Tom Tjaarda was born to design automobiles. His father John Tjaarda developed a concept car for the Ford Motor Company....
Italy and France each have beautiful and robust cultures with diverse offerings and unique perspectives. And while each is unique...
The Volkswagen Beetle is an icon. Over the years, it has symbolized many different things to many different people, from a classic example of German ingenuity to the calling card for a counterculture movement to a reminder that the simplest of things can sometimes be the best. Above all, it...
As Ferrari’s successor to the long-running 250 GT, the 275 GTB debuted at the October 1964 Paris Auto Salon alongside...
Fans of Jaguar celebrated the marque at Bicester Heritage on Sunday, July 4 at a COVID compliant event that included...
The largest gathering of Aston Martin sports cars in history took place on the June 26th weekend when the Aston Martin Heritage Trust (AMHT) held its highly-anticipated celebration event marking the centenary of the oldest surviving Aston Martin car, ‘A3’. A grand total of 681 examples of the marque’s sports...
Although marriages of Italian styling with German machinery are seen as a rarity, the clever way that Bertone clothed a...
The Delahaye Type 135 coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi launched a series of automotive design masterpieces from the revitalized carrossier,...
Built in 1952, by Lou Fageol’s son Ray, the Pataray was essentially Lou Fageol’s original Fageol Supersonic reimagined with a roadster body. Powered by a modified Fageol inline-6 bus engine, the Pataray was reported to be capable of 125 mph. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//going-supersonic/” size=”large” target=”new” color=”blue”]Click here to read the full...
When the farm owned by Helena Neethling’s father in the Riviersonderend district, about 100 miles due east of Cape Town,...
What’s in a name? Let’s examine the two simple words that make up our feature car. Super: Very good or...
In nature, there’s a phenomenon known as “convergent evolution” – the way different creatures in different places evolve the same traits to solve common problems. It also describes what happened in the early 1960s when people worldwide realized the Volkswagen Beetle could transform into an off-roader with only slight modifications....
Due to the UK government’s extension of the final release from COVID lockdown for another four weeks the organizers of...
Automotive history is riddled with innovators and entrepreneurs seeking the very best, most powerful, and dynamic sports cars bearing their...
One of Beaulieu’s biggest and best-loved rallies, Simply Ford, will be returning to the Beaulieu parkland on Sunday July 18th with a packed line-up of Fords of all varieties. Going from strength to strength since its launch over a decade ago, Simply Ford has become an events calendar highlight for...
Vauxhall fans will be in their element as Simply Vauxhall returns to the Beaulieu parkland on Saturday July 17th. Returning...
The Concours of Elegance will showcase a unique Art Deco Voisin C-27 Aérosport as part of this year’s main display....
Corvette’s contemporary ZO6 is enough to strike terror into the hearts of those who drive slower cars, such as Ferraris at the Nürburgring. Well, okay, perhaps not terror, but certainly a modicum of frustration. That’s because today’s ZO6 offerings have blown the doors off of competition that costs many times...
Born from an idea spawned by a 32-year-old Austin Maestro, and after four years in the making, the UK’s newest...
At the 1953 General Motors Motorama in New York City, Cadillac unveiled a concept car designed by Harley Earl. Named...
Born in England, raised in Hollywood. We are not speaking of a famous movie actor, but of a very special Bentley S1. This handsome Bentley’s story, bearing chassis number B202LAN, begins when it left the Bentley factory in Crewe, in 1955, to be delivered to the waiting craftsmen and designers...
Carlo Abarth was born Karl Alberto Abarth, in Vienna, Austria, on November 15, 1908 (He would go on to change...
The Morgan Motor Company is completing the redevelopment of its visitor attraction, the Morgan Experience Centre, with the opening of...
Vauxhall’s sister brand Opel has brought back the iconic Manta as a one-off all-electric special to celebrate the coupé’s fiftieth anniversary. The new Opel Manta GSe ElektroMOD reflects the growing trend of transforming classic cars like the Manta into so-called “RestoMods” with modern components and powertrains. The all-electric Manta GSe...
The genius of Colin Chapman is evident in every one of his cars. Each of his creations were uniquely endowed,...
Auto Royale has today announced ten rare coachbuilt-bodied cars participating across the 11 traditional classes of its British International Concours...
Have you ever seen a Commuter? I’m talking about a 1959 Mercury Commuter two-door station wagon. Not many of us have, because they only built 1,051 of them that year and time, and of course commuting, has taken its toll on them. In fact, there were only 148,946 of the...
The Leyland Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923, designed by the chief engineer...
The hunt for interesting automobiles to profile often leads to some very unusual vehicles. One-off vehicles do not lend themselves...
A combination of tenacity, dreams and boundless passion always prevails. No one knows this better than Romano Artioli. For decades, the Italian had dreamed of a modern super sports car – and this is what led him to revive the dormant Bugatti brand. “Romano Artioli is a part of our...
