By Tim Scott It all started in the 1970s. My passion for cars as a kid was absolute and completely...
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.
It was in the West of France that the team from Artcurial’s collector car department made an extraordinary discovery. Forgotten...
Lancia D50 Car: Lancia D50 / Engine: 90º V8 / Maker: Lancia / Bore X Stroke: 73.6 X 73.1 mm / Year: 1955 / Capacity: 2,488 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 250 bhp at 8,100 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,280 mm Track: Front: 1294 mm Rear:1330 mm / Weight: 620...
The Porsche 356 has become an icon, and today, almost every example is deemed a candidate for salvation. Many are...
In late 1967, three 1968 model year Chevrolet Corvettes were prepared to L88 specifications and finished in Le Mans Blue...
After watching McLaren dominate the Can-Am series for four years, in 1971, Lola and its American team leader Carl Haas seemed to have it all: a World Champion driver in Jackie Stewart, huge sponsor dollars from L&M cigarettes and a brand new machine, the T260. But the results were disappointing,...
Alfa Romeo’s heritage is filled with some of the most lust-worthy automobiles that the world has ever seen. With help...
Competition has always been in Porsche’s bloodstream, and the company thrived on circuit racing and hill climbs from the outset....
The vehicles for Delahaye’s new strategic direction were the Superluxe and its sports sibling, the Delahaye Type 135. The Superluxe’s and Type 103’s engine, a long-stroke, pushrod-operated, overhead-valve, four-main-bearing, F-head inline-six, was designed by Jean François, under the direction of Delahaye’s technical director, Amédée Varlet, and it would become one...
The Ford GT40 Mark II that won the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race has been sold to enthusiast...
The Ferrari Classiche department in Maranello “sympathetically restored” a Ferrari 212 Export Vignale to its former glory. The car has...
The track-dedicated McLaren P1 GTR will debut at the 85th Geneva Motor Show in limited production form with only minor modifications to the Design Concept presented six months ago. The most noticeable change is the livery that the Geneva show car will be sporting. It is one which will be...
With classic-era Aston Martins rapidly appreciating in value beyond the seven-digit mark, it’s nice to examine modern-era cars that might...
A Ferrari 290 MM was displayed at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2015, held Sunday, March 15th on the fairways...
Ferraris were campaigned frequently and with ferocity by both the factory and wealthy privateers, and the company’s reputation during its early days hinged on the success of its race cars. During these early years, Ferrari created a chassis numbering system that would create legends: the competition cars would be designated...
Invoiced to Shelby American on December 14, 1966, Shelby Cobra CSX3356 was first sold to Paradise Ford of Scottsdale, Arizona,...
Brabham-Alfa BT46 Car: Brabham-Alfa BT46 / Engine: Flat-12 Alfa Romeo / Maker: Brabham / Bore X Stroke: 77 x 53.9...
The first World Championship Formula 1 race of the modern era was staged May 13, 1950 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, England. Giuseppe “Nino” Farina won the Grand Prix of Europe with his Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 ‘Alfetta’ in convincing fashion. Alfa Romeo fielded a team of four “Alfetta”...
The livery of a race car is a science in itself. It should highlight design and proportions, cover design secrets...
Audi is intensively preparing to battle for its 14th victory in the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24 Hours of...
On 31 May 1915, Ralph DePalma won the 500-mile race in Indianapolis driving a Mercedes Grand Prix car. A major dream had come true for the racing driver born in Italy in 1882. In 1912, he had narrowly failed to win victory in the Indianapolis 500 owing to a technical...
Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid Car: Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid / Engine: 1.6 L Mercedes-Benz PU106A Hybrid V6 turbocharged engine, limited...
Few sports-racing cars have achieved such legendary status as the Jaguar C-Type, which won the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
The Ferrari Classiche Department in Maranello, Italy recently completed the restoration of the 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Pinin Farina, chassis 0438MD, originally owned by Dominican gentleman driver Porfirio Rubirosa. Known as a ladies’ man, Rubirosa also dallied with some of the world’s most beautiful women, not least Marilyn Monroe,...
A 1950 Aston Martin DB2 ‘Washboard’ was displayed at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, held Sunday, August 16th at...
Volvo had great motorsport success in 1985, as their Volvo 240 Turbo “Flying Brick” won the European Touring Car Championship...
The Cars of Briggs Cunningham were a featured class at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, held August 16th at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. This spectacular assemblage of Cunningham cars included competition cars and the Vignale-built sports cars. An American entrepreneur, sportsman, race car constructor, driver and...
Historic Porsche race cars represent many victories at the 24-hour classics of Le Mans and Daytona. And they also celebrated...
McLaren established itself throughout the 1960s and ’70s as a world-beating force in one of the most extreme forms of...
In the early 1960s, Aston Martin and Ferrari were in a heated battle for supremacy in the World Sports Car Championship. It seemed as if every season brought about a new, race-ready vehicle to ensure each company’s victory, and the teams were consistently fighting each other for top honors. Competition...
