FROM FOX SPORTS:  British motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss was recovering in the hospital Monday after he was nearly killed falling down an elevator shaft at home.
Moss tumbled 30 feet and broke both his ankles, suffering four broken bones, gashes and four chipped vertebrae.

He underwent surgery to have pins and plates attached to his [...]

 Vintage Shelby mustangs are “not fat and round”.  Bold statement?  Nope, it’s a solid fact according to Carroll Shelby, who narrated this excellent 1967 Ford commercial.    

This vintage BMC narrated clip of the first generation MK1 Mini assembly is as entertaining as it gets.  It shows the build from the scattered beginnings to a competed car being driven out of the factory. The great detail and insight shown solidifies the fact that Sir Alec Issigonis is a mecanical genius.

 FROM THE NY TIMES:  The Ford logo designed by the heavyweight champion of logo designers, Paul Rand, who did those of IBM, ABC, Westinghouse, UPS, Next Computer — and Enron. In 1966, Rand was hired by Henry Ford II to rethink and modernize the familiar scripted oval Ford logo.

But Henry Ford II decided not to [...]

A 1973 Porsche 911 2.7 RS Touring is one of the ultimate Porsche classics.  It was a simple lightweight track scorcher in its day. The larger flat-6 displacement and brakes, reworked and stiffened suspension with wide rear wheels and fenders set it apart from a standard 911.  Oh, and let’s not forget that [...]

In 1957 Fiat launched what would become their most iconic car, the “Nuova 500″. It was Fiat’s economy city car rendition of the prosperous VW Beetle.  Successful, they were. The 500 proved to be a practical and popular vehicle throughout Europe and

Mickey Thompson

In 1960 a 32 year old hot rodder drove a backyard built, quad Pontiac powered car to 406.60 mph on the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats.  The shaky run propelled the young man, Mickey Thompson, into the spotlight as he became the first first American to break the 400mph barrier.