The M1C was effectively the second model made by Bruce McLaren’s team for the Canadian-American series. Most were powered by...
Check out this Porsche 911 2.0L sliding and screaming during the Spa Six Hours and Spa Classic events....
1966 24 Hours of Le Mans The iconic finish of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans – Ford crosses the finish line and takes the chequered flag. The number 2 Shelby American Ford GT40 Mk II driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon, and the number 1 Shelby American...
No racing car exemplified and exploited the admirable freedom of the Can-Am series rules more than the 1966 Chaparral 2E....
Prepare to be mesmerized by the power, elegance, and exclusivity of the 1-of-1 Ferrari 250 GT Drogo as we get...
At the 1966 Paris Auto Salon, Ferrari launched the GTB/4 with the new Tipo 226 engine. It benefited from a variety of upgrades introduced into the series that were tried and tested in the 275 competition models. Upgrades included a long nose bodywork, a torque tube driveline and an engine...
Called one of the “Winged Warriors”, a list that included Plymouth Superbird, Ford Torino Talladega, and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II,...
The DB5 was introduced in July of 1963 and was an evolution of the DB4 series rather than a whole...
History lauds volumes of praise to those who are first. Thinking back to 1964, many will recall a short wheelbase, two-seater with British origins delivered to the U.S. where a 289 high output engine was installed and it sold worldwide – the Shelby Cobra. But there was another car that...
Of all the 917 variants, the ‘Interserie Spyder’ was one of the most successful. It won the Interserie championship outright...
Ben Collins takes a thrilling ride in the 1967 Alpine A210, a legendary race car that made its mark in...
Trevor Wilkinson started his engineering business, in 1946, in Beverly Grove, Blackpool. It was named Trevcar Motors and the business was general engineering, work was not always automotive-related. A year later, Trevor was joined by auto enthusiast Jack Pickard. The company was then renamed TVR Engineering and carried on much...
A world-famous image of music legend Jimi Hendrix by music photographer Gered Mankowitz on the bonnet of a classic E-Type,...
The 400 Superamerica Aerodinamico, derived from a Pinin Farina show car, is highly regarded as the most exceptional model in...
Meet the Ford F3L, the successor to the GT40 that you’ve probably never heard about. Only three were made and each of them were equipped with the powerful 3.0-litre Ford-Cosworth DFV V8 engine. Watch it in action while being driven by Richard Attwood at the Goodwood Festival of Speed....
The Corvette Rondine concept was built by Pinanfarina and introduced at the 1963 Paris Motor Show. The car started life...
The 1968 Ford Mustang offered incredible engine options and safety features that made it a stand-out Pony car from the...
In the 1960s, the prospect of a high-performance Japanese automobile seemed distant, at least until Toyota made a pioneering move in the segment in 1967, creating the 2000GT. In its basic proportions, this alluring fastback echoed European styling, yet it was still unlike any other car on the planet. It was...
When Jim Gehkre returned from his tour in Vietnam, in January of 1970, the first thing he needed was a...
In his newest video, Jay Leno explores a highly unconventional experimental race car powered by a helicopter turbine engine: the...
Watch as Bruce Canepa gets behind the wheel of a 1969 Porsche 917K with chassis number 917-015 around the famous Laguna Seca along with other historic race cars....
With its V12 engine, Miura wheels, dramatically low profile, and expansive glass, the Espada remains every bit as bold and...
Checkout the cool story behind this particular Lola T70 which was driven by Ewen Sergison into battle at the Surtees...
The Shelby Daytona Coupe is the best American car ever built. Maybe even the best in the world. I can say this with a fair measure of confidence as this is my 100th car design article for this publication! That’s just over eight years of articles evaluating the automotive design...
The Lotus 23C is the developmental evolution of the 23B. The claimed reason for the updates was to allow the...
The 1957 Ford Thunderbird bid farewell with a sense of pride, showcasing refreshed aesthetics and an array of new performance...
The L88 was a special option package developed under the direction of Zora Arkus-Duntov, director of GM’s performance division. First introduced in 1967, the L88 Corvette featured a highly modified version of Chevy’s 427-cubic-inch V-8 engine. Although this engine received a factory horsepower rating of 435, actual engine output was somewhere between 540 and 580 horsepower, giving the “stock” L88 enough...
The Porsche 910, also known as the Carrera 10, was introduced during the summer of 1966 and raced through 1967,...
The Maserati 5000 GT was presented at the 1959 Turin Motor Show and was the undisputed star of the event....
The 1968 GT500 KR featured a 428 cubic inch Cobra Jet V8 engine, which is widely recognized as one of the best ever made. On paper, it only put out 335 HP—20 less than the Police Interceptor V8 from the GT500—but in reality, the stock model of the KR offered closer to...