DAYTONA BEACH — Ferrari’s entry into the Grand-Am Rolex Series has sparked a renewed, even intense, interest in the GT class, which has always raced in the shadow of the Daytona Prototypes.
Two of the sleek Italian-made machines were getting most of the attention during Tuesday’s Rolex 24 At Daytona testing over Daytona International Speedway’s 3.56-mile road course. The test concludes … More
One Ferrari turns heads. Now imagine scores of them, along with Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Bentleys — a total of 240 exotic cars — revving their roaring engines Saturday at the 6th annual South Florida Exotic Car Toy Rally.
Car enthusiasts and spectators salivated. Franco Martinez, of Hollywood, couldn’t take his eyes off the brightly colored lime-green, orange and yellow hot rods.
“I need to win the Lotto,” said Martinez, who brought his 5-year-old grandson Desmond along. “Definitely; I need to get one of these toys.”  … More
The Austin-Healey sports car involved in motor racing’s worst accident, at Le Mans in 1955, has sold at auction for more than $1 million after 42 years.
Driven by Lance Macklin at the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race, his Austin-Healey 100 Special was rammed … More
Le Mans 1955 accident: Raw footages of the crash
Le Mans 1955 accident raw footages. This accident was captured at least on four different cameras and angles. I have read a lot of reports on this accidents, but after analyzing those raw footages by myself I found a lot of those reports were inaccurate.
Ten years after introducing Maybach, Daimler announced it would shutter the super-luxury brand by 2013.
It wasn’t a surprise. Maybach never fully established an identity that could compete with Rolls-Royce and Bentley. And the brand lost money each year in its existence, according to Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche.
That hasn’t kept the $1.4 million Maybach Landaulet down, at least in some circles  … More