Petrolicious

Every now and then we are treated with the news of another stunning discovery of an almost perfectly preserved time capsule resting under a thick blanket of dust. These “barn finds” are sometimes staged to give some more gravitas to an otherwise banal…

The Prancing Horse has had a permanent stable in my heart since I was six years old. I still distinctly remember the excited curiosity sparked by the sight of a Ferrari transporter laden with 250 SWBs and GTOs.…

Or, if you're the cynical and misleading type, you might lament the fact that the upcoming Subaru BRZ is bigger and heavier than the outgoing version. The truth of the matter is very different, though. For starters, the car is just an inch longer (the…

The morning dew is still evaporating from the lush green landscape of the Oxford countryside, and as I make my way to the Girardo & Co. headquarters I see the day’s subject peeking out from behind the gates of the specialty dealer’s entrance, almost…

The Porsche 906, or the Porsche 906 Carrera 6 if you prefer, had the difficult task of continuing the success of Ferdinand Alexander “Butzi” Porsche’s beautiful 904. The 904 was more than a pretty shape though, and the engineering team that put all the…

At five in the morning, the city of Bergamo Alta has just started to take off its nighttime cloak. The leading edge of twilight is softening the darkness, and time seems to be in limbo before the new day begins. The eerie stillness is broken by the sound of…

Lately history has started to repeat itself in more literal terms in the world of classic cars. Factory-built replicas, or “continuations” as they are typically referred to—new constructions of iconic vintage cars built by manufacturers to (mostly)…

As you approach this sleeping coil of concrete, there is nothing that prepares you the surreal encounter to come. There are no road signs, no monuments dedicated to the glories of years gone by, no streets named after legendary racing drivers who won or lost…

Custom classic builds don't come more wonderfully weird than this one, a  combination of Saabs. You may have seen Mercedes 190SL bodies fitted over modern platforms, or any number of similar modern-and-classic mashups of the American muscle variety from SEMAs…

A year after Fiat acquired Alfa Romeo in 1986, the Alfa Romeo SZ concept was shown to the public. The SZ (for Sprint Zagato) was the first sports car developed under Alfa Romeo’s new owner, but some of its underpinnings can be traced all the way back to the…