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As kids most of us had a poster of our dream car on our bedroom wall. A Ferrari F40, a Lamborghini Countach, cars that belong to the enthusiast realm as well as amongst common denominator pop culture. Although at one time it might have been a life ambition,…

One of the highlights of 2022 was Ferrari’s 75th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Petrolicious partnered with Ferrari North America to profile six significant cars from its history and their modern analogues.…

Photography by Robb Pritchard…

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Since its first edition in 2014, Luftgekühlt has become the de facto template against which all other “elevated” car shows are judged. Accessible, laid back, and open-minded, it can be thought of as an antithesis to the stodgy concours circuit and the…

The newest member of the Swedish supercar kingdom known as Koenigsegg was unveiled today. It employs new cutting edge technology developed in-house, but still looks back toward the past. …

The latest Porsche to get the Rennsport treatment has officially been unveiled after months of appearing in spy shots testing on the Nürburgring. The camouflage has finally been stripped away to reveal just how wild the RS-specific aerodynamics are in…

The sweet life—la dolce vita—of the 1960s isn’t limited to the past. It’s not easy to live as if you’re in a Fellini film, but if you find the right cast of friends, the right location, and scour your closet for costumes, it’s possible to spend a…

Story by Laura Ferriccioli…

Where the waves of the sea find the shore, in a secluded gulf on a ragged coast, a strange place reveals itself. It’s not a resort, not a fishing village, nor a garden or a palace, and it’s not what you might expect from a scenic location on the shores of…

“A race car for the road.” It’s a trite tagline to sell sports cars, but there are a few exceptions. This year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este saw the first outing of Érik Coma’s nut-and-bolt restored, street-registered Nissan R390 GT-1 Le…

Historic racing is often maligned for being more like a parade than a race, and while that is not a baseless critique it does not always apply. One can still see old cars trading fresh coats of paint, in Europe especially, but no matter how hard the grid of…

Petrolicious photography by Robb Pritchard…

The high-performance car extravaganza that is the Goodwood Festival of Speed never disappoints—predictable as it may be, the incessant stream of amazing cars charging up the hill is something to look forward to each year. It’s predictable, but in the best…

Il Sorpasso (The Overtaking). An Italian film co-written and directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman and a very young and still somewhat shy Jean-Louis Trintignant (who passed away last week, may he rest in peace). It was released in 1962, at the peak…

The Terracotta Warriors are a stone army constructed and conscripted to guard an emperor’s tomb in ancient China. The name evokes a legendary, fearsome fighter, one that is quick, agile, and light on his feet. There is a short wheelbase Porsche 911 roaming…

With some knowledge, capital, and a little bit of luck, it’s possible to make money owning the types of cars that typically connote indulgent reductions in bank account balances. Pick the right vehicle, buy it at a fair price before the demand curve catches…

What began as a commitment to a new motorsport program in 1972 orchestrated by Bob Lutz and Jochen Neerpasch over a few bottles of wine grew into something with a much greater scope over the subsequent half-century, with BMW Motorsport and BMW M defining the…