Choosing a name for a new Rolls-Royce motor car is a crucial, highly considered and painstaking process, in which the...
It’s 1972, and Aston Martin is undergoing one of its periodic seismic changes. Sir David Brown, the talented industrialist who...
We purchased a 1964 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL in the early 1980s. The car came out of Dekalb, Georgia, so it already had the prerequisite rust as typically found on these cars. Confined to trunk and under-seat sections, we were able to patch those areas, which was consistent with repairs performed...
The 1,000th Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing” rolls off the production line, in the Sindelfingen plant, in December 1955, a little...
Since the beginning of its history in 1963, Automobili Lamborghini has always stood out as a highly innovative and pioneering...
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marks the centenary of the legendary 20 H.P., known to the world simply as the ‘Twenty’, launched on October 6, 1922. Designed by Sir Henry Royce, it ranks among the most important and influential models ever produced by the marque. As the first Rolls-Royce specifically intended for...
“100 miles per hour speed with 100 percent comfort and docility.” This proclamation was made in an advertisement that appeared...
Auto Union’s Wanderer brand constructed three, Ferdinand Porsche designed, aluminum-bodied W25K roadsters for the 1938 Liege-Rome-Liege rally. Equipped with inline,...
In 1962, Alfa Romeo came out with a new machine, the Giulia. It was actually a series of machines. There was the Alfa Giulia Super (sedan), as well as the Sprint, Sprint Speciale and Spider. They were uprated versions of the earlier Giulietta, with an enlarged engine and slightly longer...
In the mid 1990s, I had the pleasure of spending the day with Carroll Shelby. After walking through his LA...
Debuted at the 1968 New York Auto Show, the Astro II (eXperimental Project 880) was General Motors’ first, real foray...
Photo Gallery from the Aug. 20, 2022, Concorso Italiano, in Monterey, California....
Just after midnight, in February 1973, there was a battle being waged on a Daytona Beach, Florida race track. All...
A unique Duesenberg reprised its early role as Concours winner by taking the top prize at the Pebble Beach Concours...
Bonnie Menapace (nee Hemsley – yes, she’s my daughter) got her first Alfa for her 16th birthday. It was a used, yellow 1979 Alfa Spider Veloce, which she still has. Andy Menapace got to share that Alfa Spider when he married Bonnie, and he got to learn how to change...
The Steelers Wheel 1973 pop tune “Stuck in the Middle with You” could very well have been the theme song...
Aston Martin has chosen the 2022 Monterey Car Week to unveil the spectacular DBR22 for the first time: A V12-engined,...
Singer-songwriter Carol Connors once bet Carroll Shelby that if she wrote him a hit song, he’d give her a Cobra. Historian Bob Walker untangles the complicated tale of the 289 Cobra that Shelby gave her to honor that bet. The original engine installed in CSX 2067 was reported by the...
One of three experimental aerodynamic prototypes built for the 1940 war-affected Mille Miglia, this unique 328 was designed by Wunibald...
On July 21, top automotive executives and VIPs gathered at The Icon, on the Detroit waterfront, to celebrate the induction...
The Triumph Motor Company was a manufacturer started by two partners from Germany building bicycles under the trade name Triumph. There first automobile was manufactured in 1923, it was the Triumph 10/20. In 1928, the Triumph Super 7 was introduced, it would be their first mass produced car. They continued...
The names of the great marques roll off the tongue like poetry—Porsche, Jaguar, Maserati, Mercedes, Rolls-Royce and, of course, Ferrari....
The end of the century was a big deal. Now that more than two decades have passed, it’s quaint to...
In 1966, Lamborghini shook the automotive establishment when it mounted is powerful V12 engine transversally, in a rear-mid position, on the P400 Miura: the vehicle for which the term “supercar” was coined. As such, the Miura plays an oversized role in Lamborghini’s long V12 engine story, which has powered its...
1966 Pininfarina Ferrari 365P Berlinetta Speciale Designed by Pininfarina as a Ferrari concept car, the 365P Berlinetta Speciale utilized a...
There are certain cars made notable by television. The Beverley Hillbillie’s truck, The Munster Mobile, Honey West’s Cobra. Then there...
The Peninsula Hotels has announced its eight finalists for its preeminent honor, The Peninsula Classics 2021 Best of the Best Award. In its seventh year, the prestigious accolade identifies the world’s most exceptional classic car from a select group of vehicles that have won the highest awards at the previous...
It’s that time of year. When we celebrate that hallmark of Americana, Father’s Day. Get out the smoker, grill some...
The spectacular Mercedes-Benz 540K represented the zenith of pre-war accomplishments by the Stuttgart-based firm in the pre-war era. It is...
Bentley is celebrating 70 years since the start of production of the R-Type Continental – one of the most celebrated cars in the company’s 103-year history, and the first Bentley to wear the Continental name. With only 208 examples produced, the R-Type Continental was as rare a sight in the...
