usability of a family car, it...
When you think of a company like Alfa Romeo, which boasts a century of creating legendary sports cars, the 156...
America’s premier sports car endurance race started at an abandoned WWII Army Air Corps base in Florida. “The 12-Hours of...
Let’s face it, the Alfa Romeo SZ will most likely trigger a fight or flight reaction. A car with such peculiar looks isn’t innately beautiful; it’s an acquired taste. But once you learn how to observe the SZ and look past its menacing demeanor, this special Alfa will uncover an...
Out of the shadows of World War II and its aftermath has come an unique Alfa Romeo sports car flaunting...
Click here to read “Chargers Part 1—World Rallying 1957–1965 The CSI struck again in 1965, this time putting out a...
Photos by Djordje Sugaris It might not have been the prettiest, but the BMW M5 E60 is by far the wildest sports sedan ever to wear the blue and white roundel. Nearing twenty, this astonishing Bavarian has come to be respected even by the loudest naysayers and there are quite...
It is an indisputable fact that the world is going digital. 30 years ago, the internet was in its infancy,...
The late ’60s were a revolutionary period in racecar design. Advances in aerodynamic research were creating a fiercely fast, new...
Mike Costin (left) and Keith Duckworth. A single-seater Brabham arrives in Singapore for the 1969 Singapore Grand Prix. On the nosecone reads “Costin Brabham”, not the customary Repco Brabham badge seen on other Brabham single-seaters. Many would have already heard of the name Costin, some would even have known the...
