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BMW Art Car Tour

Explore BMW’s Art Car Collection Online

BMW’s Art Cars are an institution. Since Hervé Poulain first asked artist Alexander Calder to turn his ’75 BMW 3.0 CSL into art before he took it to the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans, 17 one-of-a-kind art …

Perfect Technique, Heart, Resistance, Intelligence – Targa Florio Returns

“You need to have a perfect technique, heart, resistance, intelligence”
Piero Taruffi
Six minutes and eleven seconds for the Nordschleife by Stefan Bellof in a 956. Thirty three minutes and thirty six seconds, or a 79.890 …

Legendary 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype Set to Break Records

We talk of storied historic racing cars going under the hammer quite often here at Motorsport Retro, but this is something else. Gooding and Company are set to auction a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype, …

1975 GP Winning Hesketh

Silverstone Classic Sale 2011

After a promising ’74 season, James Hunt took the Hesketh team to its first Grand Prix victory at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1975.
Jumping into the pits first for a set of slicks, Hunt slid …

For Slot Mods, 12 Hours Just Isn’t Enough

Slot cars are great fun. You can slide them around nicely, and it can all get extremely competitive. So when I heard about Slot Mods’ limited edition replica cars and tracks, I was looking forward …

Markus Haub’s Racing Legends

Markus Haub is a Barcelona-based artist, photographer, and car designer who shares our love of retro motorsport, and has the talent to turn it into art.

Stars and Stripes '69 Corvette

RM Auctions: 1969 Chevrolet “Stars & Stripes” Racing Corvette

RM Auctions: 1969 Chevrolet “Stars & Stripes” Racing Corvette up for auction at RM Auctions’ August event at Monterey on the 19th of August.

HSRCA Historic Winter

Video + Photos: The HSRCA’s All Historic Winter

We’re enveloped in the deepest and darkest depths of winter here in Australia, but Mr. Sun kindly managed to forget about it over the weekend, presumably cheered up by the HSRCA’s mighty showing of historic …