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Vintage Roadcar Archives
The People The two people critical to the development of Tatra’s most significant automobiles, including the subject of this profile,...
Auto Union’s Wanderer brand constructed three, Ferdinand Porsche designed, aluminum-bodied W25K roadsters for the 1938 Liege-Rome-Liege rally. Equipped with inline, 6-cylinder alloy engines producing just 70 bhp, the team managed to capture the team prize in the 1939 event, just before the outbreak of WWII. All three examples were lost...
The middle of April 1939, brought the end of the run of 3003 MG TAs. Following close on its heels...
One of three experimental aerodynamic prototypes built for the 1940 war-affected Mille Miglia, this unique 328 was designed by Wunibald...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley Nash Automobile ads often go over the top when describing a new line of cars. Nash Motors certainly made their 1940 limited edition Nash Ambassador Eight Special Cabriolet sound pretty special in the ad announcing its availability: “Presenting a Brilliant New Sport Car – custom-built in...
In 1945, the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab AB, began design work on a prototype road car with the intention that...
Described as “a little beauty”, this grey, 1947 Maserati coupé represents Italian style at its most sophisticated at the Geneva...
It was irresistible and I just had to have it. Back in 1976, my friend Keith had learnt the whereabouts of a Riley powered 1947 Healey Duncan saloon that had been in Australia since the early 1950s. It wasn’t in the best of condition, but knowing Keith’s skills he was...
In 1896, in Suresnes a western suburb of Paris, Alexandre Darracq started his business, A Darracg & Cie. His business...
Worldwide is gearing up for its 12th annual Auburn Auction this Labor Day Weekend, with a stunning 1948 Tucker Model 48...
Shooting-brake: A conveyance used to carry shooting parties with their large supply of firearms, cartridges, provisions, dogs and game. It could also be used to carry the “beaters” to and from the shoot. In France, station wagons were known as a break de chasse,the literal translation being “hunting break.”Later they...
Some of Buick’s most iconic design features, including waterfall grilles and portholes on the hood, originated with the 1949 Roadmaster...
This 1949 Delahaye 175 S, with flamboyant Saoutchik roadster coachwork, was originally custom built for Sir John Gaul and featured...
In 1903, Henry M. Leland began selling a $750, single-cylinder, automobile under the name Cadillac. Later touted as the “Standard of the World,” Cadillac would soon become consolidated under the General Motors banner in 1909. Over the ensuing years, the Cadillac brand would come to be known as a status...
Renowned GM stylist Harley Earl wanted to incorporate design elements inspired from post-war jet aircraft into the design language at...
Sensational French shapes and racing pedigree are part of what make Talbot-Lago automobiles exotic, beautiful, rare and sought after. Few...
The DB2 was a grand success, but Aston Martin wanted to entice more people to its creations. In 1953, AM launched its second car, at the Earls Court Motor Show, with the company’s savior’s initials: the DB2/4. Other than a modification to the chassis and a smaller fuel tank to...
Built in 1952, by Lou Fageol’s son Ray, the Pataray was essentially Lou Fageol’s original Fageol Supersonic reimagined with a...
In the early ’50s Grand Prix regulations changed. Aurelio Lampredi was able to create for Ferrari a new, larger displacement,...
Sir William Lyons, founder of the Jaguar car company, knew, as domestic car production returned to the UK, after World War II, that it would be a fast race for the hearts and minds of car enthusiasts around the world. Lyons also knew that while Jaguar—and in its earlier iterations...
1952 Lancia Aurelia B50Photo: Peter Collins On a rare sunny day in late spring, on empty roads in Wiltshire, this...
In 1951, the Spanish industrial manufacturer ENASA, under the leadership of former Alfa Romeo engineer Wilfredo Ricart, debuted an exotic...
Societa Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori was an aftermarket company that produced parts to “hot rod” Fiats. The company was started in 1926 by Giorgio Ambrosini, an aspiring racecar driver. After the second World War, the company started building its own cars under the Siata name. Become a Member & Get...
Legends are often born in obscurity. Alfa Romeo’s humble beginnings gave no hint as to the extraordinary heights the company...
Before WWII, the term “sports car” was an alien phrase in the USA. There was no such thing. Returning G.I.s...
Not every Alfa Romeo 1900C chassis that went to a Carrozzeria for custom coachwork (see this month’s Roadcar Feature) emerged a beauty! Such was the case for the 1953 Boneschi Astral. The first Astral was displayed at the 1953 Turin Motor Show. The second Astral was sold to Rafael Trujillo, then...
At the 1953 General Motors Motorama in New York City, Cadillac unveiled a concept car designed by Harley Earl. Named...
In 1953, Chrysler’s famed design chief, Virgil Exner entered into a partnership with the Italian styling house Ghia to produce...
Enzo Ferrari’s focus was on racing, not road cars, but he needed money to finance his racing addiction, so he sold road cars to feed the habit. In November 1948, the first show cars ever exhibited by Ferrari were on a stand at the Turin show—a 166MM racer and a...