With the Type 41 Royale, in 1926, Bugatti presented the strongest, largest and most luxurious automobile in the world, characterized...
The flying man from Mantua On April 13, 1930, just after 5:00 am, the silent shadows beside Lake Garda are...
One week after graduating college, I loaded my tool box, helmet and sleeping bag into what was effectively my entire net worth, a red and yellow 1957 Devin special. During my senior year of college, I was working as a part-time Ferrari mechanic. The man who owned the shop was...
In 1966, Lamborghini shook the automotive establishment when it mounted is powerful V12 engine transversally, in a rear-mid position, on...
In March, 2019, the Hispano Suiza brand was revived when a new luxury hypercar, the Carmen, was unveiled at the...
A mere hundred years have passed since the first Grand Prix d’endurance de 24 heures, a somewhat humble beginning for the race now considered the ultimate test of man and machine, a grueling challenge set over 24 hours where the world’s best drivers fight for one of the ultimate prizes...
Aston Martin is known worldwide for its high-profile successes in sports car racing. A famous outright win at Le Mans...
Throughout Automobili Lamborghini’s history there have been numerous records and firsts that have made the House of Sant’Agata Bolognese one...
Bonus Photo Gallery from the Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival, held June 17, 2015....
Tatra’s predecessor Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau (the name Tatra was adopted in 1919) built its first racing car in 1900 and the...
Mecum Auctions has announced that it will be selling the 1965 Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadster GT/109, the only open-cockpit...
As a man possessed of virtually boundless vision and drive, Eugene Casaroll almost single-handedly invented the car-delivery business with his foundation of Auto Shippers and his Dual Motors Corporation built fleets of twin-engine military vehicles for America and its WWII allies. Next, he diversified into high-end automobile manufacturing by acquiring...
Choosing a name for a new Rolls-Royce motor car is a crucial, highly considered and painstaking process, in which the...
To celebrate its debut in Formula One, as well as its assault on a selection of other high-speed disciplines, Alpine...
Whether it is the FA Cup, Ryder Cup, America’s Cup, Webb Ellis Cup or the Ashes, Britain is famous around the globe for its iconic and inspirational sporting trophies. British motor sport, too, is blessed with some magnificent awards. The Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy with its 18 carat gold...
Many successful Bugatti racing drivers of the “golden era” were former pilots and perhaps not surprisingly many famous pilots were...
As Bentley marks its centenary year, the Crewe-based luxury car maker celebrates the life of the innovative British engineer whose...
“A technical product is not perfect until it is aesthetically impeccable as well,” Ettore Bugatti once said. And the company founder applied this standard not just to his own automobiles but to other everyday items too. If he was not satisfied with something he had bought, he often improved it...
The romantic notion of vintage cars racing on a woodsy road, bordered by cobblestone walls, bridges, hay bales and snow...
Nearly 70 years ago to the day, on April 10, 1950, the great champion Tazio Nuvolari ended his racing career...
Like cars, there are buildings that demand your attention. A special car drives past you and you spin your head around and say, “what was that?” Some buildings can have the same effect in reverse. You drive by but continue to look, your eyes stay locked on the building....
We speak with Sandro Garbo, driving force behind the new “Steve McQueen in Le Mans” graphic novel about the draw...
You can wear many beautiful and expensive items on your wrist, but can you wear original gallery-worthy artwork? There are...
Matthieu Lamoure and Pierre Novikoff of Artcurial Motorcars, in France, have discovered four remarkable vehicles, untouched since the end of the 1950s, in a barn in Belgium. This lost treasure trove includes: a Bugatti 57 Cabriolet, a Bugatti 49 faux-coupé Gangloff, a Bugatti 40, and a Citroën 5HP ‘Trèfle’. Their...
More than 70 classic Ferraris from all over the world gathered in Sardinia for the second edition of the Cavalcade...
The Volkswagen Beetle is an icon. Over the years, it has symbolized many different things to many different people, from...
The residents of Highlands, North Carolina, are very proud of their altitude, as is suggested by the motto of their Motoring Festival. They put the altitude, 4118 feet, on pretty much anything related to the town or the Festival. I had heard of the show and had considered attending for...
The road was as straight as the crow flies without any trace of the slightest change of scenery. Driving down...
Take a ride aboard a Maserati Birdcage during practice for the 2018 Le Mans Classic. ...
Bertha Benz, one of the first female automotive pioneers, was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in July. As the business partner of engineer husband Carl Benz (inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1984), she played a significant role in the filing of the first patent for...
