With the 917, Porsche for the first time entered the league of immensely powerful, large-capacity racing cars. The 580 hp...
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 Pathfinder is a long familiar name in utility and sturdiness. Its very name implies forging trails ahead and going...
If you’re reading the title and “1LE” sounds familiar, that’s because it was a special options package from way back in 1988. And if you do remember the old 1LE, you probably may very well want to forget about it like the rest of the world has and move on...
The Infiniti QX is now in the third year of the current design, and it’s still as imposing as ever....
The new Z-Car has been with us since 2002, and though it’s never made as much of a splash as...
Let’s not beat around the bush. This is a minivan. It looks like a minivan, it feels like a minivan, and it is equipped like a minivan. It’s a familiar one, too, as the Dodge Grand Caravan has been a mainstay of soccer moms and suburban families for years. This...
Right away, it’s obvious that Buick is trying to go in a different direction with this year’s Verano. The model...
The eighth generation Malibu is all-new for 2013, and is designed to be Chevrolet’s first global midsize sedan. Built with...
GM’s brands are and have been rethinking a few things. Buick is no exception, and this is no more obvious than after taking one look at the new Encore compact SUV. If it weren’t for the grille, few would be able to guess that it is a Buick, and it’s...
The Jeep Patriot was introduced in 2007 to slot in between the tiny Compass and the larger Liberty, which will...
When we think of the new, cool, sporty side of Cadillac that has emerged over the last few years, the...
Little by little, Hyundai has started to make cars that people might actually want to buy. No longer is the Korean brand the butt of jokes and no longer is it a brand for people who don’t care anything at all about cars, driving, or build quality. Even in the...
Chevy’s small cars have never really done much to impress. The one in most recent memory, the Aveo, was especially...
Seventy five years after its debut in the legendary Mille Miglia endurance road race, the BMW 328 completed the 2013...
Bentley Motors competed in the 2013 Mille Miglia with two unique 4 1/2 Litre Supercharged “Blowers” – a 1930 Le Mans race car belonging to perhaps the most famous and daring of the Bentley Boys and a company demonstrator that is still going strong even after nine decades on the...
The new Cadillac XTS represents an interesting move for the storied carmaker. While in other areas they are showing off...
The Untold History of MGB GT Classic Cars In 1962 during the Earls Court Motor Show, it was the first...
Hurley Haywood was reunited with his bright yellow 1973 Porsche 911 RSR, car number 59, on the 40th Anniversary of his 12 Hours of Sebring win in 1973. Haywood, with multiple victories at Daytona and Le Mans as well as Sebring, is considered by many to be the world’s most...
Lost and Found After 60 Years – A Truly Italian History By Giuseppe De Angelis Since the birth of the...
The 2013 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance marked the first time that a rare pair of the surviving ‘Prinz Heinrich’ Benz...
Fascination with miniature versions of something grand, like an automobile, may seem frivolous, silly even. Items like this, arguably little more than trinkets, serve very little if any practical purpose. While they may be faithful recreations of something larger, they are just that, recreations. By the same token, though, our...
Sixty years after Jaguar’s legendary test driver Norman Dewis achieved a world record average flying mile speed of 172.4mph in...
This is not a vehicle for the sports car buyer, obviously. The 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ might, however, be a...
By Louis Galanos On February 4th of this year I had to go to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville, Florida for my annual physical. While there I happened to run into an old Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) friend and we sat in the hospital waiting room swapping...
Henry Ford II’s impassioned drive to bring the company racing glory at Le Mans had a less than stellar beginning,...
In 1964, a 27-year-old Bruce McLaren declared that “Life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.” His company, Bruce...
For more than half a century, motor racing has drawn huge crowds in Japan, but for motorsports fans one race stands out – the 1964 Grand Prix meeting at Suzuka. That was the day the Skyline legend began. The participants in that year’s GT-II race lined up on the grid,...
The last few years have seen Cadillac rebranding itself in a big way. Their newer cars have been presented as...
Auto Union Type C Car: Auto Union Type C / Engine: 45 deg V16 / Maker: Auto Union / Bore...
Report and photos (unless noted) by Jamie Doyle Horsepower is something the vast majority of enthusiasts spend a lot of time thinking about. If possible we want a large dose of it, and are always craving more. We read about it, analyze it, brag about it, even lose sleep over...
