Photo: Peter Collins Things were bad. There had been difficulties before for Lancia, but on both occasions the good guys...
Vintage Roadcar Features
Photo: Steve Oom The next time you see an Audi on the road look closely at its badge. Four intertwined...
Introduction The Jaguar C-type holds profound significance in automotive history, epitomizing the golden age of sports car racing in the 1950s. Designed by Jaguar’s visionary engineer, William Heynes, the C-type introduced revolutionary aerodynamics and disc brake technology, setting new standards in performance and safety. Its sleek design and lightweight construction...
It’s rather ironic that both the birth of the “Pony Car” movement in the mid-1960s, and its eventual death in...
The 275 GTB occupies a very rarified space in the pantheon of Ferrari road car history. It sits at an...
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta is a milestone in the legacy of Enzo Ferrari’s quest for sports car GT perfection. Debuting at the Paris Auto Show in 1968, this masterpiece was informally christened “Daytona” after Ferrari’s 1-2-3 finish in the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona race. Underneath its sculpted...
National Motor Museum mechanics have discovered time capsule finds during the start of the restoration of Land Speed Record breaker...
The Pearl Collection The Concours of Elegance 2023 at Hampton Court, is set to extend a warm welcome to Fritz...
Il Commendatore Research the Ferrari automobile, and it will soon become apparent that it was built from one man’s passion for speed. Enzo Ferrari’s vision to build a superior automobile and dominate motor racing was an enduring obsession that never faded throughout his lifetime. A man deeply enamored by racing,...
Ferrari has announced the SF90 XX Stradale and its companion, the SF90 XX Spider, both unveiled as limited series editions...
Coinciding its 60th anniversary with the 30th celebration of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Automobili Lamborghini graced the United Kingdom...
2024 theme and details “The Art of Automotive Design” has been chosen as the theme for the next Arizona Concours d’Elegance, set for January 21, 2024, at the newly renovated Scottsdale Civic Center, where a splendid array of 100 rare and historic automobiles will be displayed. The sixth edition of...
Press release: For Rolls-Royce, 2023 marks the 110th anniversary of success at the Alpine Trails, an event spanning eight days...
From our friends at Broad Arrow Auctions comes one of the holy grails of post-war sports cars; the 1956 A6G/54...
When Jim Gehkre returned from his tour in Vietnam, in January of 1970, the first thing he needed was a set of wheels. He sold his ’57 Chrysler New Yorker just before he left to serve his country. Being a Mopar man, he went to the local Dodge dealer and...
Patrick Long For the best part of 20 years, Patrick Long was a Porsche factory driver. Having hung up his...
Designed for aircraft Rooted in aeronautics but more commonly known for its automotive applications, the NACA (not NASA) duct is...
A salute to the past The 2023 edition of the California Mille included 67 classic sports cars traversing scenic California countryside to celebrate driving and car culture. The five-day affair was a 1,000-mile driving tour through the hills of Central and Northern California and celebrated its 32nd running. Sponsored by...
A proving ground like no other Automotive factory proving grounds and test tracks are like Disneyland – the fun is...
What is it about a Stradale? Ask most Alfisti what Alfa they’d most like to have in their garage, and...
Synonymous with Zagato, but embraced throughout the automotive industry, double-bubble roofs are one of the most striking design cues ever to emerge from post-WWII Italy. An already established coachbuilder with a lot of experience in lightweight materials, namely aluminum, Ugo Zagato was also among the first to experiment with aerodynamics,...
In September 2022, I travelled to Townsend, Tennessee, in the Great Smokey Mountains for Okteenerfest. The annual gathering of Porsche...
The thought of racing priceless vintage autos on the surface of a frozen lake is crazy, right? Would you take...
Creating his own car company was “an old idea of my father’s,” Ferry Porsche recalled. The idea dated back at least to 1923. “When he left Austro Daimler in 1923 to go to Mercedes,” Ferry continued, “he had the idea to do something a little like what Bugatti had done....
East Himalaya Rally October-November 2022 This adventure-rated rally was the first international classic car rally in the North East Indian...
When someone says “Sunbeam,” most car people immediately think of the “Tiger.” Sunbeam was much more than just that one...
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with professional race car driver, Max Hanratty. As part of the Fast MD Racing team, Max currently competes in the IMSA LMP3 class where he pilots a Nissan-powered Duqueine M30-D08. Being a motorsports fan myself, I have always been fascinated with people who...
Founded back in 1935 The Vintage Sports Car Club was intended to be for cars at least five years old;...
The term Metropolitan is an adjective meaning, “Of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis.” It was also a term...
A frenzy of uncorked Mini Coopers, followed by a gaggle of vintage MGs, Triumphs and other assorted vintage sports racers came flying by, but incongruously, about mid-pack was a 1929 Model 75 Chrysler Roadster holding its own around this short airport road course. I was at a vintage and historic...