“Bella figura” is Italian for “beautiful figure.” Winston Goodfellow uses the phrase in the title of the section of his...
Vintage Roadcar Features
Joe Ballengee was driving his ’65 Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato through the Santa Fe Arts District, during the Santa Fe...
It was possibly the greatest automotive marketing slogan ever – “Ask the Man Who Owns One.” Packards were such high quality, reliable cars that asking someone who owned a Packard was sure to produce a very complimentary reply. Throughout much of the company’s history, its cars were considered among the...
Long, long ago (50 years) in a city far, far away (Butte, Montana), I bought a racecar from Evel Knievel’s...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
Prelude to Excellence There is a story that the Coventry car company name Alvis originated by taking “Al” from the word aluminum and “vis”, the Latin word for power or force. The supposed author, Geoffrey de Freville, founder of the Aluminum Piston Company, who had commissioned the company’s founding father,...
The People The two people critical to the development of Tatra’s most significant automobiles, including the subject of this profile,...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley Nash Automobile ads often go over the top when describing a new line of cars. Nash...
It was irresistible and I just had to have it. Back in 1976, my friend Keith had learnt the whereabouts of a Riley powered 1947 Healey Duncan saloon that had been in Australia since the early 1950s. It wasn’t in the best of condition, but knowing Keith’s skills he was...
Sensational French shapes and racing pedigree are part of what make Talbot-Lago automobiles exotic, beautiful, rare and sought after. Few...
1952 Lancia Aurelia B50Photo: Peter Collins On a rare sunny day in late spring, on empty roads in Wiltshire, this...
I spotted Phil Jelinek’s beautiful ’53 Kaiser Traveler Deluxe from across the Huntington Beach Concours show field. That is because this elegant, sporty looking automobile is even more distinctive today than it was when it was first introduced nearly 70 years ago. Its elegant design stands out when positioned next...
In the early 1950s, Americans looked forward to attending auto shows for the unveiling of the manufacture’s latest offerings. Adding...
Rolls-Royce’s brilliant, first post-war design is as enjoyable to drive now as it was then. The Silver Wraith was the...
When I moved to Tennessee a few years ago, one of the first things I did was look for a British car club. I have a split personality when it comes to cars – I prefer Italian and British automobiles. The club I found, Southern British Car Club (SBCC) is...
From our friends at Broad Arrow Auctions comes one of the holy grails of post-war sports cars; the 1956 A6G/54...
In 1957, the folks in Coventry were making plans for the replacement of the XK150. A small 2/3-scale aluminum prototype...
Pontiac had built a well-deserved reputation as General Motors performance division by 1967. Innovative performance enhancing engineering, matched with attractive but aggressive styling, set the division apart from the pack. The legendary Wide-Track chassis introduced in 1959 captured the public’s imagination and the automotive media’s praise. Motor Trend magazine named Pontiac...
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta is a milestone in the legacy of Enzo Ferrari’s quest for sports car GT...
Refrigerators, Motorcycles, Microcars, Sports Coupes – All Connected in a Forgotten Italian Marque Italian marques such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa...
The success of the first Myanmar Burma Road Classic, in 2014, made this second edition even more special. The idea was to offer the same highlights as the first event, but while taking in new and even more remote roads within the country. More than 70 percent of the roads...
A salute to the past The 2023 edition of the California Mille included 67 classic sports cars traversing scenic California...
The Jowett brothers—Benjamin and William—built their first car in 1906, which they drove and tested for four years before going...
Gary Dearn started work for British Rail and now is the Club Secretary for the Ferrari Owner’s Club of Great Britain. His journey has been pretty unique given he rose from being a volunteer incident marshal at Silverstone, to actually running the safety side of Silverstone Circuit. From there he...
The MGA should have happened several years before it did. The story of why it didn’t and how it came...
I was 19-years old and working nights at a Shell service station in San Jose, California, with my friend Jim...
Timing is everything, and Graham’s great automobiles are a proof—unfortunately. That’s because, despite the fact that their company made great cars, the Graham brothers got into the business at the worst possible time. As a result, most of us have never even seen a Graham. My experience with Grahams was...
Sometimes, knowing someone results is a surprise. I’ve known Mike Marsh for a number of years. He created the EuroFest...
1922 Duesenberg More words have been written about Duesenberg per “car”-pita than any other marque in the history of the...
The history of Automobili Lamborghini is one that almost parallels the success of post-World War II Italy itself, and is synonymous with the word “Supercar.” The founder of the company, Ferruccio Lamborghini, was born in 1916 in Northern Italy, and as a young man studied engineering. Following World War II...
