Mors – Dauphin Car: Dauphin/ Engine: 4 Cylinder In-Line / Maker: Mors / Bore X Stroke: 145 mm X 175...
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.
Chaparral 2H Looking back over the years you have to wonder how Jim Hall could have gotten it so wrong...
This 1931 Miller V16 Racing Car – the only V16-engined Miller racing car ever built – will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Sports & Classics of Monterey auction held August 13-15, 2009 at the Portola Hotel & Spa and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey, California. Its pre-sale estimate...
Story and photos by Louis Galanos (except as noted) This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first race run...
Lotus 79 Car: Lotus-Ford 79 / Engine: 900 V8 Ford-Cosworth DFV / Maker: Lotus / Bore X Stroke: 92.5 mm X...
In late 1967, the new and much lighter Escort was forecast to be the most suitable model in the Ford range to replace the aging Cortina, which in Mk1 and Mk2 Lotus-badged guise had become the company’s main competition car, the later model initially even employing the same Twin Cam...
The MINI brand turned 50 years old on August 26, 2009. Fifty years ago to the day, the British Motor...
When Alec Issigonis was requested by British Motor Corporation (BMC) in late 1956 to develop an economical but nevertheless fully-fledged...
Mercedes W 154 Car: Mercedes W154 / Engine: 600 V12 / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 67 mm X 70 mm / Year: 1938 / Capacity: 2,962 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 425 bhp at 8,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 107.5 inches / Track: 58.1 inches front, 55.6 inches...
Mercedes 1914 GP Car: Mercedes 18/100 / Engine: Water-Cooled, M93654, Inline-4 / Maker: Mercedes / Bore X Stroke: 93 mm X...
A 1937 Horch 853 Voll & Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet, owned by Robert M. Lee of Sparks, Nevada, was named “Best...
Delahaye 145 Grand Prix Car: Delahaye 145 GP / Engine: 60º V12 / Maker: Delahaye / Bore X Stroke: 75.0 mm x 84.7 mm / Year: 1937 / Capacity: 2,993 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 245 bhp / 183 KW @ 5,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,700 mm / Track:...
Lotus 33 Car: Lotus-Climax 33 / Engine: Coventry Climax FWMV 90º V8 / Maker: Lotus / Bore X Stroke: 67.9...
This 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra (CSX3006) will be offered for sale at RM Auctions and Sotheby’s Automobiles of London...
A 1939 Mercedes-Benz W154 Silver Arrow was specially featured at Lime Rock Park’s Vintage Festival September 4-7, 2009. A stellar attraction of the legendary period from 1934 to 1939, the W154 represented the apogee of the supercharger era of Mercedes-Benz’s racing vehicles....
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A – Supreme Road Racer Story by Ed McDonough Views differ as to the meaning of the...
Maserati 8CTF Car: Maserati 8CTF/ Engine: Straight 8 / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 69.0 mm (2.7 in) /...
This feature is a first for the triad of VeloceToday.com, Coachbuild.com and sportscardigest.com. We all had input to this article and feature this article in our respective websites at the same time. The recent and regrettable passing of Elio Zagato caused us to query a variety of noted car enthusiasts...
BMW has a long and distinguished history at the Mille Miglia, culminating in 1940 when Fritz Huschke von Hanstein and...
Williams FW14B Car: Williams FW14b / Engine: 670 V10 / Maker: Williams – Renault / Year: 1991 / Capacity: 3,493 cc /...
Cisitalia D46 Car: Cisitalia D46 / Engine: Inline-4 / Maker: Cisitalia / Bore X Stroke: 68.1 x 74.9 mm / Year: 1946 / Capacity: 1,089 cc / Class: Voiturette / Power: 62 bhp at 5,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 79.1 inches / Track: Front: 48 inches Rear: 44.1 inches / Weight:...
With development of its 2nd generation of ‘DB’ six-cylinder sports cars nearing its end, Aston Martin turned to the Italian...
On August 23rd, 1954 at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, a factory-prepared Austin-Healey set 83 National and International...
Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B – Car Profiles He seemed to be well positioned at Fiat, then the leading racing team but his friend Luigi Bazzi who had recently joined Enzo Ferrari at Alfa Romeo knew the ego that blazed inside Vittorio Jano could not be contained at the larger...
Chaparral 2J Legend “according to Jim Hall” has the idea for the Chaparral 2J came to him through a child’s...
ATS, or Automobili Turismo e Sport SpA, was an Italian carmaker and racing team that operated all too briefly between...
Alfa Romeo P2 Car: Alfa Romeo P2 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Alfa Romeo / Bore X Stroke: 61.0 mm (2.4 in) / 85.0 mm (3.3 in) / Year: 1924 / Capacity: 1,987 cc / 121.3 cu in / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 155 bhp / 116 KW...
The first shake-down has been held at Fiorano of a very special one-off, the P540 Superfast Aperta, built for an...
This 1963 Aston Martin DB4 GT (0175/L) will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Automobiles of Arizona auction to...
Race Car & Racing Development This article will discuss the art as well as the science of race car driving as it evolved through the history of motorsport. When four-wheel brakes were still a rarity and suspension was considered a black art. From the time that drivers held a tiller...
