History lauds volumes of praise to those who are first. Thinking back to 1964, many will recall a short wheelbase,...
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.
Porsche continued its winning ways last year at the 12 Hours of Sebring, taking the overall victory with the RS...
The Jaguar XK120 was a rather extraordinary sports car for its time, not for any notable technology or coachwork advances, but because it achieved touring car standards of ride and comfort in a sports car which had performance exceeding that any other production car. The XK120 name referred to its...
The Eppie Wietzes F5000 Championship-winning McLaren M-10B By Kevin Triplett | Photos by Dennis Gray From his earliest days as...
Right away, it’s obvious that Buick is trying to go in a different direction with this year’s Verano. The model...
Born in the Depression, Restored in a Recession, Delage D8S Gives New Meaning to Elegance Story by Philip Powell In perhaps the strangest paradox of the 1930s, as the worst depression the world had ever known was putting millions out of work, extraordinary design still flourished. Bauhaus architecture by the...
The sensational Mercedes-Benz 300 SL racing sports car debuted on a motorway on March 12, 1952. Commencing from 1954 until today,...
Mercedes-Benz SSKL – Car Profiles The early twenties was a period of consolidation in the German Automobile manufacturing community. Daimler...
This 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Alloy Competizione did not sell at the high bid of $4,400,000 during the Gooding & Company “Scottsdale Auction” held January 17th in Scottsdale, Arizona. In the summer months of 1959, after completing the last 13 examples of the venerable 250 Tour de France models,...
In March 1971, the Lamborghini Miura SV, being the last evolution of the highly successful P400 project, made its official...
After a prolonged two-year absence, one of the most loved events in Beaulieu is back! The Spring Autojumble will return...
On 18 June 1992, Klaus Ludwig driving an AMG-Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II won both races of the German Touring Car Championship at the Nürburgring. This double victory was Ludwig’s first triumph in a season he was to finish as DTM champion. An equally masterly performance was delivered in...
You may recognize Bill Warner as the Founder and Chairman of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, held each March on...
The Sunbeam Tiger is an English iconic two-seater roadster, built during the 1960s by the Rootes Group of Britain to...
The Ferrari F40 drove along the path of its predecessor, the Ferrari 288GTO, and became the second Ferrari with a limited number of manufactured units. Thanks to its bombastic appearance, demanding driving characteristics, and racing technology, it instantly became the most desirable supercar and overshadowed the other supercars of the...
Shortly before Christmas Eve 1913, British racing driver L. G. Hornsted set two new world speed records for the half-mile...
More with less. When the little guy triumphs over the giants, he’s bound to have the crowd on his side...
Porsche Aftermarket Tuning: The State of Play There are few tuning companies in the world who are universally entrusted with the enviable (and sometimes unenviable) task of making a Porsche car better than it was when it came from the factory. E-Motion Engineering LLC, a California-based Porsche Tuning Specialist, is...
When Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled the Porsche 917 at the Geneva International Motor Show on March 13, 1969,...
Boy Meets Car, Loses Car, Finds Car By Steve Smith | Photographs as credited Every car guy has the automotive...
The 2009 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance featured more than 30 classes, including the Race Cars of 1963 to 1972. In a class that included many incredible race cars, our highlighted cars – 1971 Porsche 911 STR and 1972 Datsun 240Z – stood out from the class...
The one-millionth Porsche 911 model rolled off the production line — a Carrera S in the special color “Irish Green”,...
The Barn Find of a Lifetime There is just something about a weathered, unrestored original car that is intriguing. When...
After buying Aston Martin in 1947, David Brown’s overriding passion was to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His passion became a reality when the famous pair, Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori, drove the Aston Martin DBR1 to victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959. Aston’s...
“I love this car. It’s more successful than the artwork,” was the opinion of Andy Warhol after his sweeping brush...
A 1937 Horch 853 Voll & Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet, owned by Robert M. Lee of Sparks, Nevada, was named “Best...
Peugeot 1912 L76 Car: Peugeot 1912 L76 / Engine: 4-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Peugeot / Bore X Stroke: 92 mm X 169 mm / Year: 1912 / Capacity: 4,400 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 112 bhp at 2,800 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,700 mm / Track: Front: 1350 mm...
Grand Prix Racing Cars MODEL MARQUE YEAR WHEELBASE TRACK (Front) TRACK (Rear) Alfa Romeo P2 Alfa Romeo 1924 2624 mm...
When you don’t want to get your 289 Cobra muddy, and your GT 350 just doesn’t have enough ground clearance,...
NISMO has actually been around since the 1980s, but only recently has the name worked its way into mainstream car culture. An abbreviation of Nissan Motorsport International Limited, this naturally racing-oriented branch of Nissan is now expanding its presence to more street cars, and with products like this Juke and...
