A 1927 Mercedes-Benz Model K was chosen as this year’s Best in Show at the 25th annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance....
Every year flocks of determined swallows return to mission San Juan Capistrano, California – a journey of 6,000 miles. It’s...
The internal combustion engine (ICE) was not the only, nor the default, means of propulsion for early motor cars at the beginning of the 20th century. Indeed, in the early 1900s, engineers and manufacturers initially divided their loyalties precisely between three competing technologies: the ICE, steam power and electricity. Steam...
October 6th, 1966 saw the opening of the 53rd edition of the “Mondial de l’automobile de Paris”, where the new...
Vintage Road & Racecar is proud to announce that Associate Editor J. Michael Hemsley was awarded a bronze medal by...
About 30 years ago, BMW shocked the automotive world by introducing a sexy and technically unique 2 place, drop-top sports car prototype at the Frankfurt Motor Show. This exciting show car was the first creation to come from BMW’s new skunk works – BMW Technik GmbH. This was a group...
Bentley Motors is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of its own Design department at Crewe. The first Crewe-...
The 1979 Lamborghini Countach LP 400 S, chassis number 1121112, is well known for being the star of the 1981...
Unveiled at the 2002 Detroit Auto Show, the Cadillac Cien Concept car was designed by Simon Cox at GM’s Advanced Design Studio in the UK and featured a mid-mounted, 7.5-liter, V-12 engine producing 750-hp. It’s striking looks resulted in the Cien appearing in several movies including 2005’s “The Island” and...
Rolls-Royce’s brilliant, first post-war design is as enjoyable to drive now as it was then. The Silver Wraith was the...
In 1963, the Giulia Sprint GT was first shown to the press at Alfa’s recently opened plant in Arese, followed...
History literally repeated itself recently, as Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 1701 re-enacted its astonishing run in the 1911 London-Edinburgh Trial. The car, designed as an ‘Experimental Speed Car’, won the original event locked in top gear for the entire 799-mile return trip between the two capitals. Given the primitive state of...
I don’t often reference values when discussing design, but a great deal of the success of a sports car resides...
Throughout Automobili Lamborghini’s history there have been numerous records and firsts that have made the House of Sant’Agata Bolognese one...
Hampton Court Palace, one of King Henry Vlll’s most favoured residences and presently owned by Queen Elizabeth ll, once again was the stage for the 2021 Concours of Elegance. Having only ever been staged at royal palaces for its nine previous editions Henry Vlll’s magnificent Fountain Gardens have become the...
Photo Gallery from the Sept. 3-5, 2021, Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court. Aston Martin owners staged an impressive display....
With a shiver of trepidation, I slip behind the wheel of the museum’s grand 1936 Packard phaeton Standard Eight parade...
A 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet A has been named Best of Show at the 2021 Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance presented by Aviva. The sensational German thoroughbred wowed judges and visitors alike, and was part of a keenly contested Pre-War Tourers class that lined up directly in front of the...
The three original Jaguar E-Type launch cars which revolutionised the automotive industry when it debuted in Switzerland in 1961, have...
Pioneering classic car electrification company Electrogenic has finalized two ‘World First’ conversions of classic vehicles to electric power; a 1976...
As Europe tried to recover from World War II, manufacturers began producing small cars to satisfy the need for personal transportation. There were cycle cars, micro cars, bubble cars. They were cheap to build and buy, and they were economical to drive. As manufacturing was re-established and “real” cars began...
In 1970, at the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda debuted the RX500 concept car. A radical departure from the Japanese firm’s...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Aug. 15, 2021, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. 1915 Duesenberg Board Track 2-man Race Car Joseph Freeman 1933 Duesenberg SJ “Twenty Grand” Rollston Arlington Torpedo Sedan The Nethercutt Collection / Helen & Jack Nethercutt 1935 Duesenberg SJ “Mormon Meteror” Speedster Harry Yeaggy 1915 Duesenberg Board...
When car companies build futuristic concepts for tomorrow, they are usually exotic cars with sporty, low-profile bodies, and technologically advanced...
This 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster is one of only five examples originally finished in Fantasy Yellow and will be offered...
The Porsche 356A Convertible D (“D” standing for Drauz, the coachbuilder) is arguably the rarest “production” Porsche 356 model ever manufactured for a full year. Only 1,331 Convertible Ds were made between August 1958 and September 1959. By 1958, the Speedster model was four years old and sales were declining....
It’s usually the other way around. A roadcar becomes a racecar. This 1956 Austin-Healey 100 was rescued from a certain...
In 1954, Chrysler debuted the latest iteration of its “Forward Look” Dream Cars, the Plymouth Explorer. Designed by Luigi Segre...
At the end of the 19th century the De Dion-Bouton Company of France was famous for its advanced internal combustion engine. Sold throughout the world as a stationary engine it also powered a single-cylinder, high revving, two-seater runabout complete with the exclusive De Dion back axle. 1200 of these Vis-a-Vis...
