Porsche set another new record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in cooperation with Manthey-Racing. On Thursday, 25 October 2018, the Porsche GT2 RS MR with 700 hp completed a lap of the 20.6-kilometre long circuit in 6:40.3 minutes. No other road-legal vehicle has ever been so fast on ‘The Green Hell’ track. Lars Kern was at the wheel of the sports car, which had been especially set up for the ‘Nordschleife’ by … [Read more...]
Jaguar XK120 Featured at Amelia Island
The Jaguar XK120 will be a featured class at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance 2019, scheduled for March 8-10 at the Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach in Florida. The 24th annual Concours will honor seventy years of the speed record and the first race victory that set the Jaguar XK120's course and gave it its immortal name. On a super highway in Belgium the new Jaguar (with full windshield and top … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s Petersen Museum 2018 – Auction Results
The RM Sotheby’s Petersen Museum 2018 auction was held December 8th at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, resulting in $39.8 million in total sales and an 88 percent sell-through rate. The debut RM Sotheby's sale at the redesigned Petersen featured 64 vehicles and 77 lots of memorabilia. The top result at the RM Sotheby’s Petersen Museum 2018 auction was the 1956 Ferrari 290 MM, chassis 0628, that sold … [Read more...]
Ferrari Cavalcade Classiche 2018 – Photo Gallery
The Ferrari Cavalcade Classiche 2018 was held September 18-22 on the Italian island of Sardinia. More than 70 classic Ferraris from all over the world gathered for the second edition of the Cavalcade Classiche. The 2018 running of the Ferrari Cavalcade Classiche attracted enthusiasts from over 20 different nations, allowing Ferrari owners to share their passion for driving the cars. This year's Cavalcade started … [Read more...]
Salon Prive Joins Peninsula Best of the Best
Salon Prive has been invited to join the Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award as one of its partner Concours. Launched in 2015 by Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, William Connor, Bruce Meyer and Christian Philippsen, the annual award brings together the best of show winners from the top international concours to compete for the title of the "most exceptional motor car in the world." The car selected to represent … [Read more...]
Legends of LA Exhibit Opens at Petersen
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles opened its latest exhibit in the Charles Nearburg Family Gallery on November 10, 2018. Entitled “Legends of Los Angeles: Southern California Race Cars and Their Builders,” the display features 12 Los Angeles-built race cars powered by engineering masterminds such as Ed “The Old Master” Pink and Fred Offenhauser and piloted by legends such as Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, … [Read more...]
Pebble Beach Tour 2018 – Picture Gallery
The Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance 2018 was staged Thursday, August 23 during Monterey Classic Car Week. This year’s Tour featured more than 175 cars, with a value collectively running into the many hundreds of millions of dollars, running the non-competitive rally around the Monterey Peninsula. Appreciative enthusiasts of all ages dominated not only at the 8:00am start, but also at the finish in Pebble Beach … [Read more...]
Imola Classic 2018 – Report and Photos
The Imola Classic 2018 was staged 26-28 October at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. The final event of this year's historic racing season by Peter Auto allowed drivers one last opportunity to go head to head before the winter break. The 2018 edition of the Imola Classic was the fourth organised by Peter Auto on the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari. The first was held in … [Read more...]
Mecum Las Vegas 2018 – Auction Results
The Mecum Las Vegas 2018 auction was held November 15-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Nevada, resulting in $25.2 million in total sales and a 75 percent sell-through rate. A total of 667 vehicles changed hands over three days at Mecum's second annual Las Vegas sale. The auction-headlining Academy of Art University collection saw 31 vehicles hammer sold for an overall total of $4 million, and four cars from … [Read more...]
Help Locate the First Lotus
Lotus needs your help in tracking down the long-lost Lotus Mark I, the first car built by company founder Colin Chapman. Built in London in 1948, its whereabouts have been unknown for over 60 years. As the British marque continues its 70th celebrations, it wants fans from around the world to pick up the trail of the most elusive Lotus ever -- the competition car that the young engineer hand-built in a small London … [Read more...]
Himalayan Challenge 2018 – Report and Photos
The Himalayan Challenge 2018 was held 21 September - 11 October in India and Nepal, starting in Delhi and finishing in Agra. The Himalayan Challenge was one of the toughest rallies the Endurance Rally Association (ERA) has ever run, as getting to the finish was quite an achievement in itself for the 40 classic and vintage crews. They had faced landslides, biblical storms and road closures before reaching the finish … [Read more...]
50 Years of the Lamborghini Espada and Islero
Twenty Lamborghini Espada and Islero models gathered on 7 September 2018 in Perugia, Italy to tour the region in celebration of their 50th anniversary. It was 1968 when the House of Sant’Agata Bolognese presented its first four-seater (Espada) and the evolution of its 2+2 (Islero). The tour route covered almost 800 km, crossing through Umbria, Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. The colorful Lamborghinis cruised over … [Read more...]
Porsche 919 Meets Its Predecessor
At its final huge public appearance on the “919 Tribute Tour”, the record-breaking Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo met a historic counterpart -- the Porsche 917/30 from 1973. The two racing cars were in the circle of stars at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI, the world's biggest meeting of historic and current racing and road going Porsche cars. The sixth edition of this event took place September 27-30, 2018 at the … [Read more...]
Mille Miglia USA 2018 – Report and Photos
For the first time, the famous 1000 Miglia brought its endurance race outside the Italian borders and to the United States from October 25-27, 2018. In conjunction with the Italian Embassy and the Historic Vehicle Association (HVA), the 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA featured a taste of the event once dubbed by Enzo Ferrari as “the most beautiful car race in the world.” The last day the classic car rally covered more than … [Read more...]
New Pre-War Race for Goodwood Members Meeting
The 2019 Goodwood Members Meeting will feature an all-new race for pre-1930 vintage racing cars, titled the John Duff Trophy. An inductee of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, and one of the first ‘Bentley Boys’, John Duff was not only the first Canadian to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours, but the only Canadian to take overall victory there, winning the 1924 race for Bentley alongside Frank Clement. As well as … [Read more...]
