By the 1950s it was clear that Americans were in the mood for sporty cars with the right balance of...
Exactly 50 years have passed since March 11, 1971, when the Geneva International Motor Show provided the backdrop for the...
Classic rally specialist Bespoke Rallies has responded to the pent-up demand for classic events by creating two brand new rallies, and a reshuffling of its original 2021 calendar in order to take full advantage of the proposed lifting of restrictions. The result is the choice of no less than four...
“The historic vehicle world is at last coming back to life in some places,” says Tiddo Bresters, president of FIVA...
The MGA should have happened several years before it did. The story of why it didn’t and how it came...
The first A6G 2000, a car representative of the A6 series, built by Maserati from 1947 to 1956 and named in homage to Alfieri Maserati (hence the letter A) with a 6 indicating the engine type (straight-6) was delivered exactly 70 years ago, in February 1951. The new model was...
In the 1950s, an ultimately failed attempt to revive the Bugatti name resulted in the creation of six Type 101...
I was 19-years old and working nights at a Shell service station in San Jose, California, with my friend Jim...
In 1966, at the Turin Motor Show, the world got its first look at the Maserati Ghibli, as a two-seat concept car. The sharp, angular bodylines were penned by a young Giorgetto Giugiaro, who at the time was working for Ghia. Like its stablemates the Mistral and Khamsin, the Ghibli...
A special class of rare, exotic and historic Hispano-Suizas is scheduled to be the classic centerpiece of the 26th annual...
On January 15, 2021, Jerry Wiegert passed away. If you struggle to recall that name or its significance in the...
In March, 2019, the Hispano Suiza brand was revived when a new luxury hypercar, the Carmen, was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. The Carmen is the new flag bearer for the famed Hispano Suiza marque, which has long been a source of pride for the Spanish automotive industry. Hispano...
I was out walking the other day, and tripped on a grate in the pavement and fell hard… down hill....
Not every Alfa Romeo 1900C chassis that went to a Carrozzeria for custom coachwork (see this month’s Roadcar Feature) emerged...
Although the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 of the late-1930s and immediate post-war years lingered on the market until 1953, its replacement was first introduced in 1950—the Alfa Romeo 1900. The Alfa Romeo 1900 Berlina (sedan) was introduced in 1950. Photo: Alfa Romeo The design of the 1900, and every subsequent...
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 made its first appearance to an enthusiastic world at the Paris Auto Salon in 1968. It...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Oct. 31–Nov. 4, 2020, running of the Copperstate 1000 in Arizona. 36 Ford 5 Window Coupe, Alfa Romeo 52 Jaguar XK 120-Paul & Bob Branstad. 59 Austin Healey 100-6-Alexander Barrett & Ben Venezla-Leaving Phoenix. Zion National Park . 59 MGA 1600-Jakob Greisen-Gordon Mandich-Lake Mary....
100 Years ago, on January 17th, the first Rolls-Royce ‘Springfield’ Silver Ghost was completed at the marque’s facility in Springfield,...
On May 23, 2021 one special class will highlight The Amelia’s fondness for embracing a broader perspective of the established...
For such a clean and beautiful design, the 1963-1977 Alfa Romeo GT is confusingly burdened with many different names. Officially, the Alfa Romeo 105/115 series coupe, they are often referred to as Giulia Sprint GT, GT Veloce, GTV, GT Junior, GTV 2000 and sometimes generically as GTs. I’ve generally referred...
One of the crown jewels of Carroll Shelby’s personal collection, this 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra, CSX3178, was owned by Carroll...
Dodge and Plymouth stylists hated them, Bill France hated them, but, the racers? Racers loved them, as long as they...
The prototype for the Lamborghini Countach, designated LP500, was first shown to the public at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. Designed by Marcello Gandini, at Bertone, the Countach was a continuation of design themes Gandini developed in the earlier Lancia Stratos Zero concept car. Gandini would later relate how the...
If you believe that when a man puts his name on the building the products emanating from the enterprise embody...
In 1948, Jaguar launched the wild and wooly XK120 at the London Motor Show. It was a testbed and show...
There is something so unmistakably compelling about the sports cars produced in the 1960s. Beautifully formed, sculpturally exquisite, and modestly detailed, no country did it better than Italy and no car company was more adventurous with their cars than Alfa Romeo. Hundreds of books have been written on the engineering...
Jaguar is marking the 60th anniversary of the E- type sports car in 2021 with the introduction of a limited-edition...
In December, 1905, Václav Klement and Václav Laurin presented their first automobile to the public, the Laurin & Klement Voiturette...
The Bugatti 57SC has long been coveted by automotive historians and enthusiasts as one of the ultimate expressions of pre-war automotive design and engineering, with a precious few chassis originally constructed and each example appreciated as exceptional and bespoke. Some versions of the 57SC have achieved stratospheric desirability and value...
