1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Most will agree the sight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom III majestically gliding across a show field...
The hunt for interesting automobiles to profile often leads to some very unusual vehicles. One-off vehicles do not lend themselves...
The OSCA 1600 GT Zagato is perhaps one of the most underappreciated and misunderstood GT cars of the post- war era. Signaling a close to the Maserati Brothers dynasty and remaining in the shadow of the legendary OSCA MT-4 (overall winner at Sebring in 1954), the 1600 GT emerged with...
The Standard Motor Company is one of the largest motor companies that so few have ever heard of. It grew...
5 Days, 60 Vintage Cars, 1,000 Miles and 3,000 Years of History – An Amazing Journey Through the Remarkable and...
In Switzerland Ernst and Fritz Beutler made a good living from special bodies on both Volkswagen and Porsche chassis. Ultimately Porsche took a close interest in what the brothers were doing because it had 2+2 ambitions of its own. The Swiss brothers Beutler stepped on the stage of Porsche-car history...
The thought of racing priceless vintage autos on the surface of a frozen lake is crazy, right? Would you take...
2018 Indochina Road Classic Route What are the ingredients for a good rally? Breathtaking scenic roads, unique cars and great...
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...
If you believe that when a man puts his name on the building the products emanating from the enterprise embody...
Rodney Loredo’s recent book ‘A Darracq Called Genevieve – the story of veteran motoring’s most famous car’ traces his life...
The Mekong is a great and mighty river that feeds into China, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia and is one of the great rivers of the world. The rally intended to show the best part of this vast region, rich in culture and Unesco World Heritage sites. The participants...
Since the beginning of its history in 1963, Automobili Lamborghini has always stood out as a highly innovative and pioneering...
1952 Allard J2X At a sports and exotic car show a while ago, I was feasting my eyes on sculpted...
On May 23, 1945, the British wartime government came to an end and on July 5 voting took place to elect a new government. The result of the election surprised, but did not altogether shock, Winston Churchill, who had campaigned for a re-election. There were, however, more than a few...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s...
This right-hand-drive 250 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta was owned by British fashion model and socialite Nina Dyer when she married...
Cambodia-Thailand-Myanmar Destination Rally just finished a fantastic run throughout Southeast Asia on December 1 and spices were the theme for this year’s event. As we drove along some of the most scenic areas of the three countries, participants could see, smell and, above all, taste the different spices. Some of...
For the enthusiast, it is a good thing to be able to say that your car is based on a...
In the heady, but risky, days of British specialist sports car manufacture in the late 1950s, the intrepid characters involved...
Among the world’s most exotic and mysterious motor cars, the big Tatras of the 1930s attract rumor and controversy. Karl Ludvigsen explains the background and his personal experiences of a Type 87. Journalist Gordon Wilkins said that “although it has an impressive performance, it produces in the driver the uneasy...
Generation 7, Littler Birds:1977-1979 This next generation of Thunderbirds resulted from conditions outside the company’s control. Lee Iacocca was in...
Ford’s Personal Luxury Car Ford, over the last half century, has occasionally introduced cars that are just a little different...
The Rise of the Preservation Class The ultra-rare and ultra-expensive Ferrari 250 GTO. Photo: Chuck Andersen Sitting on a beautifully manicured putting green, amid all the glitz and glamour of one of the world’s most prestigious concours d’elegance, sit three examples of the same iconic automobile. The car in question...
In the early 20th century, the motor car was considered a killer. The culprit was the 1903 Paris to Madrid road race...
1899 Columbia Elec Brougham. Today the name Town Car is almost exclusively associated with Lincoln, but that was by no...
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...
When you think of classic British cars made in East Anglia, surely the first marque that springs to mind is...
The Lancia Fulvia Lancia was never short of talented engineers. Consider just Vincenzo himself, Vittorio Jano and, later in the...
Circa-1920s outside the London home of Rolls-Royce at 15 Conduit Street.Photo: Courtesy of Rolls-Royce On March 27, 1863, Frederick Henry Royce was born, joining his three sisters and a brother as a child of James and Mary Royce, of Alwalton near Peterborough, in the UK. James, like his father before...
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