Martin Swig is a former multi-franchise new-car dealer based in the San Francisco Bay area who is an avid vintage...
On July 18, 1955, an entertainment icon was established when Walt Disney opened the gates to his unique vision of an amusement park for all ages—Disneyland. Some will remember that in those early days, visitors needed tickets to experience the various rides and attractions. The more subdued rides might call...
Maldon, Essex, rurally situated on the Blackwater estuary is home to JD Classics, a company specializing in recreating and refining...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the...
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bertone Design, Concorso Italiano will feature several prominent concept cars from the Bertone Collection. Bertone has also confirmed that they will debut several prominent concept cars from its collection for the first time in North America including the continental debut of the Nuccio...
The LeMay – America’s Car Museum will have its grand opening on June 2, 2012 in Tacoma, Washington, having completed...
September 4, 1922 represents a significant date in Jaguar history. First, it was the coming of age of a visionary...
• The Branson Auto Museum has pledged to rebuild and reopen at the same location after a tornado with 130-mph...
The finned Cunningham D-Types of Walt Hansgen and Sherwood Johnston, wait with Duncan Forlong’s AC/Bristol and Curtis Attaway’s XK-120.Photo: Bob...
Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of January, Lorna and I spent most of a weekend planted squarely before the Flat Screen, surprised by how much we were enjoying Speed’s marathon coverage of the Rolex 24 at...
For the first time since 1956, works-supported Jaguar C- and D-types will race again at venues including Goodwood and the...
Georges Lemaître actually finished 2nd in the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition in this Peugeot 3hp, but was awarded victory...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into today’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, but not all of those races were run for a full 24 hours. The first two runnings had a three-hour duration, while the next two...
As the ninth annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering had chosen to honor Ferrari’s limited edition, top-end America and Superamerica...
Set against the backdrop of the Chiltern Hills, Kop Hill in the Parish of Princes Risborough, England, held the now...
The 38th renewal of the annual vintage racecar celebration at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, enjoyed another glorious weekend in mid-August, with drivers from 13 countries in some 550 cars taking part in races for 17 classes as the event honored the 50th anniversary of the...
Half a century ago, if your perfectly good sports car were damaged in an accident, you had options. One such...
Now here is a man of his word—and it cost him dearly. In 1961, Innes agreed to drive for Formula...
Helmets Make the Man Dear Editor I read Mike Lawrence’s “Helmets” column with great interest. I did my own helmet design, using horizontal red stripes, which were meant to evoke the stripes on the American flag. The idea was to have the design be visible from any angle, and also...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete, with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Pete Lyons Come with me to Italy, if you’ve got a minute, I want to show you something neat. We’re...
Silverstone was also the venue for a massive Jaguar E-Type birthday party. Highlight of the weekend for many was the sight of some 800 E-Types driving around the 3.6-mile Grand Prix circuit en masse in an attempt to set a new record for the Guinness Book of Records. There were...
The Fordwater Trophy race at the upcoming Goodwood Revival 2011 (16-18 September) will feature the finest collection of significant and...
Heavy Duty Lightweights 1961 Jaguar XKE “Coombs Lightweight” & 1963 Jaguar XKE “Qvale Lightweight” Photo: Pete Austin The year 2011 marks 50 years of the E-Type Jaguar or, as some of you know it better, the XKE. It’s a bit unsettling to find myself being unphased by remembering things that happened 50...
Automobile manufacturers have long used racing as a tool for both exploring new technologies and advancing marketing agendas, and one...
John Coombs was literally born into the motoring business, as his multi-talented craftsman father was already working with automobiles when...
A million clichés come to mind. Giant killer is probably the worst, pummelled to death by a thousand newspaper hacks, but that’s exactly what the original Ecurie Ecosse was. A meteor that came from nowhere and took the world’s endurance motor racing crown—twice. It was a shoestring operation working out...
