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Classic Chronograph Luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer has partnered with Gulf Oil on a new watch called the Formula 1 Automatic Chronograph x Gulf. While the Formula 1 chronograph has been a mainstay of TAG Heuer’s lineup for decades, this version features the classic Gulf colors of blue and orange. With an automatic movement, forged-carbon bezel,…
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1985 Ferrari 288 GTO
Photo courtesy 1600Veloce The first Ferrari supercar is the rarest when collecting a full set of six This 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO is one of the initial 200 examples constructed en route to achieving the model’s homologation status in FIA Group B competition and is among a total of 272 examples built between 1984 and…
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End of the Line
The Lotus Esprit Turbo S4 was the last 4-cylinder turbo model — and the best The S4 is the final, best-developed (and longest-lived) phase of the Esprit, which was launched in 1976 as a replacement for the Europa. Like that car, its appeal lies in its superb handling and performance, at less than Porsche or…
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The Heavy Burden of Light Cars
Dad’s passing was tough — and parting ways with his collection is no easier Never parting with anything means everything becomes someone else’s cross to bear There was a lifetime of hardware in Dad’s shop. Steel, aluminum and fiberglass, almost all of European descent, almost none of it expensive. And when he passed last summer,…
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Title Troubles
I recently received a call from “Charles,” who allowed me to share his story. He is the happy owner of an Austin-Healey he purchased several years ago from a California resident. The seller’s family had owned the car for many decades, and the car had spent 40 years in storage. Charles knew he had purchased…
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Kindred Spirits
David Gardner with his hand-controlled Porsche 996 Tiptronic. Photo courtesy Raymond Thompson Jr., WVU When I bought our 1991 Alfa Romeo S4 Spider in February 2022, the seller claimed it had 21,917 original miles. I had no reason to doubt that, as when the car arrived it looked like it had been well taken care…
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Prancing Horse Power
Two books trace the history of iconic Ferrari models 275 By Bacchelli & Villa, 275 pages, Artioli Editore 1899, April 2026, €599 Ferrari books tend to arrive with an expectation of grandeur, but 275 distinguishes itself by grounding that grandeur in genuine archival depth. Published by Modena-based restoration specialist Bacchelli & Villa in partnership with…
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Neat Stuff
Get Your Kicks The U.S. Postal Service has issued a set of eight stamps to commemorate the centennial of Route 66. Each stamp shows a site from a different state along the 2,400-mile route from Chicago to Los Angeles. The highway was first designated as Route 66 on November 11, 1926, though the rise of…
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2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3
At a reduced Euro-market price, this SP3 sale was still a multimillion-dollar windfall The Ferrari Daytona SP3, the second model in Ferrari’s “Icona Series,” is many things at once — a rolling tribute to one of the marque’s most triumphant afternoons, a showcase of naturally aspirated engineering at its peak, and quite possibly the final…
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1966 Maserati Mistral 4000 Spyder
Few 4-liter Spyders were built; this one was well bought This top-of-the-line 4.0-liter engine was fitted from new to Maserati Mistral chassis number 1633, as confirmed by Maserati Classiche. One of only 37 Mistral 4.0-liter Spyders produced, this example was delivered new to Rome in the summer of 1966, originally finished in silver Argento Auteuil…