Driven by charismatic leadership and inspired by sporting elegance, Aston Martin has long been associated with top performance cars built...
Few motoring experiences can compare to the exhilaration of driving a convertible sports car. The open road before you, the...
I love good pesto. It has all the right ingredients for a wonderful meal. Cheese, basil, olive oil, all ground (Italian “pestare” to crush) together with pine nuts and just a hint of at least one other secret ingredient which, depending on where you’re from, is a key ingredient that...
My friend had done well that year. He was quite a bit older, but we’d bonded over cars, especially as...
Mention Lamborghini to any vintage enthusiast and the conversation will likely focus on the Countach or Miura. Of course, these...
Car design has always been a passion of mine. The idea that you can begin with just a drawing, blend a series of mechanical components, and derive an object not only suitable for functional transport, but also something exciting to look at and experience, is an enormously compelling endeavor for...
Developed first as a show car to celebrate the Ford Centennial, the Ford GT40 concept car came as a big...
In 1972, I was 10-years old when my dad drove home in a tiny little black convertible. I’d never seen...
In 1976, I was playing catch with my friend on the front lawn of his house. In the distance we heard a howling roar wailing up our street. As the black streak came racing towards us, the screaming terror came to a halt. It was the first time I had...
A few weeks ago, a standard Series 1 Datsun 240Z sold for $315,000 on a much-publicized public internet auction. The...
This month one of the most iconic Mustangs to ever hit the road is going up for auction, the 1968 Bullit...
The remarkable Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale must be counted as among the most beautiful sports car designs of the twentieth century. Penned by the prolific and gifted Bertone designer Franco Scaglione, the Sprint Speciale was highly influenced by sculptural experimentations revealed in the extraordinary aerodynamic studies achieved in the B.A.T....
Italians do some great things with cars. Well, to be fair, they pretty much do everything with a great deal...
Every year the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance offers a spectacular showing of amazing cars. I am fortunate to get a...
Quintessential adjective quin·tes·sen·tial | \ ˌkwin-tə-ˈsen(t)-shəl :of the pure and essential essence of something :of or relating to the most perfect embodiment of something By the time the second world war came to an end, the quintessential sports car featured a long rectangular hood, suspended headlights, flowing separate fenders, a flat wooden dashboard and wire wheels. For motoring enthusiasts, the SS Jaguar, Morgan, or vintage MG...
This is my 50th article for Vintage Road & Racecar. I didn’t realize it until my editor sent me a thank...
Car Design is a wicked beast. The purpose of design is to create both alluring and engaging combinations of mechanical...
With so much new digital technology arriving daily in our lives, it’s hard to imagine that something as simple as a new material could spawn an entirely new industry and market, lasting for decades. But that’s exactly what fiberglass did. Easy to use and relatively low cost, fiberglass fit perfectly...
When first introduced in 1959, the Mini Cooper was a revelation of automotive simplicity, economy, and delight. Designed by Sir...
This is technically the first issue of Vintage Roadcar as an online-only periodical. While many of us will miss the...
July 2017 Porsche 914 – The Racing History By Roy Smith Writing about a subject is relatively easy when there isare plenty of period pieces from which to glean information, but with little research material available and certainly no books on the subject, celebrated author Roy Smith has had the...
The BMW 507 is frequently cited as one of the most beautifully designed cars regardless of era, origin or classification. Designer...
GT350 Dear Editor, As a 30-plus year owner of a GT350H, the Hertz car on the cover of your Roadcar...
We’re all creatures of water. Millions of years ago we emerged from a boiling primordial stew as multi-cell organisms, evolved in the oceans, and then ambitiously emerged from the water to become oxygen breathing land inhabitants. Our living bodies are 60-percent water. Our brain is a whopping 75-percent water. Yet,...
Autodromo Stradale Autodromo’s latest timepiece design draws inspiration from dashboard instruments found in Italian sports cars of the late 1950s,...
After leaving Lotus, I was “sucked in” by Don Nichols and rejoined Shadow. He said James Hunt would be our...
The 1929 Lincoln Aero Phaeton, by LeBaron, was one of the earliest American vehicles to employ a tailfin. Priced at a towering $7,400, it sold poorly and was not cataloged the following year. Today fins are remembered as the outward expression of our automotive engineering prowess during the height of...
From March 8 to Sept 30, the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy, will host a special exhibit, the Ferrari Supercar....
Red Line Oil Most classic car enthusiasts would sooner pour water into their crankcase before using synthetic oil in vintage...
Regular readers of this column will know that I delight in the obscure, so imagine my joy when at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed, I finally came face to face with a 1955 Abarth 207. This was an achingly pretty Fiat-engined 1100 cc sports racer built with SCCA racing...
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