From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Italian marque Alfa Romeo will celebrate fifty years since the debut of the iconic Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, a model...
Last weekend’s 20th annual Goodwood Revival once again celebrated motor racing history with its usual full slate of races despite weather conditions ranging from sunshine to heavy rain. While the list of race winners for the September 8-10 meeting can be found below, we will attempt to recap a few...
The unique Salon Privé Double Concours Weekend presented some of the world’s most desirable automobiles on the prestigious grounds of...
Alfa Romeo is celebrating half a century since the debut of the legendary 33 Stradale, a historic model renowned for...
I have a Minichamps model of the legendary Lancia Stratos HF rally car in Alitalia’s green and white colors sitting on my desk and every time I look at it, Italy’s “Il Drago” or “the Dragon” comes to mind. That was world rally champion Sandro Munari’s nickname because, according to...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
August 2017 Cobra Pilote – The Ed Hugus Story By Robert D. Walker Ed Hugus was one of Carroll Shelby’s original cohorts in the Cobra project and, having owned the second Ferrari distributorship in the USA, provided business acumen that Shelby may have lacked. Plus, he actually funded the first...
The only Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM (Competizione Maggiorata) Pininfarina Superflow IV ever made will be shown for the very...
La Leggenda di Bassano is a historic racing event on the calendars of the FIVA (Fédération Internationale des Vèhicules Anciens)...
The 90th edition of the Mille Miglia, “the most beautiful traveling museum in the world” as it was aptly called by Enzo Ferrari, recently ended on the finish line of Viale Venezia in Brescia. Alfa Romeo again finished strong at the 2017 Mille Miglia, with two models on the podium:...
1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Due to Jano’s suspension modifications over the ’31-’32 season, the 8C enjoys surprisingly flat handling...
Alfa Romeo showcased its racing heritage at the 101st edition of the Targa Florio, held in Sicily, Italy. A title...
The Peninsula Hotels have announced the eight exceptional vehicles that will be eligible for the second annual The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award, the international motoring world’s top accolade for most exceptional classic car. The selected nominees, ranging from early production to mid-1950s Italian racecars, represent “Best of...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario,...
Pebble Beach Auctions Presented by Gooding & Company has announced the consignment of a legendary 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750...
Major Anthony Peter Roylance Rolt, Military Cross and Bar, had a philosophy. After surviving the Second World War, in which he almost died several times and won two Military Crosses, one of Britain’s highest awards for bravery, he reasoned that the rest of his life would be a bonus. So,...
Last weekend, Alfa Romeo showcased its racing heritage at the 101st edition of the Targa Florio, held in Sicily, Italy....
Alfa Romeo demonstrated its racing heritage at the 2017 Targa Florio, the 101st edition of the world’s oldest automotive race....
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands Prix. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren, of course, and they won with them too, but the other was a lesser-known man hailing from the southern tip of Africa....
RM Sotheby’s, the official auction house of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, will be returning to the shores of Lake...
The 75th renewal of Goodwood’s annual Members’ Meeting took place last weekend at the historic Chichester circuit, awarding classic cups...
Moved up a day to avoid impending storms on Sunday, the 22nd Annual Amelia Island Concours took place March 9-11 on the fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Amelia Island, Florida. More than 300 entries vied for top honors in...
The California Mille will once again take participants on a tour of Northern California this April 24-27, all in celebration...
Last weekend’s third edition of The London Classic Car Show featured an expanded format that also included the Historic Motorsport...
Photo: David Gooley, courtesy of the Don Murray Collection It is easy to examine an early Ferrari or a Maserati of the immediate post-war era and see only their curvaceous coachwork or their gorgeous engines; but there is much more to those and other well-known Italian sports and racing cars...
Luigi Bazzi Biography He was called the soul of Ferrari. He had been there from the beginning and Enzo Ferrari recalled his...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Alfa Romeo TZ-TZ2 Born to Win By Vito Witting da Prato Having left motor racing in the early ’50s—at least officially—Alfa Romeo returned to the sport once again at the start of the following decade due to the commitment and enthusiasm of its racing department Autodelta. This Alfa offshoot distinguished itself...
