By Martin Swig While streaking across Montana at 120 mph in my son’s Subaru Impreza, we discussed the advantages of...
By Will Silk Bugatti is one of the most famous marques in the history of automobile manufacture, and Classic Cars...
By Will Silk This edition of Classic Cars for Sale comes from the pages of a 1965 dealer catalog that features a beautiful 1953 Frazer Nash Roadster up for offer. The story of Frazer Nash is often a misunderstood tale at best. Many in the collector car hobby believe that...
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business By Martin Swig In the 1950s and...
Tony DeLorenzo and his 1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88 race car are being inducted into the Bloomington Gold Great Hall in...
A convoy of 50 Jaguar E-types traveled together through London on 6, June to the 2011 Motorexpo in Canary Wharf, marking 50 years of the sports car in style. Organised by the Jaguar Drivers’ Club, the convoy started its journey under police escort at Forbes House in central London, home...
Damon Hill O.B.E. announced to the Board of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) that he plans to step down...
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced that The Drivers, the TV series based on the world surrounding the 24 Hours of Le...
By Will Silk Silver Clouds: The 1934 Grand Prix Season written and illustrated by renowned motorsport artist Paul Chenard of Halifax, Nova Scotia is a nicely crafted and creatively packaged piece that any automotive historian or Grand Prix enthusiast will find incredibly entertaining. Chenard’s short, but insightful; forty-four page book...
Toyota Under Fire: Lessons for Turning Crisis into Opportunity By Martin Swig In the last two years, Toyota has been...
Subaru driver Mark Higgins set an all-time fastest lap of averaging 115.356 MPH today on the iconic Isle of Man...
Report and photos by Zoltan Papp Seldom happens that the experience of a spectacular and memorable event can be further enhanced. That was the case with this year’s BMW Classic Tour which served as an after-act, following the heightened atmosphere of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, pampering a dozen invited...
By Will Silk James Fontana’s new book The 1000 Mile Dream is a fictional piece that parallels the actual running...
The Gull Wing Group celebrated its 50th anniversary with Mercedes-Benz USA by recreating one of the group’s most famous photos...
Bentley Motors rolled out the red carpet to welcome over a hundred members of the Bentley Drivers Club (BDC) – and their fifty Bentleys – to its headquarters in Crewe on 21 June, 2011. The visit was part of the “Britain by Bentley” tour which celebrates the club’s 75th anniversary...
Porsche will return to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype, with the first outing of the completely new...
Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend By Al Axelrod OK…finally a book on a...
The Lyon Air Museum in Southern California is currently exhibiting ten Duesenberg automobiles from the collection of General William Lyon. The Duesenberg display will be held July 9-24, 2011, at the facility, located on the west side of the runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. “The Duesenberg represents...
A virtual museum tour of the famed BMW Art Car Collection is now available, with an extensive overview of the...
By Art Evans Sports Car Digest Editor Jamie Doyle has assigned me to write a column about the history of...
By Stephen Mitchell A friend once asked me what was the fastest I’d ever driven a car. My answer was 7500 rpm in fifth gear. Race cars don’t have speedometers and the car in question was my Ferrari 250 GTO. I was on the way to Las Vegas and my...
On Friday 15 July 2011, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy with an historic event....
The Puzzles Facing the Car Industry – Oil Prices and Consumer Biases By Martin Swig Car selling requires a long-term...
By Will Silk When conversing about American premium luxury automobile manufacturers, no conversation would be complete without the mention of Packard; the focus of this edition of Classic Cars for Sale with a 1937 Super Eight Convertible Sedan found in the 1965 catalog of the Vintage Car Store. Packard’s history is...
Craig Breedlove – the first person to exceed 400, 500, and 600 miles per hour on land – will receive...
By Stephen Mitchell My pilgrimage to Pebble Beach this year was memorable for many reasons. My purpose in attending was...
Slot Car Racing Around the World Four Wheels and a Guide Flag During the 1960s when the slot car craze was in full swing the United States could rightfully be considered the center of the slot car universe, fast forward 50 years and Italy along with Spain can be described...
Catching the spirit of Can-Am is one of the goals of the new Unlimited Racing Championship (URC) that will feature...
Arnold Hubert Wagner, an original partner of Andial – one of America’s most successful and respected authorities on Porsche performance...
For its thirteenth annual fall celebration of the Legends of Motorsport, The Petersen Automotive Museum, along with The Phil Hill Family and The Checkered Flag 200, will present a very special “Tribute to Phil Hill” and the 50th Anniversary of his Formula One World Drivers’ Championship, to be held at...
