The 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance was staged Saturday, March 10, 2018 in Amelia Island, Florida. The 2018 edition of the competition featured more than 300 cars and motorcycles into 35 classes to the 10th and 18th fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island. Emerson Fittipaldi was the Honored Chairman and Amelia Founder and Chairman Bill Warner offered up a great selection of race cars from … [Read more...]
Amelia Island Concours 2018 – Report and Photos
The Amelia Island Concours 2018 was held March 8-10 on the 10th and 18th fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. The 23rd anniversary of the Concours attracted capacity crowds and a diverse selection of more than 300 cars and motorcycles. For the second year in a row, the Concours was moved up a day to Saturday in advance of a rainy forecast on the … [Read more...]
Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2018 – Best of Show Winners
The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance 2018 was held Saturday, March 10th on the fairways of The Golf Club of Amelia Island next to the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida. With more than 300 cars and motorcycles in attendance, the judges at the 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours were tasked with a difficult job of not only picking class winners, but also awarding the Best of Show Winners. The Concours awards Best … [Read more...]
Different Viewpoint from Concorso Villa d’Este
Located on the shores of Italy's otherworldly Lake Como, the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este is one of the most iconic hotels in the world. It's also the majestic stage for the granddaddy of all car shows -- the Concorso d'Eleganza which was first held on the grounds and parkland of Villa d'Este in 1929. The annual Concorso d'Eleganza offers enthusiasts the opportunity to admire the finest historic cars and motorcycles of … [Read more...]
London Classic Car Show 2018 – Report and Photos
The London Classic Car Show 2018 was staged 15-18 February at the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands. The 4th annual show featured racing legend Nigel Mansell CBE wowing the record crowds with a Formula One active display. The 1992 F1 World Champion drove a Ferrari 246 Dino F1 front-engined F1 car from the late fifties plus a 1993 Benetton-Ford B193 as raced by Michael Schumacher in period. Mansell was also reunited … [Read more...]
Looking Forward to the Tour Auto Optic 2000
A field of no less than 230 historic race cars will participate in the 2018 Tour Auto Optic 2000, which will be staged from 23 to 28 April along the secondary roads and racing circuits of France. The entry list for this year's race reveals some exceptional cars such as Ford GT40s, Maserati 200 SI, Porsche 904 Carrera GTS and a host of Ferraris -- 250 GT SWB Berlinetta, 250 GT MM, 250 GT Lusso, 250 GT Boano and 275 … [Read more...]
Porsche Effect Exhibition – Photo Gallery
If you’re a Porschephile or just an admirer of the marque and happen to live or visiting the Greater Los Angeles area, the Petersen Automotive Museum has a very special exhibit for you. The Porsche Effect, which opened to the public on February 3, 2018, features the most comprehensive collection of historic and significant Porsche automobiles being displayed in the U.S. It consists of 50 of their iconic sports and … [Read more...]
Bicester Heritage New Year 2018 – Photo Gallery
Vintage motoring enthusiasts descended upon the first Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble of 2018. More than 1,000 cars lined up across the 348-acre former Royal Air Force base in the heart of England, with motorcycles and aeroplanes also showcased. More than 4,000 enthusiasts passed through the gates, making it the most popular January Scramble ever at Bicester Heritage. There was a spread of vintage, modern and … [Read more...]
Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2018 – Report and Photos
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2018 was held January 27-28 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 12-turn, 3.56-mile track is made up of portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. As the race began the teams and drivers set out to go the furthest in 24 grueling hours. The No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi of Filipe Albuquerque, João Barbosa and Christian … [Read more...]
Winter Marathon Rally 2018 – Report and Photos
The Winter Marathon Rally 2018 was held 18-21 January at Madonna di Campiglio in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy. The selection of 110 historic cars that challenged this year's reliability trial faced a unique set of challenges with snow and ice added to the usual mix of curves and elevation changes found on traditional rallies. The 2018 edition of the Winter Marathon Rally featured a great quantity of snow … [Read more...]
Best Vintage Car Racing Photo of 2017
Starting with the Winter Marathon Rally in January and ending with the East African Safari Classic Rally, Sports Car Digest covered a diverse range of historic car races and rallies in 2017. Our award-winning team of photographers took tens of thousands of pictures, spending hours post-event analyzing and choosing the best ones in an effort to wow our readers. To celebrate the effect that these photographs have on us … [Read more...]
Newport Car Museum – Profile and Photos
Since it opened on June 1, 2017, the Newport Car Museum has attracted more than 14,000 visitors and become a hit with car clubs and tour groups exploring the Northeast and especially the vacation destination of Newport, Rhode Island. The museum’s location in nearby Portsmouth, in a 114,000-square-foot building once devoted to missile manufacturing, seems an unlikely place for a car museum; however, with 50,000 … [Read more...]
Return of the Number 57
The Porsche 901 is a legend. That’s because it was the forerunner of the 911. In the autumn of 1963, Porsche presented the 901 as a show car at the IAA. One year later, Porsche unveiled a production-ready vehicle -- but within just a few weeks, the coupe had to be renamed as a result of a trademark dispute with Peugeot. From then on, it was known as the 911. All of the customer vehicles produced up to that point … [Read more...]
Kick off the New Year Right with Le Jog Rally
The 23rd edition of the Land's End to John O'Groats Classic Reliability Trial and Tour (Le Jog) was staged 8-12 December 2017 in the United Kingdom. Starting in Land’s End, the most westerly point of mainland England, the 4-day rally open to cars built before 1986, ended in John O’Groats, the northeastern tip of Scotland. The Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation (HERO) event is known as the toughest classic … [Read more...]
Top 20 Most Popular Stories of 2017
Between covering auctions, events, rallies and vintage races, in addition to profiling classic cars, collections, historic races and more, 2017 was a busy year at Sports Car Digest. The grand total of stories published during the year came to more than 300, growing the archives to nearly 5,000 articles. We again offer sincere thanks to our audience of historic car enthusiasts for actually reading them! A tally of … [Read more...]
