For the most part of the 20th century, Jaguar had been a dominant force on the race tracks around the...
Car Profiles
Profiles of sports, racing and vintage cars. Some of these cars are historically significant, some are about pushing the automotive technology of their time, while others are just the pinnacle of the driving experience – engaging, fast and fun. On this page we take a look at some of the most memorable sports cars of all time, all of them iconic and recognizable to any car-obsessed fan reading this site. These are the cars that get our blood flowing here at Sports Car Digest, from vintage racers to classics to the latest supercar offerings, we realize that there are myriad discussions debates over which ones are the most memorable, the most celebrated and the most remarkable. Ignore the debates and refrain from picking an overall winner. Just sit back and celebrate.
The Jaguar XK120 was a rather extraordinary sports car for its time, not for any notable technology or coachwork advances,...
The Jaguar XK120 is a testimony to the finest traits of British styling and engineering. Obtaining its name for its top speed of 120 mph, the XK120 was an elegant and technically innovative vehicle, with bragging rights of being the fastest production car of its time. Conceptualized in a time...
A Jaguar XK120 Roadster was judged Best in Class in the Postwar Sports Open category at the 2012 Pebble Beach...
When Enzo “II Commendatore” Ferrari said that the Jaguar E-Type was the most beautiful car he ever witnessed, it was...
Jaguar will build nine reproductions of the XKSS model to the exact specification as those produced in 1957. The ‘continuation’ Jaguar XKSS will make its debut in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Jaguar originally made the XKSS as a road-going version of the Le Mans winning D-type, and...
The Jeep Patriot was introduced in 2007 to slot in between the tiny Compass and the larger Liberty, which will...
BMW brought a tradition back to life when it lined up at the 78th staging of the Le Mans 24...
Our MG Mighty Midget, TC for All Times By William Edgar and photography courtesy of Edgar Motorsport Archive My first really dramatic recollection of our MG-TC was drifting through Sunset Boulevard’s curves, my father at the wheel. He’d folded the screen flat and the wind-blown tangs of hot engine and...
When the John Wick movie came out, it was a game-changer. The film, starring Keanu Reeves and directed by Chad...
I thought that I would take a little time to recount the story of one of the most exciting-looking (and...
Lamborghini Celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Lamborghini Countach LP 500. March 11, 2021, marks 50 years since the showstopping yellow Lamborghini Countach LP 500 made its debut at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. The exact time was 10 am that the prototype was unveiled within the Carrozzeria Bertone exhibition space at the show, not Lamborghini’s exhibition...
Lamborghini Countach LP400 For Sale Details: V12 Longitudinal, Mid-Mounted DOHC per bank; Red/Tan; 7,250 miles Price: Currently bid to $440,600...
If it wasn’t for our huge competitive nature tethered into our DNA, we might not have had many of today’s...
In May 2013, Lamborghini celebrated their 50th anniversary in style with Walter De Silva’s impressive vehicle, the Lamborghini Egoista, greeting thousands of guests at the occasion. As the Volkswagen Group’s Head of Design, it was De Silva’s homage to celebrating the House of the Raging Bull’s half century. To get a better look at...
As part of celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Lamborghini Miura, the Italian manufacturer sent two Miuras from its...
In 1966, when the stunning Lamborghini Miura debuted at the Geneva Auto Show, it shook the automotive industry. The car’s...
Ever since the first automobiles span their wheels on the roads and the first planes gave humans the ability to conquer the skies, our primal fascination with speed has rapidly progressed to give us ultimate expressions of this machinery. A century later, supercars and fighter jets have established themselves as...
Lamborghini Squadra Corse recently unveiled the SC20, a one-off example of an open-top track car that is approved for road use. The Lamborghini...
Very few machines are more engaging than an Italian automobile built during the post war era. Literally every Italian manufacturer...
Vincenzo Lancia did not invent the motorcar, nor was he a pioneer who struggled to make a gasoline engine run for the first time. Instead, this well-to-do Italian was a visionary whose automotive creations were among the first to combine engineering excellence with strong individualistic character. Vincenzo Lancia himself did...
Lancia D24 – Car Profiles In 1937 Vincenzo Lancia passed away leaving his widow and teenage son Gianni Lancia to...
Lancia D50 Car: Lancia D50 / Engine: 90º V8 / Maker: Lancia / Bore X Stroke: 73.6 X 73.1 mm /...
Can a hatchback be as good as a supercar? If the hatchback in question is Lancia Delta S4, the answer is most definitely yes. Frankly, the magnificent Delta S4 didn’t have much to do with its humble family-friendly counterpart. Its rear hatch was actually a clamshell panel concealing a bespoke...
It’s common knowledge that top-tier competition cars often have little to do with ones we see on the streets, yet...
The Lawrence Auriana Car Collection was featured at the 2013 Lime Rock Historic Festival, held August 30th to September 2nd...
Boy Meets Car, Loses Car, Finds Car By Steve Smith | Photographs as credited Every car guy has the automotive equivalent of the fisherman’s “the one that got away” story (“It was this big! Really!”). The car of a lifetime…loved and lost. Some car guys even have two such tales....
Henry Ford II’s impassioned drive to bring the company racing glory at Le Mans had a less than stellar beginning,...
28 July 1956 – the 24 Hours of Le Mans starts at 4 o’clock in the afternoon and it’s raining...
By most accounts, Bruce Meyer has it pretty good. His world-class car collection includes the first production Shelby Cobra, the ex-Clark Gable Mercedes-Benz 300 Sc Cabriolet, the ex-John Von Neumann Ferrari 625 TRC Spider, a Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta “SEFAC Hot Rod”, one of the Briggs Cunnningham Corvettes entered...
