Executive Director, Petersen Automotive Museum VR: Can you tell me a little bit about how you first came to cars...
The Petersen Automotive Museum Chairman of the Board Steven E. Young has announced that Terry L. Karges has been appointed...
It never gets old looking back on one of the most famous pioneering efforts in the evolution of the automobile, the “Blitzen-Benz.” It’s placeholder in transportation lore needs no exaggeration: Four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 21.5 liters and 147 kW (200 hp) Magic mark of 200 km/h is broken...
When Jensen Interceptor got a Ferguson Formula all-wheel drive, it made the first step towards revolutionizing sports cars. The next...
Appreciation of classic and vintage sports cars is truly a great hobby. For young and old alike, we all get...
By Will Silk James Fontana’s new book The 1000 Mile Dream is a fictional piece that parallels the actual running of a Mille Miglia event during those glorious days of the early 1950s. While purists and historians will have to take a moment to perhaps adjust from time to time...
The region of Cortina d’Ampezzo has been, for the last half-century, one of the most coveted places in the world...
In the week of the Spanish Grand Prix, why not revisit one of the strangest and most peculiar stories of...
Ferrari organizes and manages a series of worldwide events exclusively for customers, allowing them to both race and track time for their Ferraris. Under an overall umbrella, they include both “Corse Clienti” lapping programs and the Ferrari Challenge racing program. Ferrari Corse Clienti / Challenge group photo at Indianapolis in...
When you don’t want to get your 289 Cobra muddy, and your GT 350 just doesn’t have enough ground clearance,...
Edited by Rex McAfee A Lifetime of Achievement: On the centenary of Shelby’s birth, January 11, 2023, Goodwood is delighted...
Widespread during Monterey Week was the rumor that a Ferrari 250 GTO privately traded hands for a whopping $30,000,000. And yes, that is not a typo. Sports Car Digest has yet to definitively confirm the rumor, but the sale is very believable as Ferrari prices have been on a tear,...
Despite its long and storied history, the Abarth Osella PA1 is still formidable as a vintage racer. The result of...
The Unknown History of the 308 in Argentina by Estanislao Iacona The 308 GP Alfa On 1938 the works Alfa...
A little more more than 50 years ago, Montreal, Canada was busy preparing to host the 1967 World’s Fair, to be known as Expo ‘67. The theme for this celebration of Canada’s Centennial was “Man and his World”, which was to celebrate the many technological advances modern humans were making,...
Engineering wonder The 8.0-liter W16 engine has propelled Bugatti’s hyper sports cars for almost 20 years. The only 16-cylinder engine...
It’s a common consensus that America is the land of motor cars and a cradle of modern automobiles. When it...
Whether we like it or not, Gen Z might be the last generation that’ll be buying and responsibly running classic cars with combustion engines. We’re not here to argue what’s causing today’s kids to lose interest in cars—but gatekeeping and relentless preaching about what one needs to be to qualify...
From the creation of the first automobile to this very day, the German industry’s commitment to technical perfection gave birth...
From Abarth’s angry little stingers to V12 Ferraris and everything in between, Italy offers one of the world’s most diverse...
A legend is turning 100. In 1921, the Bugatti Type 13 “Brescia“ heralded a new trend in motorsport. The open-top sports car brought the era of large, heavy racing cars to an end. The lightweight body, superior chassis and powerful engine made the Type 13 a racecar that was way...
In the beginning… In 1937, Bugatti won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time with the Type...
I was moonlighting for Flight Safety International as a Flight Instructor in the DA-20 Falcon Jet in the early 1980s....
On October 15, 1953, Achille Castoldi sat in his boat on the water of Lake Iseo nestled between its more famous siblings Lake Como and Lake Garda. Surrounded by dense woodlands and soaring peaks, the lake remains the least known of Italy’s Lombard Lakes, but Achille was not there to...
Review by Wallace Wyss Now that even the 1966 Shelby GT350 is worth over $150,000 it is more important than...
It has already been two decades since Lamborghini introduced the new Gallardo at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show. This extraordinary...
Lyon Air Museum, Santa Ana, CA July 1-August 1, 2016 1937 Mercedes Benz 540K alongside a Douglas DC3. 1941 Mercedes-Benz...
The Winningest Drivers in Formula 1 History When it comes to cold hard statistics, Lewis Hamilton is closer and closer...
All images courtesy of Mercedes-AMG. To find the 5 fastest Mercedes-Benz cars in 2022, we’re exploring the vast AMG family and its diverse selection of high-performance machinery. Among them, you’ll find hybrid and petrol-only cars, coupés, sedans, roadsters—and one true hypercar. Mercedes-Benz is promising genuinely powerful electric vehicles from the...
