During the last few years, I’ve been restoring film cameras of the 1890s through 1960s and using them to shoot the machinery at races and car graveyards. My favorite tools for this have been ancient box cameras from the early 20th century,…
After Car Throttle’s YouTube team was finished with a Renault Clio 182 from a cheap car challenge, the little French fighter stayed in the CT family. Social team member Edwin is now the proud owner of the car, but if you want…
Which of the two Bentley 4 1/2-Liter Blower models above is an original from 1929—and which one is the in-house re-creation that just rolled out of Bentley’s facilities in Crewe? Take a minute, it might seem confusing at first. Give up? Well,…
There were no shortage of history-making events in 1971. The Apollo 14 astronauts landed on the moon, the war in Vietnam continued to rage on, Intel released the world’s first microprocessor, and Dirty Harry made his big screen debut. But none of…
Chrysler has been building 300s on and off since 1955, when the “letter series” of 300s made its debut. After that, a few generations of 300s came and went during the 1960s and into the early 1970s, followed by a 300 hiatus…
At a time when American sports cars had not fully gotten the smell of Malaise out of their cabins, the Dodge Viper arrived on the scene to show that performance cars of the 1990s didn’t have to be boring or rehashes of…
The history of the men and women trying to break the record for time from London to Cape Town, South Africa, or to be the first, is almost as compelling as the recent runs. It started with smaller attempts, before becoming London…
Italian design with French influence, and only 12 are slated for production. Yes, 2020 hasn’t been easy but kudos to Ares Design for making the most of it. The niche supercar company brought its devilishly retro Panther to life back in July….
The holidays are a time of peaceful coexistence, when we can all put down the terrible divisions that have rendered this country asunder and learn to love one another once again. That’s right, I’m talking about the Ford vs. Chevy divide that…
The Laguna Seca time is impressive. The noise is glorious By Sam Sheehan / Monday, December 7, 2020 California Porsche specialist Gunther Werks has clocked a 1:30.99 lap at Laguna Seca with its latest remastered 993, beating its previous air-cooled lap record…