AC is the oldest manufacturer of motor cars in Britain. Started by talented designer John Weller and financed by a...
The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud series was produced between 1955 and 1966 with a production run of 7,372 units. The first...
The initial design for the Amphicar—a contraction of Amphibious and Car—came from German racer and engineer Hans Trippel, who in 1932 began work on an amphibious vehicle for Volkswagen, the Schwimmerwagen. After the war, Trippel adapted his Schwimmerwagen design into a production, leisure vehicle that would be built under the...
This year is the 50th anniversary of the 911. Its first public viewing was at the September 1963 Frankfurt Auto...
Any MG enthusiast would remember the sad day on October 23, 1980, when the last MGB left the famed Abingdon...
When you think of Volkswagen you don’t often use of the word rare, but in this case, with a 1958 Karmann Ghia Lowlight Coupe, it is the right word. Volkswagen wanted to be a part of other markets. They needed something other than their ubiquitous Beetle, something with more flair,...
llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the...
In 1966, when the stunning Lamborghini Miura debuted at the Geneva Auto Show, it shook the automotive industry. The car’s...
Porsche, throughout its racing career, has created some of the most iconic machines of all time: the RSK, 904, 906, 908… and, of course, the 917. Also among these celebrated creations is the 911 RSR: a purpose-built racer created to compete in the GT category. In 1973, two “privateer” RSRs...
A manufacturer’s ultimate aim in motor racing is to hope success on the track will lead to greater sales off...
In 1962, Alfa Romeo came out with a new machine, the Giulia. It was actually a series of machines. There...
Tom Tjaarda was born to design automobiles. His father John Tjaarda developed a concept car for the Ford Motor Company. It was called the “Briggs Dream Car” and it was a streamlined, rear-engined creation based on some of his earlier designs. It was eventually reworked to have the engine up...
Societa Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori was an aftermarket company that produced parts to “hot rod” Fiats. The company was started...
We all remember James Bond driving a DB5 in Goldfinger and a DBS in In Her Majesty’s Secret Service and...
There are certain cars made notable by television. The Beverley Hillbillie’s truck, The Munster Mobile, Honey West’s Cobra. Then there was the one car that became an iconic ’80s machine, driven by a guy with a great mustache and a series of Hawian shirts. That was Tom Selleck as Thomas...
Photo: Pete Austin At the Goodwood Festival of Speed just a few months ago a Mercedes Benz W196, once driven...
Just after midnight, in February 1973, there was a battle being waged on a Daytona Beach, Florida race track. All...
It is unlikely that anyone who was around to see the first Volkswagen or even an early 356 would have predicted the Porsche 930 Turbo. It all began when Ferdinand Porsche opened his development and consulting firm, Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH, in Stuttgart in 1931. An early...
Enzo Ferrari’s focus was on racing, not road cars, but he needed money to finance his racing addiction, so he...
When Chevrolet introduced the 1972 Corvette for the fifth year of C3 production, the basic car remained essentially unchanged from...
On 1989, at the Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo unveiled a monster. Its initial impulse was at the hand of Robert Opron, while Antonio Castellana refined the design, as well as created the interior. The famed Zagato Z is on the car’s flanks—as they were mostly responsible for the construction...
In hindsight, I’m sure Alfa Romeo is very happy that Expo ’67 was based in Montreal. If the exposition was...
I have been making the trip up to Vermont to watch the Mt. Equinox Hillclimb for many years… and getting...
With 17,712 built between 1963 and 1968, the Austin-Healey 3000 MIII BJ8 represents just over 24 percent of total big Austin-Healey production. However, with its burl walnut dash, wind-up windows and a lockable glovebox it is seen by many as the Austin-Healey to own. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
In 1957, the folks in Coventry were making plans for the replacement of the XK150. A small 2/3-scale aluminum prototype...
Carlo Abarth was born Karl Alberto Abarth, in Vienna, Austria, on November 15, 1908 (He would go on to change...
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...
During the 1960s, Mercedes-Benz offered a series of convertible and coupe sedans based on its W111 chassis platform. Early variants...
The Apollo GT was the brainchild of engineer Milt Brown and his partner Newt Davis. The youthful entrepreneurs envisioned a...
In October of 1964, the 275 GTB was revealed at the Grand Palais in Paris, showing styling cues influenced by the mighty 250 GTO. The 275 was more than a larger engined version of the original 250 GT series, and though it may have been an evolutionary step, it was...