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Moments In Motorsport (1) JPS Lotus 72 / Emerson Fittipaldi

Moments In Motorsport (1): JPS Lotus 72 / Emerson Fittipaldi

The winning combination of the John Player-sponsored Team Lotus 72 and Emerson Fittipaldi photographed at Hawthorns bend during the Race of Champions held at...

The Long, Remarkable Life Of The Avanti

Some time in March 1963, my parents rented a spring break “vacation apartment” in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I was 9 years old, and my...

Kurt Molzer Tames The De Tomaso Pantera

An Honest Day’s Work. Driving in its purest form: clutch and gearshift, no power steering or electronic driver-assistance systems. Yes, such a beast still...

Moments In Motorsport (40): Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-9

In 1988 the FIA-sanctioned World Sports-Prototype Championship was an eleven-round endurance race series of 1000 kilometres held around Europe with the final two races...

Franz Hummel: Life, Adventures & Records

As a child, Franz Hummel watched his father race at the legendary Linas-Montlhéry circuit near Paris. And that's also when the motorsport virus infected...
A Celebration Of The Front-Engine Ferrari V12

A Celebration Of The Front-Engine Ferrari V12

With the arrival of the naturally aspirated, front-engine V12 Ferrari 12Cilindri, this seems a fitting time to celebrate some of its illustrious predecessors… The Ferrari...

Carnifornication

The Fisker Ocean is a battery electric SUV that is breathing new life into the electric car market. That’s because CEO and company founder...
Petersen Classics: 1947 Cisitalia 202 Coupe

Petersen Classics: 1947 Cisitalia 202 Coupe

Consorzio Industriale Sportiva Italia (Cisitalia) was one of many small Italian firms that built specialty sports cars on Fiat parts during the immediate postwar...

Lotus Reimagines The Type 66 Can-Am Car

Fifty-three years ago, Lotus founder Colin Chapman thought he might like his company to enter the new Can-Am sports car series. He asked designer...

We Need To Talk About Steinhart (III)

Please read part I & part II to this part III: Spending some time on watch enthusiast forums I get generally two diametrically opposed...
The Motorsport Scrapbook (13)

The Motorsport Scrapbook (13)

Gijs van Lennep began racing in 1964 and within a few years was enlisted as a Porsche works driver, competing in sports car races...
Callaway Corvette: Sanctioned Madness

Callaway Corvette: Sanctioned Madness

If you ticked a certain box in 1987, your brand-new car didn’t go straight to the dealer. It rolled off the line, got loaded...