Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal
Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing For Sale 1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing Details: Seller Cars International Kensington is asking £595,000. Car is located in London. Seller Comments: "This car was completed on 23rd September 1954 in time for display on the manufacturers stand at the Paris Mondiale de … [Read more...]
30 years, 300 000 vehicles and a BMW M3 Coupe – these are the most significant earmarks of a remarkable anniversary. Three decades after commencing with the assembly of their first series production model, the BMW M GmbH has now delivered its 300,000th vehicle. The alpine white BMW M3 Coupe was handed over to a customer in Regensburg. This East Bavarian town is also the location of the BMW plant … [Read more...]
Gracing the cover of Griot's Garage Handbook #276 is a very mean Kremer Brothers-modified Porsche 935. Porsche 935's in their heyday were some of the most spectacular cars to watch. With twin turbo-charged flat six Porsche engines, they produced 600 hp at 7500 rpm. The cars threw out massive flames as they dove into corners, wagging their tails until they were pointed straight enough to charge … [Read more...]
Victory by Design is a series of documentary films on the subject of famous racing automobile marques produced in the 1990s and 2000s. The series began as a single film focused on Porsche, directed by award winning film-maker Tony Maylam, executive produced by Clive Pullan and hosted by former racing driver, Alain de Cadenet. Commissioned by cable channel Speedvision, the US channel commissioned a … [Read more...]
Chevrolet announces performance results and pricing for the new ultimate-performance Corvette The official Corvette ZR1 numbers are in and they're good. Very good: $103,300 MSRP EPA-estimated fuel economy of 14 city and 20 highway 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds … [Read more...]
The Porsche 910 was a purpose built race car based on the Porsche 906. The main difference to the 906 is the use of 13 inch wheels and tyres as in Formula 1, plus a single central nut instead of the 5 nuts as in a road car. This made the car not suitable for street use, but it saved time during the pit stops. Overall, the 910 was lighter, shorter, quicker and more nimble than the 906. The … [Read more...]
1962 Maserati 3500 GT Vignale Spyder For Sale Details: Listed for sale on eBay; located in Georgia. The Maserati is currently bid to $140,100 with seven days left on the auction. Seller Comments: "Original engine, five-speed ZF transmission, and Webers. … [Read more...]
Most people associate Abarth with Fiat, but a very successful liaison was also formed with Simca. The French company was partly owned by Fiat, and when they wanted to appeal to a younger market with a more sporting image, they turned to the Italian giant for help. Fiat in turn went to Abarth, who received sponsorship from the larger company. A deal was struck whereby Simca shipped floor pans … [Read more...]
Porsche made a serious move to dominate the 2-litre class of international Grand Touring car competition in 1964 with introduction of its advanced Typ 904 GTS Coupe. The new car combined a very durable … [Read more...]
1966 Chevrolet Corvette La Carrera Panamericana Racer For Sale Details: Listed for sale on eBay; located in Connecticut. The Corvette starting bid is $150,000 with five days left on the auction. Seller Vintage Racing Services is a well-known and respected vintage racing shop. Seller Comments: "Simply the best La Carrera Panamericana Historic Class rally car in existence. … [Read more...]
The three-liter, six-cylinder 300S model Mercedes-Benz was first exhibited in October 1951 at the Paris Salon and production began in 1952. It was designed for the discriminating sports car enthusiast, and was to follow on the pre-war concept of the famous 500K and 540K Series cars that matched elegance with power. … [Read more...]
After famously leaving Ferrari and ATS, Giotto Bizzarrini teamed up with Italian industrialist Renzo Rivolta, who was turning his Iso Company into a manufacturer of sports cars. After developing a sophisticated chassis for the Iso Rivolta coupe, Rivolta then asked Bizzarrini to turn the Iso Grifo A3/L into a race winning machine. Featuring a combined multi-tubular semi-monocoque chassis, … [Read more...]
The first official photographs have been published of the Ferrari California, the latest addition to the new generation of Ferraris launched in 2004 with the 612 Scaglietti and added to more recently with the 430 Scuderia. The Ferrari California joins the Prancing Horse's 8-cylinder family which has always been defined by power and performance. It also flanks the flagship 612 Scaglietti in the … [Read more...]
Introduced in 1954, the Aceca was a fastback version of AC's Ace roadster. Built as an exclusive Grand Touring car, each Aceca featured a new curved windshield and hinged rear hatch. The front-end styling of the Ace and Aceca reportedly traces back to a design done by Pinin Farina for AC in the late 40s. The curves are exquisitely executed along the long "bonnet" and around the headlights and … [Read more...]
The Maserati Ghibli is a two-door, two-seater coupe that debuted at the 1966 Turin Motor Show. The V8-powered Ghibli was the most popular Maserati vehicle since the automaker withdrew from racing in the 1950s, and it outsold its two biggest rivals, the Ferrari Daytona and the Lamborghini Miura. … [Read more...]
