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Driving A Ferrari For The Very First Time

Driving A Ferrari For The Very First Time

It’s so exciting to see that ‘The Rivals — Epic Racing Duels’ is to be the core focus of this year’s Goodwood Festival of...

COB 6043 – A Personal, Fast Paced Journey Through Post-War Automotive History

Rolf Versen, born in 1949, a humanist with petrol in his blood, who loves and appreciates „everything that hums", whether on water, on land...
The Myth Of The Cheap Rolls-Royce

The Myth Of The Cheap Rolls-Royce

It’s December 1973 and I’m 8 years old, bursting through the door of my grandparents’ home for Christmas dinner. Tucked under my arm is...

The Motorsport Scrapbook (61)

Having created a modest part-time car construction business in 1948 based in a small stable behind a north London hotel, by 1952 Colin Chapman’s...
A Well Raced VW GTI

A Well Raced VW GTI

Some cars are bought to be sold. Travis Washay bought this one during spring break of his freshman year of college. A theft recovery...
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The Motorsport Scrapbook (60)

The sport of rallying has changed almost beyond recognition during the recent decades. No longer do the crews drive day and night on numerous...
The Beatle & The Black Badge

The Beatle & The Black Badge

Like Mr. Hyde to Dr. Jekyll, the Rolls-Royce Black Badge is the darker, stormier alter ego of the luxury British brand, and it owes...

McKlein Motorsport Classics: 24 Heures De Francorchamps 1971

The 24-hour race at Spa was part of the European Touring Car Championship in 1971, so that Ford, BMW and Alfa Romeo simply had...

The Motorsport Scrapbook (59)

Phil Hill remains the only American winner of the FIA World Drivers’ Championship - Mario Andretti having been born in Italy prior to emigrating...

Ford Escort RS 2000 Mk.1

Affectionately known as the ‘dog bone’, the Ford Escort is still a wonderful representative of the touring car generation that saw the light of...
A Natural Beauty

A Natural Beauty

Perhaps nowhere is Ferrari’s process of constant evolution clearer than with the new Ferrari Amalfi, which builds on the outgoing Roma so completely that...

Going The Distance

Jana Kesenheimer and Christoph Strasser rank among the very best in ultra-distance cycling. Both lined up once again this year at the legendary Transcontinental...