In the 1920s and 1930s, British schoolboys devoured every word they could find about their favorite comic book heroes, like...
The 33rd annual Concorso Italiano, arguably the world’s largest and most prestigious exotic and luxury Italian car show, announced that a...
April 2018 The Bertone Collection By Gautam Sen & Michael Robinson Many of the iconic vehicles of the second half of the 20th century, from simple, but beautiful Fiats, Citroëns and BMWs, to many astounding Alfa Romeos, Lancias, Maseratis and Lamborghinis, rolled out of the coachbuilding facilities of Carrozzeria Bertone,...
Zagato Atelier introduced the Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa at the XII Villa D’Este Concours d’Elegance, held April 24-25, 2010 at...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario,...
October 2008 Carlos Lepro’s Giulia—The First Winning GTA By Bernardo D. Martínez, MD For ten days, in October 1965, a grueling, 4,236-km touring car race—the Gran Premio Internacional de Turismo—was held around Argentina. During that race, a young teenager named Bernardo Martínez watched the race and was spellbound by the...
Mark Donohue Giuseppe Campari 3 Manfred von Brauchitsch drives a Mercedes-Benz W25 to its first victory when he wins the...
Despite mid-August being a predictably warm and sunny month, nothing was going to stop the climatic conditions, synonymous with the...
A 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 (above, Tim Scott photo courtesy of RM Sotheby’s) will be offered for public sale for the first time in more than a decade at RM Sotheby’s upcoming Paris sale on February 8, 2017, the beginning of the city’s famed Rétromobile week. This particular...
The familiar trademark Marlboro Stetson was bobbing about in the pit lane at the Mores circuit in Sardinia, Italy, in...
Friday at Monterey Car Week More than 200 of the world’s finest cars will take over the greens at Carmel’s...
Photo: Bob Kozel Saving Zanardi Dear Editor I do not think I have ever read such a gripping story. Dr. Olvey’s piece about Alex Zanardi is incredible. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers...
The annual support race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important events in all...
Originally planned to take place in June, the 25th running of the Vernasca Silver Flag, an annual Concours d’Elegance and...
A 1935 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 ‘Long Chassis’ Tourer will be featured at the 2019 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, to be held 7 July on the Tapestry Lawn at Goodwood House in Chichester, UK. The 8C was designed in 1931 by Alfa’s Vittorio Jano, one of the first...
The classic car community lost one of its great champions on July 3, when Martin Swig passed away as a...
The Colorado Grand, a magnificent 1000-mile tour for cars built prior to 1960, is in its 30th year. Started by...
Dan Gurney is a man whose accomplishments need no introduction. In addition to winning in everything from Formula One to NASCAR, Gurney laid claim to a long and successful career as a team owner, car constructor and truly one of racing’s nicest and most approachable individuals. As a long-time friend...
The Peninsula Hotels have announced the eight exceptional vehicles that will be eligible for the second annual The Peninsula Classics...
Although the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 of the late-1930s and immediate post-war years lingered on the market until 1953, its...
When I attend race meetings, I am often sought by those collecting autographs. I think I must be on the list of one of the most obscure names in Formula One. As a small boy, and into my teens, my bedroom walls were littered with pictures of the great Jo...
Vintage Racecar is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the founding fathers’ of South African motor sport...
The American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) will be holding its annual national convention in Seattle, Washington this year, from...
May 2006 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 By Peter Collins & Ed McDonough Of all the postwar, long-distance, sports racing prototypes, none has a longer or more convoluted history than the famed Alfa Romeo Tipo 33s. The brainchild of Alfa’s Satta, Busso and Carlo Chiti, in the mid-1960s, the Tipo 33...
One of the more interesting developments in the classic car hobby, over the past few years, has been the broader...
Fundamentally, the development of the Brabham “fan car” was due to the introduction of the Lotus 79, and in a...
Italian privateer racing driver Gino Munaron has passed away at the age of 81. Munaron was always considered to be a very professional driver who raced sports and touring cars between 1955 and 1965, usually driving his own cars but also doing occasional works duty with Ferrari, Maserati, and Osca....
On August 11-16, a small band of vintage racers left the Chicago area on a mission – to break several...
The Can-Am Porsche 917 The Can-Am Race Series, held from 1966 to 1974, helped propel professional sports car racing to...
Hardly a month goes by without some bygone marque being resurrected. The majority, thank the Lord Harry, sink with barely a ripple. News that Fiat finally intends to do something with Abarth made my day more pleasant. Initially, the new Abarths will be variations of Fiat models, as often they...
