Automotive History: Albert Champion’s Spark Plugs
Lightning can indeed strike twice in the same place, at least if we’re talking about business. For example, both American luxury automotive brands Cadillac...
Night Ride: Polestar 2
Long, secretive nights - neon and blur develop a special magic. A film set in which you become the leading actor. The Eagles’ are...
Schumacher’s 2003 Ferrari Is The Most Expensive Modern F1 Car Ever Sold
With record attendance and viewership plus three(!) races on the 2023 calendar, Formula 1 is enjoying unprecedented popularity here in the States. We can...
Let’s Go Back To The ‘60s: A Trip Down Memory Lane
To be exact, today we step back in time to 1964. The year TIME magazine choose Martin Luther King as ‘Man of the year’...
Moments In Motorsport (18): Lotus 56B Turbine – Emerson Fittipaldi
During the late 1960s and into the following decade, Colin Chapman of Lotus Engineering created a race car aimed at winning the prestigious Indanapolis...
Rule Of Seven
Let’s talk styling. Word on the street is there’s a new rule making the rounds , according to which a truly cool outfit should...
Patek Philippe: Exceptionally Straightforward
Nobody really needs a mechanical watch. Says Yannick Michot, of all people, head of Patek Philippe Germany since 1998. But that’s exactly why he...
Cooper Bobtail – The Unrestored Beauty
At last year's Nürburgring Classic Festival, I discovered a wonderful Cooper Bobtail racing car on Sunday. I've always liked this little sports car, especially...
Peak French: Bugatti Type 35
Earlier this summer, we celebrated Bastille Night at the Hagerty U.K. Clubhouse at former RAF bomber base Bicester Heritage. We packed the Clubhouse with French...
Thanks to W.O.’s Acolytes, The Original Bentleys Boom on
Walter Owen Bentley was well into retirement in the 1950s when members of the Bentley Drivers Club started rallying to his cottage in Surrey,...
ROFGO Collection: 1972 McLaren M16
Already dominant in Can-Am with the all-conquering M8, McLaren decided to add Indy racing to its portfolio for the 1970 season.
The weapon of choice...
McKlein Motorsport Classics: Gran Premio d’Italia 1971
During 1971, Lotus experimented in Formula One with a turbine-powered racing car, the Type 56B. Pratt & Whitney supplied the engine that had recently...
