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A Morning Out Of This World

A few weeks ago, I received a call from my friend Silvano. It went pretty much like this: "Hi Paul, how are you? I...

Continuity As A Principle

Around the turn of the twentieth century, engineer Ferdinand Porsche established a technological and entrepreneurial philosophy that is still consistently pursued to this day....
Bugatti Type 35: The Ethos Of Continuous Improvement

Bugatti Type 35: The Ethos Of Continuous Improvement

Launched a century ago, the Bugatti Type 35 stunned rivals not just once with its superior design and engineering, but many times due to...
A Trackside Look From 2025 LeMans Classic

A Trackside Look From 2025 LeMans Classic

The heat already shimmers above the asphalt at Le Mans. In the paddocks, mechanics work elbow deep in grease, V12s scream, and the smell...

La Cochera Classica: Mercedes-Benz 320 Cabriolet W142

In July 1939, a special vehicle with chassis number 440298 rolled off the production lines - the Mercedes-Benz 320 Cabriolet, one of only 600...

Petersen Classics: Ferrari 125 S

1 of 2: After World War II, Enzo Ferrari rebuilt his Maranello workshop, which had been leveled by Allied bombs. Because obtaining financing was...
Chilean Racecar Will Get Hot Wheels Die Cast

Chilean Racecar Will Get Hot Wheels Die Cast

Every year since 2018, Mattel hosts an international competition to a real-life custom car to immortalize as a Hot Wheels die-cast. Past winners have...
No Nannies

No Nannies

The best relationships, the deepest stories, they don’t start with perfect compatibility, they start with surprise. You think you know what you're looking for,...

Alfa Romeo 33/2 Daytona

In the early 1950s Alfa Romeo left international racing to focus entirely on the production of mass-produced road vehicles, despite having been extremely successful...

Crystal Palace – London’s Lost Race Track

Walking around the grounds of Crystal Palace park today, it is difficult to appreciate it was once home to a proper international motor racing...
ROFGO Collection: Howmet TX

ROFGO Collection: Howmet TX

The Howmet is not the only gas turbine-engined car to hit the race tracks - the Rover-BRM, STP-Paxton Turbine Car and Lotus 56 were...
The Winning Formula: Ferrari F50

The Winning Formula: Ferrari F50

Like every Ferrari, the F50 supercar featured technology developed on the track. Crucially, it also used components and a construction technique directly derived from...