Like most German industrial companies, World War II left much of Mercedes-Benz’s Stuttgart factory in ruins. However, with time Mercedes...
The concept of streamlining and streamliners has been around for countless decades, though it is difficult to find two people...
When we presented the first part of our continuing interview with F1 design legend John Barnard last March, VR Contributing Editor Mike Jiggle got him to discuss his early years at Lola and going to work at McLaren, as well as his basic design philosophy. In this second installment he speaks...
Mention the words “Rudi” and “Mercedes” and what comes to mind? Chances are good it will be images of famed...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through...
My personal record with the Mercedes 300 SLR was six starts, three wins, two 2nd places and one “withdrawn when leading”…under protest. That was at Le Mans after the big crash when one of our cars was involved and the Mercedes board in Stuttgart decided to withdraw the other cars....
Without doubt, I have to say my greatest racecar is the Jaguar XJR-9 LM that took me, Jan Lammers and...
Rudolf Uhlenhaut was born in London, during his father’s term as head of the London branch of the Deutsche Bank in July 1906. He trained as an engineer and became an excutive for Mercedes-Benz. He had a long association with the Mercedes-Benz racing program in both the ’30s and the...
Following their conquest of Mexico’s Pan-American Road Race in November of 1952, Mercedes-Benz factory drivers Karl Kling and Hermann Lang...
How many of you would journey 500 miles across country to race a freshly built car whose engine had never...
Kessler Cooper? Dear Sir, I just saw part of your article on Bruce Kessler [VR, Oct. & Nov. 2009] that sparked my memory and was curious about Bruce’s Formula 3 racing. Back in the 1980s, I purchased a Cooper Norton Mk9 from a man in Connecticut who had acquired it,...
4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado (1950). 5 George Follmer...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, CA June 2–3, 2012...
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY June 7–10, 2012...
Winton Raceway, Benalla, Australia May 26–27, 2012...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN May 25, 2012...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK May 19–20, 2012...
Streets of Pau, France May 5–6, 2012...
AutoArt Mercedes-Benz 190SL As discussed in this month’s “Roadcar Profile,” in 1954, when Mercedes-Benz was laying the groundwork for a production sports car, the famed 300 SL “Gullwing” was not Daimler-Benz’s first choice. Under Technical Director Nallinger, plans were already afoot to build a smaller sports car, on a platform...
Step through this time portal and journey into the past for another look at the oft-examined history of Mercedes-Benz. The...
Sixty years ago was when—for me—the world became modern. Many people will laugh at that; some will understand but have...
Four magnificent motorsport legends will return to the public eye at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auctions on August 18-19, in association with the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The quartet is made up of a 1928 Bentley 4.5-Liter Le Mans Sports “Bobtail” team car, the 1964 Ford GT40 Prototype...
The World Championship for Makes was one of the several names the FIA adopted for its global sportscar championship through...
The Historic Grand Prix Association has been selected to support the return of Formula One Grand Prix racing to the...
On the heels of last month’s news that a Ferrari 250 GTO broke the all-time record for the most expensive car, at $35 million, sadly another record may have been broken this month, that of the world’s most expensive car crash. American collector Christopher Cox and his wife Ann were...
Just 35 miles away from the fabled Brooklands race circuit where eight decades ago this single-seat racing Bentley astonished spectators...
A coveted pair of GT40s, including a 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage Lightweight (chassis P/1074), and a strikingly authentic, unrestored 1967...
Count Giannino Marzotto, winner of the Mille Miglia in 1950 and 1953, died in Padua Hospital in July after a long illness. He was 84. Marzotto will forever be remembered as the 22-year-old who took on the cream of world motor racing in 1950 and beat them at their own...
