WHAT A LITTLE SWEETHEART! PART 1
“CHE PICCOLA DOLCEZZA!,” GOOGLE TRANSLATE offered, eventually. And Richard Heseltine’s writeup of the “Fiat 508S Balilla Corsa,” Classic & Sports Car, October 16, 2025, certainly fits this description. What’s more, … Continue reading
FERRARI 212 VIGNALE SALON AND CLASSIC TEST
I’VE GROWN ENAMORED OF R&T’S CLASSIC TESTS, what the magazine termed accurate syntheses “of material published during the time the car was produced.” Recently, this R&T time machine was actuated … Continue reading
1934 ALFA ROMEO 2.3 MILLE MIGLIA: SALON (AND ROAD TEST, SORTA)
“THIS CAR TURNS OUT TO BE THE FIFTH ALFA ROMEO PASSENGER CAR which appeared on R&T’s cover,” the magazine recounted in September 1958. (Indeed, R&T Vol. 1 No. 1, July … Continue reading
MERCEDES-BENZ 300-SL ROADSTERS—1958 AND 50 YEARS HENCE
“TURN RIGHT AT THE VALKYRIE, AND Drive Straight to Valhalla,” read R&T’s subhead for its January 1958 Road Test of the 300-SL Roadster. Image from “Brooklands Double Twelve,” SimanaitisSays, … Continue reading
C&SC’S LUST-WORTHY CLASSICS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN SELECTING FAVS from Classic & Sports Car’s “29 Sexy Cars for the Masses.” We continue here in Part 2 with others from its list, also accompanied by … Continue reading
C&SC’S LUST-WORTHY CLASSICS PART 1
MY FAVORITE CAR MAGAZINE, THE BRIT CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS, has assembled “29 Sexy Cars for the Masses,” a selection of “lust-worthy classic cars that didn’t cost the Earth when … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE FIRST MG A—ITS MISSING LINK HERE AT SIMANAITISSAYS PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE PRESENTED ABINGDON WORKS DETAILS of the MG A. Today are tidbits gleaned from R&T’s December 1955 road test of this new Abingdon product. A Changing U.S. Scene. R&T … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE FIRST MG A—ITS MISSING LINK HERE AT SIMANAITISSAYS PART 1
IN RECOUNTING THE TALE OF THE MG A, SimanaitisSays talked about its progenitor in “George Phillips and His MG Race Cars,” October 26, 2015; and, summarizing the end of MG … Continue reading
DREAM SHOPPING IN 1955
SO THERE I WAS, WITH MONEY BURNING A HOLE in my teenage pocket and leafing through the R&T Market Place, January 1955. And before you get all slobbery about prices, … Continue reading
Simanaitis Says 
R&T/B&B TESTS THE POGUAR
“ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE ARGUED,” Bounce & Bound wrote in January 1955, “that the scrutiny of a road test crew should be confined to the technical and performance aspects of … Continue reading →