On May 23, 1940, Maserati celebrated a fantastic four wins in a row at the Targa Florio. In fact, a...
Month: May 2020
Noted car and airplane collector General William Lyon passed away on May 22, at the age of 97. General Lyon,...
For the first tmie in its 65-year history, the AACA has announced that it has had to cancel its annual...
On May 29, 1960, Sir Stirling Moss drove his Lotus 18 for almost three hours of punishing racing, battling through...
Built from 1963–1966, the Alvis TE 21 (or Three Liter Series III) featured a 3.0-liter, inline 6-cylinder engine wrapped in...
If you are an old car buff, love beautiful scenery and friendly people, and want to visit a place where...
It is with a heavy heart that the organizers of the Silverstone Classic announce that this summer’s flagship three-day festival...
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has confirmed June dates at both Road America and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The...
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, presented by the Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers Foundation, has announced major schedule changes to this...
One of my favorite automotive books is Doug Nye’s “Motor Racing Mavericks”. Published in 1975, it explores failures—high-end failures—in Grand...
The London Concours has announced the “Lost Marques” Display; an homage to the car manufacturers we have loved and lost over...
The game-changing Audi quattro made its UK debut, in London, in 1980. Here, five former members of the Audi UK...
During the late ’50s and early ’60s American racers were doing battle in a wide variety of homebuilt racecars and...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the HSRCA’s Mar. 21-22, 2020, Autumn Festival at Wakefield Park....
This year’s Historic Leyburn Sprints for historic and classic cars, which was scheduled to run on August 22–23, has been...
Italian automotive publishing legend Giorgio Nada, passed away on May 6th, due to complications from COVID-19. Starting with a small...
The tricyclecar, or trike, is a strange device in three wheels, at the midway between the motorbike and the car,...
Canada’s VARAC has announced that it will regretfully be canceling this year’s Mosport Vintage Grand Prix, which was to be...
After careful consideration and following the Governor of Michigan’s guidelines, the Board of Directors of the Concours d’Elegance of America...
“A technical product is not perfect until it is aesthetically impeccable as well,” Ettore Bugatti once said. And the company...
A prototype of the Maserati MC20, the new Maserati super sportscar, pays homage to Sir Stirling Moss, the British motor-racing...
While closed during the Coronavirus pandemic, the Newport Car Museum has launched its first in a series of videos reviewing...
The Albi Grand Prix; Albi, France, July 16, 1939 Arthur Dobson in the very fast E.R.A. E-type which set pole...
The powers-that-be in 1920s auto racing, namely the American Automobile Association’s Contest Board, barred anyone who wasn’t a white male...
Developed first as a show car to celebrate the Ford Centennial, the Ford GT40 concept car came as a big...
The flying man from Mantua On April 13, 1930, just after 5:00 am, the silent shadows beside Lake Garda are...
It’s been 70 years since SEAT was founded on May 9, 1950, the company that helped democratize mobility in Spain...
More Cylinders: Jessie Vincent and the Packard Twin Six engine “The greatest piece of machinery that ever went upon the...
