Paris’ Rétromobile Show, Feb. 5–9, will feature an exhibition dedicated to Bertone, in partnership with the Automotoclub Storico Italiano. This...
The Panhard and Levassor stand was one of many at the Paris Salon of 1910. The enormous galleries were lit...
By the early 1950s, several British automotive manufacturers had completely devoted themselves to satisfying the seemingly insatiable postwar appetite for affordable sports cars. One such manufacturer was Coventry’s Standard-Triumph. After a woefully misguided attempt to enter the market with the underpowered and frumpy-looking 1800 Roadster, in 1953 Standard unveiled a...
Built for a new series called the Intercontinental Challenge, the XJR-15 was a limited-production supercar built by Jaguar Sport, a...
From Hiroshima cork producer to global car manufacturer, 2020 sees Mazda celebrate a century of engineering success. One hundred years...
I was 19-years old and working nights at a Shell service station in San Jose, California, with my friend Jim Jett, when a tiny, roundish car rolled in that looked as if it had been inflated. A young woman stepped out of it and told us that a little red...
In the early ’50s Grand Prix regulations changed. Aurelio Lampredi was able to create for Ferrari a new, larger displacement,...
There are only a few cars that can be considered “Holy Grail” machines. The Ferrari 250 Short Wheel Base, the...
I don’t think there has ever been a car that has captured the public’s imagination more than the Jaguar E-Type....
Pictured is the Jaguar Mk X being introduced at the London International Motor Show, in October 1961, at Earls Court....
The 21st century muscle era spawned some truly ferocious sports cars, like the Dodge Challenger Hellcat and the Camaro ZL1, but none can...
RM Sotheby’s has secured a private Swiss collection of 42 Porsches that will be auctioned “without reserve” across several of...
In 2004, BMW unveiled the BMW H2R concept car equipped with a 6.0-liter V12 engine that employed the clean-burning process of liquid-hydrogen combustion. See it in action as it goes up the hillclimb course at Goodwood....
Designed by Gordon Murray and Peter Stevens, the McLaren F1 was developed and designed with a no compromise approach, world-beating...
Singer-songwriter Carol Connors once bet Carroll Shelby that if she wrote him a hit song, he’d give her a Cobra....
Since 2003 Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano has shown signs of a healthy future with many features not normally found in fixtures of this type. Under the organization of the Circolo Veneto Automoto and headed by the excellent Stafano Chiminelli, Le Mitiche now offers three days of superb driving for...
The Jowett brothers—Benjamin and William—built their first car in 1906, which they drove and tested for four years before going...
The iconic Morgan 3 Wheeler is set to embark on its most arduous adventure yet, the Trans-India Challenge. The 3,500-mile,...
Attorney, collector and racer, Dr. Christian Zschocke, who lives in Frankfurt, Germany, is passionate about the E3 BMW, often referred to as the “Bavaria.” Dr. Zschocke has created a collection of very special E3 BMW “Wundercars” four of which were sent to the Seattle Car show in November 2022. The...
Some cars are designed to get us from A to B, and nothing more. And then there are icons –...
Car Design is a wicked beast. The purpose of design is to create both alluring and engaging combinations of mechanical...
What is it about a Stradale? Ask most Alfisti what Alfa they’d most like to have in their garage, and a significant percentage will say a Tipo 33 Stradale. I’ll admit, I’m odd, since my choice would be a Giulia TI Super, but the Stradale is a close second even...
llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the...
Quainton Station to Turweston Aerodrome via Braunston and Sywell Aerodrome, UK April 12, 2014 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
No one could envisage the ultimate success of the Mustang. Carroll Shelby brought the car greater fame when he created the GT350 in 1965, becoming popular with both racers and race-watchers. This photograph was taken in 1984 at an event in California, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the introduction of...
Arguably one of the most desirable cars of all time, the remarkable 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Berlinetta was revealed...
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In 1966, at the Turin Motor Show, the world got its first look at the Maserati Ghibli, as a two-seat concept car. The sharp, angular bodylines were penned by a young Giorgetto Giugiaro, who at the time was working for Ghia. Like its stablemates the Mistral and Khamsin, the Ghibli...