Story by Will Silk and photos by Richard Parramint Team Lotus discovered the use of ground effect with the Type...
Around 60 years ago, Fritz Schlumpf purchased a collection of thirty Bugatti models after tough negotiations. He simply adored Bugatti:...
This week’s Mullin Automotive Museum featured vehicle is the 1994 Bugatti EB110 Supersport ‘Le Mans’, one of only three vehicles of these specifications ever built. In all, two were produced for a significant collector in Japan with the EB110 at the Mullin Automotive Museum vehicle being one of them. The...
It may be irrelevant to ascribe beauty to a racing car designed expressly for its function. But the 1938 W154...
In its 20th anniversary year, the McLaren F1 is considered by most people to be one of the greatest cars...
Alberto Ascari was a man in a hurry. In a relatively short Grand Prix career between 1948 and 1955, he became Formula One World Champion in 1952 and 1953, winning nine consecutive races on his way to the 1952 title. Ascari also finished second in Mexico’s La Carrera Panamericana in...
The FX is now in its tenth and final year, as Infiniti’s mid-size crossover for 2014 has been dubbed the...
Photo: Kary Jiggle Initially, motor racing in Great Britain was, in the main, a rich man’s sport, entertainment for the aristocracy and directly related...
Lamborghini Countach LP400 For Sale Details: V12 Longitudinal, Mid-Mounted DOHC per bank; Red/Tan; 7,250 miles Price: Currently bid to $440,600 as of 3/3/08; seller states that reserve is set at $450,000, but that he will accept current bid. Market: While the May-August “Cars That Matter” guide suggests a $153,000 price...
At the Paris Auto Show in 1959, Ferrari closed out the decade right by unveiling their most wonderful GT to...
Photo: Steve Oom “Flat out like a lizard drinking!” Came the response from Andrew Woodall when I asked him how he...
In June of 2014, Porsche will return to Le Mans with a newly designed LMP1 racing machine. With 16 overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the pinnacle of endurance motor racing, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in the race’s 90 year history. Their last win, though,...
The vehicles for Delahaye’s new strategic direction were the Superluxe and its sports sibling, the Delahaye Type 135. The Superluxe’s...
1964 ALFA ROMEO GIULIA Ti SUPER Not too long ago, I had the chance to take part in one of...
1964 Elva-Porsche One of the most important characteristics of a performance or racing car is the power-to-weight ratio. The goal is to maximize power, but not at the expense of too much weight or unreliability. Not enough power means you can’t keep up with other cars. Add in the engine...
Aston Martin DBR4/2 In Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield, the tragi-comical Mr. Wilkins Micawber, despite his predicament, always had the most...
Photo: Pete Austin Lawrence Bond was a stubborn man who often as not was unwilling to compromise on his ideas. He...
By Michael T. Lynch Martin Swig died on July 3rd after suffering a stroke. He leaves a legacy as one of California’s great car guys. Unlike most others, his influence was felt internationally. Swig caught our disease early. By the time he was at Stanford, he and schoolmates Mark Dees...
February 11, 1962, brings back a very striking memory. I had been married for only eight days, yet for some...
Sebring Saga – The Story of Two Bizzarrini Iso Grifos at the 1965 Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix By Louis...
If you grew up a petrolhead and a Ferrari aficionado in the nineties, there’s a tremendous possibility you secretly lusted over the Ferrari F50 during those glorious times. Despite being too embarrassed perhaps to hang its poster on your bedroom wall, I’m sure if given the opportunity, you too would...
The Jaguar C-Type (also called the Jaguar XK120-C) is a racing sports car built by Jaguar and sold from 1951...
Driving trials of the Porsche 918 Spyder are entering the next phase. A permanent fixture of the test programme for...
Interview by Dennis Gray | Photos by Gray unless noted Jon Shirley makes good decisions whether finding and buying one-off Ferrari 375MMs or guiding Microsoft through its initial public offering. The son of Navy man, Shirley was born in 1938 and moved with his family in 1941 to a little...
The engines roar, pushing the rev limiters to their limits. When the light turns green, the racecars accelerate at full...
Porsche made a serious move to dominate the 2-litre class of international Grand Touring car competition in 1964 with introduction...
Interview and photos (unless noted) by Dennis Gray Martin Swig is a San Francisco Bay Area-based vintage racer, car collector and founder of the California Mille vintage car rally. A graduate of Stanford University, Swig was a multi-franchise new car dealer in San Francisco for 40 years. In addition to...
Vincenzo Lancia did not invent the motorcar, nor was he a pioneer who struggled to make a gasoline engine run...
And Then The Rains Came – The 1965 Sebring 12-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance Story by Louis Galanos. Black and...
There is something inherently magical in naming cars after winds. Take the Pagani Zonda as an example, because we won’t talk about the Passat, the Polo, and the Golf. We’re venturing into something more exotic, just like Maserati and its Mistral, Khamsin, Bora, and Merak, names oozing velocity, adventure, and...
