Chevrolet Sonic RS – Driving Report

5 door hatchback

Chevy’s small cars have never really done much to impress. The one in most recent memory, the Aveo, was especially dismal. But GM is out to impress and ask for a second chance with a new subcompact that debuted in 2011. In much of the rest of the world, it’s still marketed as an Aveo, but Chevy must have wanted more of a fresh start with U.S. buyers, so here it is now called the Sonic, and for … [Read more...]

Remembering Jose Froilan Gonzalez (1922-2013)

Ferrari 375 F1

Argentine racing driver Jose Froilan Gonzalez passed away June 15th, 2013 at the age of ninety in his native Buenos Aires. Born October 5th, 1922, Gonzalez will be forever linked to capturing Ferrari's first victory in a Grand Prix counting towards the Formula 1 World Championship, coming at the 1951 British Grand Prix held at Silverstone. … [Read more...]

Ferrari, Villeneuve and Canada Forever Linked

Gilles Villeneuve in the Ferrari 312 T3

No other name sums up the relationship between Ferrari and Canada better than that of Gilles Villeneuve. He never won a world championship nor did he rack up a host of wins; just six Grand Prix victories came his way and yet Gilles is part of the Prancing Horse’s history and its soul and he has a special place in the heart of all its fans. His talent, speed, courage, bordering on the reckless … [Read more...]

BMW 328 Featured at 2013 Mille Miglia

1939 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Roadster

Seventy five years after its debut in the legendary Mille Miglia endurance road race, the BMW 328 completed the 2013 running of this tradition-steeped reliability trial in similarly impressive style. BMW Group Classic fielded a team of nine BMW 328 models for this year’s event, with all making it to the finish, displaying the same reliability that helped the BMW 328 on its way to class … [Read more...]

Blower Bentley Team Car Featured at 2013 Mille Miglia

Bentley 4.5 Litre Supercharged

Bentley Motors competed in the 2013 Mille Miglia with two unique 4 1/2 Litre Supercharged "Blowers" - a 1930 Le Mans race car belonging to perhaps the most famous and daring of the Bentley Boys and a company demonstrator that is still going strong even after nine decades on the road. The No. 2 Team Car – raced at Le Mans by Captain Tim Birkin – was brought by Bentley Motors in 2000 and has … [Read more...]

Cadillac XTS Platinum AWD – Driving Report

2013 Cadillac XTS Platinum Collection

The new Cadillac XTS represents an interesting move for the storied carmaker. While in other areas they are showing off their performance-oriented side, with the XTS they've put in a 3.6 Liter normally aspirated V-6 and either front or all-wheel-drive. The only really sporty things about the 2013 Cadillac XTS are a technologically advanced suspension setup and fact that Brembo made the front … [Read more...]

Hurley Haywood with 1973 Sebring Porsche

1973 Sebring-Winning Porsche 911 RSR

Hurley Haywood was reunited with his bright yellow 1973 Porsche 911 RSR, car number 59, on the 40th Anniversary of his 12 Hours of Sebring win in 1973. Haywood, with multiple victories at Daytona and Le Mans as well as Sebring, is considered by many to be the world's most successful endurance driver. Throughout this video, produced by Porsche, he discusses the car, what makes Sebring so special, … [Read more...]

Remembering Franco Gozzi (1932-2013)

Franco Gozzi with Enzo Ferrari

Franco Gozzi, a key part of the history of Ferrari, passed away April 23rd, 2013 at the age of 81. “We have lost a key figure in the history of Ferrari,” said President Luca di Montezemolo. “My most abiding memory is of all the hours we spent together, talking about drivers and cars and I am grateful for the fact he was close to me when I was a young sporting director at the Scuderia.” … [Read more...]

Race to Equality – History of Women in Racing

Michelle and Lyn St. James.

By Michelle Cabatingan My love of cars and wanting to race them began at a young age of nine years old. It started on a winter afternoon in 2004 when my dad came home with a brand new PlayStation 2, a gaming system that my cousin introduced to me. Every time I went to visit him we would always be playing the video game, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. I had been asking for one, ever … [Read more...]

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Lost and Found After 60 Years – A Truly Italian History

De Angelis Brothers at the 1954 Mille Miglia

Lost and Found After 60 Years - A Truly Italian History By Giuseppe De Angelis Since the birth of the car at the end of the nineteenth century, cars have been a great passion in the De Angelis family. My grandfather and his brothers were founders of the local Automobil Club of Italy in our hometown of Ascoli Piceno. My father Francesco (born in 1923), and his brothers Vito (born in 1920) and … [Read more...]

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Prinz Heinrich Benz – Car Profile

1908 Benz Prinz Heinrich and 1911 Benz Prinz Heinrich Racing Touring Car

The 2013 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance marked the first time that a rare pair of the surviving ‘Prinz Heinrich’ Benz cars were displayed in public at the same event. Both Prinz Heinrich Benz models were presented in museum quality. The 21/80 hp 1910 racer came directly from the Mercedes-Benz Museum collection in Stuttgart, Germany, and the other from Bruce McCaw’s private collection … [Read more...]

Mercedes-Benz SL Model Cars Through the Years

Mercedes-Benz SL Models

Fascination with miniature versions of something grand, like an automobile, may seem frivolous, silly even. Items like this, arguably little more than trinkets, serve very little if any practical purpose. While they may be faithful recreations of something larger, they are just that, recreations. By the same token, though, our ceaseless and at times almost obsessive fascination with the larger … [Read more...]

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Jaguar Recreates Historic XK120 Sprint Test

Norman Dewis in the modified Jaguar XK120 MDU 254

Sixty years after Jaguar's legendary test driver Norman Dewis achieved a world record average flying mile speed of 172.4mph in a modified XK 120, Jaguar returned to Jabbeke, Belgium, on Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 for another sprint test, this time with a new Jaguar F-TYPE V8S and race driver Andy Wallace. Jaguar has a long-standing historical relationship with Jabbeke that began nearly … [Read more...]

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Chevrolet Equinox LTZ – Driving Report

2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ

This is not a vehicle for the sports car buyer, obviously. The 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ might, however, be a solid extra car for the sports car owner or those needing for utility in their driveway. Like practically all of the crossover SUVs, the Equinox is good at several things and a solid choice for buyers looking for versatility in their driveway. The Equinox is one of the more popular … [Read more...]

Porsche and Their 917 Star Wars Race Car

Star Wars" Porsche 917

By Louis Galanos On February 4th of this year I had to go to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville, Florida for my annual physical. While there I happened to run into an old Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) friend and we sat in the hospital waiting room swapping stories from the "good old days." I told my friend that since I retired I had been doing a bit of writing about … [Read more...]

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