Classic Cars and historic race cars
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Test report on the Porsche Taycan (BvR, 20260214 V2)
V2 The 1966 Cannara is considered a design anchor for the wedge car movement and won the Dean Bachelor Trophy at the 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The Cannara is currently on display in the wedge car exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Ray Cannara was a mentee of Stroher MacMinn at the Art Center in California. He designed and built his car and drove it from Florida to California in 1966 with his mother in the passenger seat.
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What a great article on the Porsche Taycan
This article is all about the Porsche Taycan. The electric sportscar with four doors is breathtakingly fast and suprises with desastrous resale values.
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3500 km in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR racing sports car - AR endurance test (ZQ)
In "AR"-LANGSTRECKENPRUFUNG NR.87, Automobil-Revue invites its readers to take a ride in a Mercedes 300 SLR racing sports car. Not a short trip, but 3,500 km were covered. And the AR test team were thrilled. Not only the driving performance was impressive, but also the almost everyday qualities of the car, which was actually built for the racetrack. With a sprint time of 7.1 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h, a top speed of 284 km/h and braking deceleration of up to 9.8 m/s2, these are qualities that may be standard for sports cars in 2010, but must have seemed sensational in 1956. The significance of such a racing sports car is not limited to its successes or the enthusiasm it arouses in fans of sporting masterpieces. Rather, it shows that there is still untapped technical potential in automobile construction.
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Mercedes-Benz 220 S - the leading star of the sixties and its relatives
From 1959 to 1968 (Coupé and Cabriolet until 1971), the Mercedes-Benz W111 model series and its offshoots W110 and W112 were the benchmark in the luxury car class. The saloons, colloquially known as the big and small hatchbacks, impressed - especially in the top versions - with their high level of safety and comfort, impressive looks and self-confident price tags. In this vehicle report, the three model series are brought into order and a Mercedes-Benz 220 S is portrayed in detail, supplemented by many historical illustrations and a sales brochure.
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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (R107) - a youthful classic with a legendary name
Between 1971 and 1989, Mercedes built the R107 and the coupé variant C107 as the 280 SL to 560 SL and 280 SLC to 500 SLC respectively. Commercially, the model series was a great success and the R107 was the longest-built SL ever; the predecessors W198, R113 and the successors were all built over much shorter periods of time. The last examples of the R107 series became classics from the assembly line and today, together with their older brothers, enjoy a large fan community.
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Mercedes Benz 300 SEL 6.3 - Super sports car in limousine guise
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3, built between 1968 and 1972, was the fastest saloon produced in Germany and could also keep up with fast sports cars. It was created by combining the long-wheelbase version of the 300 SE with the engine from the Mercedes 600. 6.3 liters of displacement and 250 hp in combination with the lighter 300 SEL saloon made it possible to achieve outstanding driving performance without sacrificing comfort. This report goes into the history of the development, describes driving impressions and shows the saloon in current and historical pictures, supplemented by original brochures and press information, as well as a sound sample.
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BMW 320i Convertible - serene time machine for sun worshippers
You realize how old you are when you celebrate a reunion with cars that you once drove when they were new. The BMW 320i Convertible on these pages is already 32 years old, a veritable classic car. But age and maturity don't have to be a negative thing, as you can see with this car. This driving report is about a BMW 320i Convertible from 1988 and shows it in current and historical pictures, as well as in the sales literature.
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Sergio Scaglietti's unique Ferrari 410 Superamerica from 1957
As a further development of the Ferrari 375 America, the 410 Superamerica models were produced between 1956 and 1959. The "Lampredi" twelve-cylinder engine had been bored out to 4,923 cm3, which meant 340 hp (Series 1 and 2) and 400 hp respectively. Like the Ferrari 375 America, the wheelbase was initially 2.8 meters, but from 1957 it was shortened to 2.6 meters. Various body versions were created on the chassis with independent front suspension and rigid rear axle, most of which featured a Pininfarina design, two cars had Boano bodies, another car was clad by Ghia in the style of the Chrysler Gilda/Dart concept cars. Finally, a Superamerica was given a Scaglietti body, which is presented here in detail and documented in pictures. The article is supplemented by a list of chassis numbers and historical photos from the period.
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Dino 308 GT4 - the last Dino and the first V8 road sports car from Ferrari
Between 1974 and 1980, Ferrari built the Dino 308 GT4, a mid-engined sports car with four seats. Unusually, Bertone was commissioned to design the bodywork. The built-in V8 engine was a new development. The car presented in 1973 was coherent and yet stood in the shadow of the Pininfarina-designed 308 GTB/GTS models for almost its entire construction period. In this driving report, a Dino 308 GT4 from 1974 is presented in detail, the development history is recorded and driving experiences from the past and present are compared. The documentation is completed with many historical illustrations and the sales brochure from 1974.
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Ferrari 512 S Modulo - more futuristic than almost any other concept car
Pininfarina's Ferrari 512 S Modulo is one of the most daring and extreme "Idea Cars" in history. Hardly any other vehicle has ever been so consistently and extremely shaped. It was only natural that practicality would suffer somewhat as a result. Nevertheless, the study won several design awards and was passed from exhibition to exhibition in the early seventies. This report tells the story of the creation of the Ferrari 512 S Modulo and shows the unique vehicle from its design to the present day.
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Ferrari 330 GT - powerful Gran Turismo for a fast trip for four
The Ferrari 330 GT is one of the cheapest ways to get into an early Ferrari with a Colombo V12 engine. In fact, the relationship with the sports car legends GTO or SWB is greater than you might think and yet the prices are factors apart. Yet the 330 was popular in its active days and sold well, thanks not least to its racing roots, but of course also to its four-seater design. This report describes the history and origin of the Ferrari 330 GT (Series 2), of which 455 were built, and portrays a 1967 example in detail.
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Ferrari 250 LM from 1964 - Ferrari's last road racer
The idea was excellent. Ferrari had just finished the 1963 season very successfully. The 250 P, an open-top racing sports car with a mid-engine, was the dominant vehicle. The 250 GTO with a front-mounted engine, on the other hand, was getting on in years, so a resourceful mind in the design offices in Maranello came up with the idea of giving the 250 P a roof and calling it the GT. The car, which was built from 1964, was to be homologated in Group 3, but Ferrari was unable to produce the necessary 100 units, which meant that the car had to start as a prototype and stood almost no chance against even more uncompromising vehicles. Nevertheless, a 250 LM with Jochen Rindt at the wheel won at Le Mans in 1965. This report describes the circumstances surrounding the creation of the first Ferrari mid-engined road car and driving impressions gathered in 1983, supplemented with many illustrations.
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