Only three years after the first Lamborghini prototype appeared at the 1963 Turin Motor Show, Miura number 1 was parked on the Place du Casino during the 1966 Monaco F1 week. The car shared its […]
This unique Toyota 2000GT Targa has lived two lives, very much in keeping with its origin as a one-off design presented to producer A.R. Broccoli for his 1967 James Bond thriller You Only Live Twice. […]
When Ferrari’s first 250 GT Berlinetta left the factory gates in March 1956, one can only assume that the engineers that had built and designed the car had no idea of the impact the factory’s […]
Certain concept cars that stand out from the rest. Some are clearly production bound while others are nothing more than proof of concept and some you will remember long after their novel idea or pitchhas […]
Porsche introduced the 964 Turbo model in March, 1990 as the successor to the 930. Unfortunately, they hadn’t had the necessary time to develop a turbocharged version of the 3.6 liter M64 engine, and chose to re-use the 3.3 […]
The mythical “barn find”, every automotive enthusiast dreams of it…the holy grail for professional and amateur collectors alike. Whether you are Wayne Carini or Joe Sixpack, every gearhead dreams of finding against all odds and […]
Despite looking outwardly similar to the preceding models, Porsche thoroughly updated their 356 line in 1956 and called their new model the 356A. At the core, this included a larger 1600 cc engine, but also a […]
Take a Trip Back To the Early Eighties and Appreciate the Innovative 1982 Datsun 810 Maxima The first car to wear the Maxima name was introduced in 1980 for the 1981 model year. It was […]
When you say the name Alfa Romeo, at least here in America there is one car and one car only that immediately comes to mind…the series 3 Spider. Manufactured from 1982 to 1990 it was […]
It only seemed appropriate that our focus this week should be with all of our friends currently attending the 25th Annual Z Car Convention in Phoenix, Arizona…and where better to start than with John Morton’s legendary left-coast racer, the ’72 Brock Racing Enterprises Datsun 240Z. […]
Launched in 1989, the M100 Elan was a two-seater, convertible sports car designed to utilize a reliable Isuzu engine and manual transmission in conjunction with a light-weight British roadster design. Built with the development and […]
As a child it was a polarizing moment when my father and I picked out a plastic Revell model of the 1989 Pontiac Banshee concept…it was a design which would shape my vision of where […]
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