Category Archives: Historical

The SF90 flips its lid and sets a new high-water mark for horsepower.   Since its launch late last year, the 812 GTS has held the title of the world’s most powerful convertible. But it turns out 800 horsepower only goes so far inside the halls of Maranello—in mid-November, Ferrari unveiled the 1,000-hp SF90 Spider. LikeContinue reading “Record Breaker”

The Venom F5’s basic ingredients make for astounding reading. Hennessey plans to build just 24 of these hypercars—12 for the United States market and a further 12 for the rest of the world—at $2.1 million a pop plus taxes (up from the original price of $1.6 million), and the F5 is targeting a top speedContinue reading “Hennessey Venom F5 First Look”

In 2004, The New York Times published a story about high-end automobile mechanics and restorers. The piece begins, “‘I was worried,’ David Letterman said, ‘that he wouldn’t see me when I called him.’” The “he” Letterman was referring to was François Sicard. Sicard, who speaks English with a very strong French accent, is 77 years old yet hasContinue reading “50 Years of Ferrari”

Large sedans are disappearing from some luxury brand lineups. Cadillac’s CT6 and Lincoln’s Continental are on their way out, while the Q70 was culled from Infiniti’s showrooms after the 2019 model year. With the Acura RLX ending production after 2020, that leaves the Lexus LS as the only Japanese flagship we get stateside. The remaining big-baller sedans are from either Korea—from Genesis and Kia—or Europe. This is theContinue reading “2021 Lexus LS500’s Edgy Styling Belies Its Soft Side”

The Sweet Life. That’s the English translation of the title of Federico Fellini’s 1960 cinematic classic La Dolce Vita, and it’s also a pretty good description for a day spent exploring both the Piedmont region of northern Italy and one of the most interesting cars to come out of Maranello for some time. No, the RomaContinue reading “New Direction”

Porsche is slowly but surely spreading the 992-generation 911 lineup. Now it includes the race cars. Starting at the Porsche Carrera Cup North America event, held at Sebring International Raceway on March 16-17, 2021, drivers will race the new, 992 based, GT3 Cup race car. The new GT3 Cup continues to use a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six engine, but horsepower bumpsContinue reading “Porsche Reveals its First 992 Generation 911 Race Car, the GT3 Cup”

Since its launch late last year, the 812 GTS has held the title of the world’s most powerful convertible. But it turns out 800 horsepower only goes so far inside the halls of Maranello—in mid-November, Ferrari unveiled the 1,000-hp SF90 Spider. Like the 812 GTS (and F8 Spider), the SF90 Spider receives a two-piece retractable hard topContinue reading “Record Breaker”

A few years ago Erik Lind decided he needed to have a vintage, air-cooled 911 in his life. He also decided that whichever example he ended up with would have to be in one of those weird but wonderful colors that populate the Porsche color palette. “I really wanted one of the odd colors—Green, Aubergine,Continue reading “Captain Kaos”