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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...
Bonhams The Monaco Sale: Highlights

Don’t Miss The Bonhams Monaco Sale Highlights

This early Bugatti Type 35B, Chassis no. 4888 that has been in present, private ownership for 47 years in our upcoming Monaco Sale taking...
Moments In Motorsport (19): Jochen Rindt-Lotus 49B-RoC 1970

Moments In Motorsport (19): Jochen Rindt – Lotus 49B

On a cold but dry day in March 1970, a large crowd gathered at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent to witness a non-championship...

The Badge As An Artwork

The hand-painted Scuderia Ferrari fender shield represents another example of the mastery over detail of Maranello’s artisans. As every Ferrari owner knows, the eyes are...
Ex-Ettore Bugatti Type 57C Special Coupé For Sale

Ex-Ettore Bugatti Type 57C Special Coupé At Bonhams Paris Sale

There are many special Bugattis. There are even more famed and important owners of Bugattis. But no Bugatti, not even the Type 41 Royales...

Love And Fresh Air

The 1974 world premiere of the 911 Turbo at the Paris Motor Show caused a sensation. We return to a place that saw the...

Sheer Pleasure – One Family’s European Journey In A Classic (Part II)

The next road trip on the Leonards’ list, to the Italian Dolomiti later that summer, would offer ample opportunity (Part I).  With school out, it...
Irreplaceable Bugatti History Returns Home

Irreplaceable Bugatti History Returns Home

For years a collection of the most extraordinary unrestored Bugatti cars has sat, meticulously cared for and researched, in a sprawling house in Switzerland....

Ups And Downs Of The Monterey Auctions 2024

When it comes to collector car values, Monterey is not the market and the market is not Monterey. It’s just one event, of many....

Weekend Heroes: 3rd Running Paramount Ranch Road Race

Saturday’s races looked like a repeat of the „Lakes of Pomona“, but drainage at Paramount was much better than Pomona and it rained only...

Big M, Bigger M

The purchase of a 503 hp station wagon with all-wheel drive is actually more appealing to us than that of a lightweight racing coupe....
Porsche 993 Speedster - A Modern Classic

Porsche 993 Speedster – A Modern Classic

Designer and Porsche enthusiast Luca Trazzi made his dream of a 911 Speedster based on generation 993 come true. Three years of close collaboration...