The Heritage Hub, a 15,000 m2 museum space housing the historic collections of Stellantis Group brands Abarth, Fiat and Lancia, is about...
Auto Union’s Wanderer brand constructed three, Ferdinand Porsche designed, aluminum-bodied W25K roadsters for the 1938 Liege-Rome-Liege rally. Equipped with inline,...
In 1962, Alfa Romeo came out with a new machine, the Giulia. It was actually a series of machines. There was the Alfa Giulia Super (sedan), as well as the Sprint, Sprint Speciale and Spider. They were uprated versions of the earlier Giulietta, with an enlarged engine and slightly longer...
In the mid 1990s, I had the pleasure of spending the day with Carroll Shelby. After walking through his LA...
Returning again to King Henry Vlll’s favored riverside palace of Hampton Court, the 2022 Concours of Elegance (Sept. 2–4) marked...
A 1956 Ferrari 250 GT TdF Berlinetta by Zagato has been awarded Best of Show at this year’s Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance presented by Aviva. The 250 GT TdF impressed ICJAG Judges and Blenheim’s guests alike and was part of a keenly contested group of Class winners covering 12 decades...
Debuted at the 1968 New York Auto Show, the Astro II (eXperimental Project 880) was General Motors’ first, real foray...
Photo Gallery from the Aug. 20, 2022, Concorso Italiano, in Monterey, California....
Just after midnight, in February 1973, there was a battle being waged on a Daytona Beach, Florida race track. All of the heavy-hitters from Lola, Mirage and Matra had fallen by the wayside. The two cars trading places were not factory entries, they were two very separate and independent teams:...
A unique Duesenberg reprised its early role as Concours winner by taking the top prize at the Pebble Beach Concours...
Bonnie Menapace (nee Hemsley – yes, she’s my daughter) got her first Alfa for her 16th birthday. It was a...
The Steelers Wheel 1973 pop tune “Stuck in the Middle with You” could very well have been the theme song for the Porsche 914. Though the 914 was originally released in 1969, four years before the song would top the pop charts, by 1973 the 914 found just the right...
Aston Martin has chosen the 2022 Monterey Car Week to unveil the spectacular DBR22 for the first time: A V12-engined,...
Singer-songwriter Carol Connors once bet Carroll Shelby that if she wrote him a hit song, he’d give her a Cobra....
One of three experimental aerodynamic prototypes built for the 1940 war-affected Mille Miglia, this unique 328 was designed by Wunibald Kamm. After World War II, this car would be crashed and destroyed in 1953....
On July 21, top automotive executives and VIPs gathered at The Icon, on the Detroit waterfront, to celebrate the induction...
The Triumph Motor Company was a manufacturer started by two partners from Germany building bicycles under the trade name Triumph....
The names of the great marques roll off the tongue like poetry—Porsche, Jaguar, Maserati, Mercedes, Rolls-Royce and, of course, Ferrari. And, the best of these manufacturers reserve a special model name for their most significant cars. Think Carrera GT, Silver Ghost, SSK and Ghibli and you need no further description...
At the heart of the City of London, over 80 rare and precious cars from around the world gathered in...
The end of the century was a big deal. Now that more than two decades have passed, it’s quaint to...
In 1966, Lamborghini shook the automotive establishment when it mounted is powerful V12 engine transversally, in a rear-mid position, on the P400 Miura: the vehicle for which the term “supercar” was coined. As such, the Miura plays an oversized role in Lamborghini’s long V12 engine story, which has powered its...
In 2022, Lamborghini is celebrating the V-12: the legendary 12-cylinder engine that has powered its most iconic cars for almost...
1966 Pininfarina Ferrari 365P Berlinetta Speciale Designed by Pininfarina as a Ferrari concept car, the 365P Berlinetta Speciale utilized a...
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...
The Peninsula Hotels has announced its eight finalists for its preeminent honor, The Peninsula Classics 2021 Best of the Best...
It’s that time of year. When we celebrate that hallmark of Americana, Father’s Day. Get out the smoker, grill some...
The spectacular Mercedes-Benz 540K represented the zenith of pre-war accomplishments by the Stuttgart-based firm in the pre-war era. It is considered by many to be both a technical marvel and a styling masterpiece. An evolution of the brilliantly engineered 500K, whose independently suspended chassis it shared, the 540K was powered...
Bentley is celebrating 70 years since the start of production of the R-Type Continental – one of the most celebrated...
I graduated from Art Center College of Design in 1987. MTV was in full swing, Compact Disc players were the...
Sublime sports cars and saloons will be cruising into the grounds of the National Motor Museum on Sunday June 26thfor Beaulieu’s Simply Jaguar, as this favorite rally returns for 2022 with a busy gathering of top motors. Owners of a wide selection of Jaguars have already booked their places in...
