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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 of an era full of optimism,… Read more »

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 the streets of San Francisco and the… Read more »

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 up to your prediction, and then… Read more »

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 Bavarian manufacturer in the minds… Read more »

Sometimes, very rarely, a car event manages to fuse multiple elements into seamless whole, one in which different eras and disciplines and use-cases are celebrated equally. A location such as Villa d’Este on Lake Como doesn’t hurt, either. This year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este went way above all my expectations.… Read more »

The BMW M4 CSL is finally here. The Bavarian automaker’s competition and performance division, BMW M, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and while “the fastest letter in the world” is just as likely to appear on the trunk of a diesel-powered SUV these days, the letters C,S, and… Read more »

For a motorsport enthusiast, photographer, and traveler, there is hardly a better weekend than that of the Monaco Historic Grand Prix. Watching priceless pieces of the past dogfighting between guardrails on city streets is one thing, but here there is an extra dose of the absurd. Set against a backdrop… Read more »

Part beautiful, part brutal, completely captivating, these bulls form the bookends of one of the greatest legacies in the automotive world: the Lamborghini V12. What you’re looking at is the very first production Lamborghini with a dozen cylinders, the 350 GT, driving through Modena’s historic city center alongside the very… Read more »

The ultimate Escort? It sounds like an oxymoron. There are so many, over so many years, from the World Rally Championship-winning Waldegård and Vatanen cars all the way to Ken Block's more recent Hoonigan creations. But burning rubber for YouTube videos aside, what would be the ultimate competition Escort? I… Read more »

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 1970s… Read more »