In my experience, most auto enthusiasts tend to live dual lives, we have our automotive life (cars, car-friends, events, etc)...
It is with a profound sense of sadness and loss that I must share that long-time contributor and friend Mike...
At the end of June, a commercial tribunal, in Bologna, Italy, handed down a stunning decision that could have massive implications for the collector car world. And yet, I’ve hardly seen a mention of it in anywhere in the automotive media world. The case in question was a lawsuit, brought...
What’s the single most important component, for maximal performance, on a racecar? The engine? Suspension? In the grand scheme of...
This man was a motor racing whirlwind, journalist, author of seven motor sport books, vintage car fan, ran driving courses...
The Internet has changed our lives in so many ways. In just the past 20 years, the Internet has both opened up the expanse of our immediate world and at that same time made it all closer to hand than we ever could have imagined. It is as a result...
Imagine it’s 1973 and you’re an aspiring racer/car builder. Working out of your little shotgun shack, single-car garage, you’ve welded...
By now, you’ve presumably seen at least some of our extensive coverage of this year’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI, from...
Last Friday I was mindlessly killing some time on Facebook, when I happened to stumble across the livestream of Goodwood’s Kinrara Trophy race for over 3-liter GT cars. Dubbed as the world’s most expensive race grid, this one-hour twilight race featured 8 Ferrari 250 SWBs, 8 Jaguar E-Types, 4 Ferrari...
The history of the racing engine—and perhaps to a lesser extent the road going engine as well—has been driven by...
The sport of automobile racing is arguably about 130-years old, assuming you subscribe to the notion that the first organized...
You hold in your hands, the 225th issue of VR! Seems hard to believe that we’ve been doing this, month in and month out, for 20 years…that’s like 175, in publishing years! Throughout these past 20 years, we’ve evolved not only in our quality and content, but also in response...
On February 20, the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team launched its new challenger, the C37, for the 2018 Formula 1...
Just looking at the cover of VR this month, you’ll realize something is different. For only the second time, in...
As you’ll read in this month’s news, Bette Hill, wife of World Champion Graham and mother of World Champion Damon, has passed away at the age of 91. After meeting future husband Graham, at a rowing club function in 1950, Bette would four years later be swept up into the...
As you’ll read in this issue’s news, the much-revered Lyndley Bothwell collection was recently sold by Bonhams. Of particular interest...
A little over 20 years ago, I made a radical switch from research scientist to magazine publisher. That ridiculous move...
Many magazine editors waste their monthly column space, by summarizing the content in that issue. What’s the point of that? Rarely are they adding anything that you won’t soon read yourself. Personally, I feel this space is better served either to bring you a short piece of history that you...
As we cloased for press with this issue, it was announced that ’60s Italian flash-in-the-pan ATS (Automobili Turismo e Sport)...
The notion of a halo conjures images of angelic cherubs and enlightened bliss in nearly everyone…except, apparently, for Formula One...
Longtime readers of this magazine will know that we have been one of the few publications—of any kind or genre—that has consistently devoted real coverage to the history and contribution of women in motorsport. Sadly, the fact that this statement even has any relevancy is a depressing testament to the...
You could have been forgiven if you thought the racing world were coming to an end on April 12th. That...
If you read my column this month on the other side of the magazine, you’ll see I take a little,...
As you’ll read in this month’s news—and likely learned from our web site back on March 10—multi-time motorcycle and Formula One World Champion John Surtees has passed away at the age of 83. While we make mention of his passing in this issue, next month we will feature a unique...
In this month’s Racecar Profile [“Bound by Fate”], you’ll read that I recently had the opportunity to test drive the...
At the end of January, I was asked if I’d speak at the new L.A. Classic Auto Show, that was...
If you’re a fan of yachting, as well as racecars, then your interest may have recently been piqued with the grand unveiling of two high-end yachts from two well-known racing nameplates. In late September, Aston Martin debuted its 37-foot AM37 powerboat at the Monaco Yacht Show, while Mercedes-Benz made a...
Arguably, one of the core tenets of vintage and historic racing is the notion of the rolling time frame, that...
Last month, in this space, I spoke about our newest contributor Howden Ganley, whose incredible motorsport career saw him go...
I am very pleased to be able to announce that starting with this issue, racing legend and long-time friend of the magazine Howden Ganley, will be sharing his many experiences and insights with us every month in our “Last Lap” column. While most of our readers will know that Howden...
