Every vintage racecar has a story. Some of the more compelling ones are those intrinsically linked to a marque’s formative years. “The Admiral’s Ferrari,” a 1955 Series II Mondial, is one. This August, after 58 years in one owner’s hands, the car will go in search of a new steward at the Gooding & Company auction in Monterey.
In a market overflowing with 600-horsepower sports cars and sedans, it can get a little too easy to forget how much fun 120 horsepower can be. Take your pick, convertible coupe with a true “landau” roof or the rakish roadster with side curtains. Either way, can you see yourself cruising along the Coast in the Pebble Beach Motoring Classic in these time machines?
Rich Taylor from Vintage Rallies covers the 2018 Greenwich Concours for Premier. An amazing weekend filled with contemporary exotics, vintage classics, barn finds and more!
Owning a Bugatti is about having something rare and desired and experiencing a thrill that no other car in the world can deliver. Bugatti makes such cars because it is possible, and car enthusiasts of all stripes and demographics admire the car.
1,000 miles over five days, all arranged by friends Rich and Jean Taylor, who started their company, Vintage Rallies, in 1993 with the New England 1000. They host three other events: the South West Passage, Mountain Mille and Texas 1000.
In an official video Porsche posted on YouTube, retired racer Mark Webber drove a prototype around Porsche’s Weissach test track and pronounced it a “game changer.” The company keeps the teasers coming as the countdown to Porsche’s Mission E continues, with the production car due next year.
Mercedes-Benz Classic has introduced a line of Gullwing body parts that should help make restorations easier. Mercedes says it worked with a “certified supplier” to develop a new process to reproduce new body panels.
Ferrari 458 Italia reset almost every measurement bar one could apply to a high-performance sports car. Editors at Motor Trend magazine wrote: “The 458 Italia surrounds you so completely with its talent, it almost feels an organic extension of your senses… This Ferrari turns mere mortals like you and me into driving gods.”
The “25-year exemption” allows an individual to import a vehicle that was never certified for sale in the U.S. Essentially, this is the federal government giving you a pass to bring in a car that once was forbidden. But the process is not easy, and has some potential risks.
