For the burgeoning Formula Two category for 1½-liter cars, French star driver Jean Behra based a new racing car of...
Fed up with seeing their major races won by the Germans in the 1930s, the Italians allowed only 1½-liter entries...
An image of Reid Railton with his parents depicted the engineer at the time of his decision, supported by Henry Spurrier III, to design and produce an automobile of his own conception. In the midst of Britain’s post-war turmoil engineer Reid Railton was freshly out of a job at the...
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
The Ferrari 275 GTB, introduced in 1964, represents a significant shift in Ferrari’s engineering and design approach. It was among...
My wife made an offer on a house in New Zealand while vacationing there with her family a few years ago. She is a realtor, and not an impulsive person, so I did not object, especially after she mentioned that it had a four-car garage. I was a bit apprehensive...
After ending his agreement with Alfa Romeo in 1939, Enzo Ferrari faced significant struggles in establishing his own race team...
“Who painted this D-Type red?” was my thought when I first laid eyes on this legendary machine. Most of the...
A tiny red car is mixing it up at the Monterey Historic Races with 356 Porsches, Morgans, Corvettes, Lotuses and Alfas on the track. “What is that thing?” a fellow racer with a Ferrari on the pre-grid says. The same question has been asked at different racing events around the globe...
During the late ’50s and early ’60s American racers were doing battle in a wide variety of homebuilt racecars and...
Ten reasons you don’t want to miss the 2024 edition of the Velocity Invitational: Global Time Attack Eight cars will...
Driven to Win The Petersen Automotive Museum’s newest exhibit, “Driven to Win: The Automobile in Competition,” is now open in the Charles Nearburg Family Gallery. The display showcases over 100 years of motorsport history across various competitive disciplines and highlights the technologies that propelled winning race cars across the finish...
If it’s Friday during Car Week, then it’s The Quail in Carmel Valley, period. Sports Car Digest is always honored...
Bentley’s annual showcase at Monterey Car Week continued this year with a trio of firsts that showcased the breadth of...
Five Decades of Historic Motorsport It’s a bit daunting to think five decades have past since the first Monterey Historics occurred in 1974. Laguna Seca wasn’t even 20 years old when vintage car enthusiast Steve Earle organized the first Historics at Laguna Seca, a race track built on property once...
Background By the late 1950s, sports racing cars were becoming increasingly sophisticated, transitioning from traditional front-engine production-based cars to a...
Nobody could foresee the significance of the race they were about to watch when the starter’s flag dropped at the...
Motoring enthusiasts from around the world will congregate on California’s Monterey Peninsula next week for a glorious display of engineering and automotive elegance. The revelry will begin with the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion from Wednesday 14–Saturday 17 August, with the event marking the 50th anniversary of historic racing at WeatherTech...
Soon after the Ferrari 330 GTC’s unveiling at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari introduced a companion Spider variant: the...
For those looking to be truly amazed by the evolution of the automobile, it’s time to plan a trip to...
Coming to America Subaru Motorsports USA’s “WRX: Project Midnight,” the standout entry at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, will make its North American appearance at the 5th annual Velocity Invitational at Sonoma Raceway, Oct. 4-6, 2024. Fastest WRX ever The quickest and fastest ever WRX race car from Subaru...
BMW 507 Debut When the Frankfurt Motor Show opened in late 1955, the principal BMW attractions were two sporting variations...
Background Lamborghini’s Miura S, an iconic masterpiece of automotive design, was conceived by Marcello Gandini of Bertone. Gandini’s genius is...
One of the top automotive cult films of all time is, without a doubt, “The Cannonball Run”. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Countach LP 400 S that starred in the movie, Automobili Lamborghini brought together the exceptional female crew of actresses Adrienne Barbeau and Tara Buckman for the...
90 and counting On behalf of everyone at Sports Car Digest, Happy Birthday Karl! As most of you know, Karl...
Photo: Gilco The early 1950s found Enzo Ferrari’s burgeoning company quickly climbing the steep end of the power curve. His...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has just debuted its newest exhibit, “Eyes on the Road: Art of the Automotive Landscape.” The display, which explores the intersection of art, the motoring environment and automotive innovation, will feature a curated selection of concept cars and artwork from iconic artists, including Ed Ruscha, Andy...
Photo: Casey Annis The 1950s and 1960s were a time of rapid change in both the road and racecar world....
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen...
Background Inhabiting the highest echelons of Mercedes-Benz collecting, this 1962 300SL Roadster stands alone as the sole W198 chassis Mercedes-Benz, Gullwing or Roadster, to be originally delivered in the breathtaking factory hue of DB 571 Dunkelrot (dark red) metallic paint. This immaculate Roadster retains its original light-aluminum alloy engine while...
