Carlo Abarth was born Karl Alberto Abarth, in Vienna, Austria, on November 15, 1908 (He would go on to change...
The Sicilian husband and wife duo of Giovanni Moceri and Valeria Dicembre, in their 1939 Fiat 508C, have won the 2020...
Long, long ago (50 years) in a city far, far away (Butte, Montana), I bought a racecar from Evel Knievel’s father. Bob Knievel was an amateur racer and car dealer. He dealt mostly in used cars, but he had one line of new cars, Siata. The only car Siata was...
Fiat, one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished car companies, has been appointed as an official Manufacturer Patron to...
The winners of the 2019 “La Leggenda di Bassano–Giannino Marzotto Trophy”were Andrea Giacoppo and Daniela Grillone Tecioiu, from Vicenza in...
Fiat, OSCA, Pininfarina…an interesting equation. The Fiat 1200 was not a very quick machine, in fact, you couldn’t really call it a sports car. Fiat wanted in on this part of the market, but didn’t want to take the time to create a new motor. They contacted the Fratelli Maserati...
FCA has opened its new Heritage HUB and museum in the newly renovated Mirafiori manufacturing complex, in Turin. The new...
Following last year’s acquisition of a Fiat 500 by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Fiat...
September 2018 1– Mario Andretti wins three midget feature races at two tracks in one day (1963). 2– Massimo Leto di Priolo drives an Alfa Romeo SV Zagato to victory in the Coppa Intereuropa race at Monza, near Milan, Italy (1956). 3– Fiat type 803s finish 1-2-3-4 in a race...
The London Concours 2018, hosted at the Honourable Artillery Company from June 7-8 , will be showcasing the flame-spitting “Beast...
Only three of the world’s oldest motor races still take place. The most senior of them is the 500 Miles...
In the history of racing there have been formulae that quickly become popular and continue to grow, while others are launched, but for whatever reason, lack popular appeal and just fade away. Usually after a lot of money has been wasted on them! Who remembers F100, Formula Talbot, or even...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
The Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance will return to Beverly Hills on Father’s Day, Sunday June 17, to celebrate 25 years...
“Bellissima! Bella Macchina!”will be exclaimed as Italian marques take the spotlight at this weekend’s first Caffeine & Carburetors Powered by Bankwell of the year, set for April 22 from 8-11 a.m., at the corner of Pine and Elm Streets in New Canaan, Connecticut. Beauty, style and horsepower will line the...
1958 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato There is much to love about the Italian “Etceterini.” The term broadly refers to low-production,...
April 2018 The Bertone Collection By Gautam Sen & Michael Robinson Many of the iconic vehicles of the second half...
1961 Alfa Romeo SVZ Coda Tronca When you sit down and tot up the number of publicly available variations on the theme of Alfa Romeo Giulietta, it is not only astonishing to consider that you could have bought no less than eight totally different models carrying that name but, after...
Ask anyone who was the first American to win a Grand Prix and chances are they will say Phil Hill...
Reg Hillary, 96-years of age as of this writing, is as sharp and lively as someone half his age. He’s...
You might well ask “Who the hell’s he?” when you read the name at the top of the page. Well, he’s the man none other than Niki Lauda described as The 20th Century’s Greatest Rally Driver. Not the most popular branch of motor sport in America, but rallying is the...
I have a Minichamps model of the legendary Lancia Stratos HF rally car in Alitalia’s green and white colors sitting...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
La Leggenda di Bassano is a historic racing event on the calendars of the FIVA (Fédération Internationale des Vèhicules Anciens)...
1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 He is probably not everyone’s perception of an Italian, but Vittorio Jano—who almost single-handedly made...
1964 World Champion Our Ed McDonough had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how Surtees had his first test in a Formula One car in a Vanwall, and later became the only person ever to race Vanwall’s short-lived rear-engine car in 1961. As part...
It is easy to examine an early Ferrari or a Maserati of the immediate post-war era and see only their...
They say that, from 1933, not a single racing engine left the Ferrari factory without Luigi Bazzi designing it or...
Today we think of Fiat’s role in Grand Prix racing as the owner of Ferrari, but the Turin company was once a successful pacesetter in the sport in its own right. Using radical new designs, it transformed Grand Prix technology. Fiat had a good First World War. It helped that...
