Alain de Cadenet explained to me a few years back that he bought his first Ferrari GTO because he couldn't afford the TZ-1 he really wantedAlfa Romeo replaced the Giulietta in 1962 with the Giulia range of cars, powered by 1,570 cc engines. In 1...
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This car was the Ferrari Enzo of its day-exclusive, fast, beautiful, and exciting-but not really a racerRenault's reputation was made in the open-road races of Europe at the turn of the 20th century, in cars built and driven by Louis Renault and...
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This stunningly beautiful car represents the beginning of the modern GT and will be extremely competitive in high-level vintage racingHis groundbreaking Anglo-American competition coupe, with its two sisters, marked one of the most significant l...
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I can personally attest that it's possible to sit for hours contemplating the Type 35 like a piece of sculptureThere were 23 automobiles on the starting grid for the 1930 Monaco Grand Prix. Fourteen of them-60% of the field-were Bugattis. Bugatt...
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This gently patinated, tastefully restored 1956 Jaguar D-type sports racing car exemplifies all that was most impressive, most innovative-and perhaps above all most beautiful-about the legendary British manufacturer's mid-'50s design. The immort...
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ABS brought the realization that it was possible to allow computing power to do far more than keep the wheels from lockingWorld Champion Alain Prost once described the Williams-Renault FW15C, as "really a little Airbus" -his way of describing an...
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Much of the experimental engine is missing. Only ten were built, to win a government contract, so replacement parts are on intergalactic backorderThroughout the past century of automotive progress, the turbine engine was perceived as a possible ...
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The engine and transmission Shelby dropped into the car were as exotic as corn dogs at a state fairCarroll Shelby's concept was simple enough. Take the attractive, lightweight, well-proven Ace roadster built by AC Cars and turn it into a world-b...
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Race cars have always been weapons for a battle, complex mechanisms that allowed talented humans to compete for pleasure and glory It is impossible to define a Shelby GT350 R any better than the Shelby American Automobile Club's 1997 Registry ...
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A tiny, wavering soprano has a tough time in a Wagnerian opera, no matter how good she may beLast of the Abingdon marque's pre-WWII racing cars, the R-type was unveiled on April 25, 1935. Beautifully wrought, its revolutionary chassis boasted s...
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I have no direct knowledge, but I recall doubting in 1998 that there was very much 1955 metal sitting on those wheelsIn 1955, after taking delivery of his most powerful Maserati to date, the three-liter 300S offered here, chassis number 3057, Be...
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The British have a tradition of lesser visionaries who put immense time and resources into projects that are just plain sillyAccording to information supplied by the vendor, this intriguing two-seater special is believed to have been constructed...
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Ferrari built three of these cars 40 years ago and never used the engine again. If you blew it up, it would be a very long walk homeIn an attempt to curb the ever-increasing speeds of Formula One, engine regulations were changed in 1961 to a max...
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It was a class where being faster than the other guy meant you were a quicker driver, not that you had spent more moneyIntroduced in 1967, the Lotus Type 51 was the Norfolk concern's first specific Formula Ford design. Derived in part from the e...
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Trailing throttle oversteer resulted in far more of them leaving the track backwards than ever drove off straightWhen Spike Anderson went trawling for a bottom-feeder race car in England, he started at a fish-and-chip shop.Anderson bought "LAL,"...
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