This 1964 Shelby 427 Cobra ‘Flip-Top’ Roadster will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Automobiles of Arizona auction to...
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.
Invoiced to Shelby American on December 14, 1966, Shelby Cobra CSX3356 was first sold to Paradise Ford of Scottsdale, Arizona,...
This 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra (CSX3006) will be offered for sale at RM Auctions and Sotheby’s Automobiles of London auction to be held October 28th, 2009 at Battersea Evolution in London. Its pre-sale estimate is unavailable. According to the Shelby American World Registry, chassis CSX 3006 was billed to...
The prototype 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (serial number CSX2287) became the first automobile to be recorded under the Secretary...
Before the Mustangs, before the Cobra and even before driving to victory at Le Mans, Carroll Shelby drove a little...
On May 27, 1934 the German racing cars that were soon to acquire the nickname “Silver Arrow” were entered for their first race, on the Avus racetrack in Berlin. Although neither Auto Union nor Mercedes-Benz won that event, it was not long before these two manufacturers began to dominate international...
Report and photos by Jamie Doyle Confession. I like light cars. My Lotus Elan S3 Coupe weighs roughly 1,500 pounds...
Audi will be releasing a new family of concept vehicles and recently, they’ve just unveiled the first and newest member,...
Société Renault Frères Louis Renault was born in Paris on February 15, 1877, the fourth of six children born into the bourgeois family of Alfred and Louise-Berthe Magnien who owned a small drapery firm on the Place des Victoires. Renault had a typical bourgeois upbringing with the attitudes and prejudices...
Welcome to Sports Car Digest – The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal. As the title suggests, Sports Car Digest...
After a prolonged two-year absence, one of the most loved events in Beaulieu is back! The Spring Autojumble will return...
Spyker 60 HP Car: Spyker 60 HP / Engine: 6 Cylinder In-Line / Maker: Spyker / Bore X Stroke: 120 X 128 mm / Year: 1903 / Capacity: 8,676 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 60 bhp / Wheelbase: 3100 mm / Notes: All Wheel Drive in 1898, Jacobus...
Formula Junior was the class of choice for ambitious young drivers and between 1958 through until the end of 1959,...
The seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette made its debut Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit....
By Ed McDonough | Photos as credited The concept of streamlining and streamliners has been around for countless decades, though it is difficult to find two people who agree on just what streamlining means. It has been used in reference to everything from small weapon-like implements to giant locomotives, aircraft...
With its new 911 R, Porsche unveiled a sports car in classical design at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show....
By Martin Swig Most observers credit the Acura NSX with revolutionizing the supercar business, not because of its commercial success,...
It’s no big news that Subaru really knows how to make a car. As far as good all-rounders that can haul a lot of stuff, take whatever mother nature throws at them, last forever and be had at an attractive price, it doesn’t get much better. Particularly for people in...
The Sunbeam Tiger is an English iconic two-seater roadster, built during the 1960s by the Rootes Group of Britain to...
The classics of tomorrow, a superlative selection of contemporary collectors cars and supercars, will feature in Bonham’s all-new sale concept:...
Want to win this car? Join the OMAZE sweepstakes! In its latest sweepstakes, OMAZE gets you Superformance MKIII-R, one of the greatest modern takes on an all-American icon, the legendary Shelby Cobra. This sweepstakes is funding the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation, enabling the non-profit to carry through its projects which...
Talbot-Lago Antonio Franco Lago was an Italian engineer and motor-industry entrepreneur.The Anglo-French STD (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq) combine had collapsed during the worldwide...
With the exciting announcement that the Mullin Automotive Museum re-opening to the public, we deemed it a great opportunity to...
With the 917, Porsche for the first time entered the league of immensely powerful, large-capacity racing cars. The 580 hp from the twelve-cylinder 4.5-litre engine of the 917 set new standards, to the extent that even decades later, independent experts rate this Porsche as one of the most impressive sports...
Amid the bustle and hubbub of a popular Riviera restaurant, a baritone burble rises through the floor, vibrating up high,...
It never gets old looking back on one of the most famous pioneering efforts in the evolution of the automobile,...
When you don’t want to get your 289 Cobra muddy, and your GT 350 just doesn’t have enough ground clearance, what is a Ford guy to do? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
Since its launch in Japan in 1992, the WRX (World Rally Experimental) has taken the world by storm. The WRX...
In October of 1969, Datsun started production on the 240Z, a car that would change the face of sports cars...
By Wilfried Müller The Porsche 908/3 is, without a doubt, a special car. Designed by Porsche especially for use on just two tracks in the World Sportscar Championship in 1970 and 1971 — the Targa Florio and the Nürburgring Nordschleife — its lightweight construction was radical, but boasted almost perfect...
