Since the beginning of its history in 1963, Automobili Lamborghini has always stood out as a highly innovative and pioneering...
The 1929 Lincoln Aero Phaeton, by LeBaron, was one of the earliest American vehicles to employ a tailfin. Priced at...
“Look at this!” Tracy shouted across the house. My wife’s swim coach voice was too enthusiastic to tarry, so I sprinted to the dining table to see her holding a battered, pulp classified tabloid. She held it up with an index finger firmly on a single ad at the top...
Although better known for its style than its achievements on the track, the Moretti 750 Gran Sport Berlinetta is commanding...
The 1920s and 1930s were not only a pivotal time in world history, they proved to be the crucible from...
Rallying in a COVID year is a challenge, especially when you have people coming over from countries with different COVID rules. This fun rally started in the beautiful region of the Douro valley in Portugal and made its way through Northern Spain, along the Atlantic coast famous for its high...
The OSCA 1600 GT Zagato is perhaps one of the most underappreciated and misunderstood GT cars of the post- war...
There is but a short list of automotive names, from the post-World War II period, that shine brightly. Names that...
I bought both a Volkswagen Type 1 and a Morris Minor more than 20 years ago when we started coming to New Zealand to escape the winter months in the United States. I acquired the 1966 Morris convertible first, and it turned out to be a big mistake. One...
1935 MG Airline Coupé Every once in a while an incredible opportunity falls in your lap. A few months ago,...
In the heady, but risky, days of British specialist sports car manufacture in the late 1950s, the intrepid characters involved...
The year is 1950 and life is wonderful. American businesses are growing at an unprecedented rate, the middle class is expanding, and smoking is good for you. Across the land a smattering of small, foreign cars are winning automobile races at Palm Springs, Pebble Beach, Sebring Airport, Elkhart Lake and...
Franco Scaglione was a truly remarkable man, even by the standards of most Italian car designers. From drawings of the...
East Himalaya Rally October-November 2022 This adventure-rated rally was the first international classic car rally in the North East Indian...
Photo: Gerard Brown Photo: Gerard Brown The original plan was to take my two-liter Low Chassis Lagonda. This was a “barn find” bought nine months previously. I subsequently found out that not only was it an original supercharged car, but had a rally history, including the 1931 London to Edinburgh...
Although the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 of the late-1930s and immediate post-war years lingered on the market until 1953, its...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s...
2018 Indochina Road Classic Route What are the ingredients for a good rally? Breathtaking scenic roads, unique cars and great people, but also some surprises and the “Wow”effect! The Indochina Road Classic had it all. The variety of vehicles made it a real cruising museum, with 21 cars and two...
A proving ground like no other Automotive factory proving grounds and test tracks are like Disneyland – the fun is...
For a moment, let us explore the children’s section of Vintage Road & Racecar. What children’s section you ask? In...
1913 Cadillac Roadster By 1913, automotive advancements solidified the automobile’s place in the future. Gone were the barbershop debates about the automobile being a flash-in-the-pan and how the horse would eventually win the day. It would be hard to imagine that only a year earlier, electric lights and electric self-starters...
In the early 20th century, the motor car was considered a killer. The culprit was the 1903 Paris to Madrid road race...
On July 18, 1955, in sunny Southern California an icon was born when Walt Disney opened the gates to his...
The Standard Motor Company is one of the largest motor companies that so few have ever heard of. It grew from a tiny workshop in Coventry to become one of the biggest car manufacturing companies in the UK, employing some 11,000 people at its peak. Over its 60-year existence the...
The Lancia Fulvia Lancia was never short of talented engineers. Consider just Vincenzo himself, Vittorio Jano and, later in the...
1899 Columbia Elec Brougham. Today the name Town Car is almost exclusively associated with Lincoln, but that was by no...
In my 1958 children’s I-Spy Book of Motor-Cars, such mundane and common models(!) as Graber-bodied Alvis and Jaguar XK150s warranted a haul for the spotter of 10 or 20 points apiece. Not bad when a Morris Oxford only earned you two. However, when you reached the center two pages of...
Among the world’s most exotic and mysterious motor cars, the big Tatras of the 1930s attract rumor and controversy. Karl...
Later model 3500GTs, with the larger 4-liter engine and 5-speed ZF transmission, are the most desirable. About 30 miles north...
If you are an old car buff, love beautiful scenery and friendly people, and want to visit a place where they speak English and you can drink the water, then New Zealand is the place for you. These are classics from various events in the land down under, the land...
