"Honda’s F1 history dates back to the early sixties when the company looked to translate its motorcycling success onto four wheels. Honda tried to strike a deal with Lotus and Colin Chapman, which had won the world championship with "
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Evolution of the Civic
"First & Second Generation (1972-1983) [gallery=172] Introduced in 1972, the original Civic featured US-focussed innovation s like front discs, reclining seats and radio as standard. It was notoriously prone to corrosion, so you won't find many original first generation examples these "
Rare as Hen’s Teeth #2
"[gallery link="file"] Emerging from the shoestring budgeted British club racing scene of the 1950s, Elva cars was the brainchild of Frank G Nicols - who successfully raced at Goodwood throughout that austere decade — and began marketing special road-going racers "
Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake
"[gallery link="file"] It's either a crime of passion or a passionate work of automotive art — it depends of course on your perspective. But whichever way you look at it this re-imagining of a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona as a sleek "
De Tomaso Mangusta
"If you've ever read Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, you might remember that heroic Mongoose named Riki-Tiki Tavi saved a small boy's family by taking out a pair of killer cobras. But you may not know that De Tomaso's late "
Kurtis Kraft’s Coolest Car?
" Frank Kurtis and company are best known for producing madly successful midget racing cars. They produced hundreds of customer cars which were competed, and almost always won, at the Indianapolis all through the fifties and into the sixties. But they "
The ABC of cars
" Of all the interesting stumble-upons that we have, er, stumbled upon recently, we think this beautiful little set of drawings is up there with the best. Published in France some time in the 1960 the book is a a nice example "
Photographer Ansel Adams’s Cars
" He was the father of Landscape photography - an artist whose musicianship almost matched his artistry with the camera. He is one of the founding fathers of a fundamentally American view of the world; But Ansel Adams also loved his "
Enzo Prototipo M3
"[gallery link="file"] It's not very often that the opportunity becomes available to possess a genuine Ferrari one-off – a slice of Modena history that gave birth to a car that is near mythical in its importance. But in the shadows "
Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
" Illustration Via http://idfsk.blogspot.com If you've ever been in the lucky position to see a Type 33 Stradale in the flesh, then you'll know what we mean when we assert that this just might be the most beautiful car "
Steve McQueen’s 911 Porsche
"[gallery link="file"] pics courtesy RM auctions Steve McQueen’s 1970 911S, the one featured in his 1971 film Le Mans, is set to be auctioned by RM at Pebble Beach this August. Apparently McQueen used the car as his personal vehicle "
On the Limit: Alfa Romeo Montreal
" Alfa's Montreal is one of those cars that seem too rarified, too exotic and graceful to lower itself to the rigours of a track day. But our squeamishness is blasted out the window by this hand-made onboard of a Montreal-heavy "
VW’s SP Series
" There hasn't been much written or much interesting steel produced, it seems to us, about the Brazilian car industry. Apparently the Karmann Ghia was produced in significant numbers in Brazil - but apart from that a 1970s import ban simply "