DOES THE SPORTS CAR EXIST?—A 40-YEAR PERSPECTIVE PART 2
TODAY IN PART 2 WE CONTINUE RECOUNTING R&T STAFF opinions about sports cars in 1984, with several new comments reflecting four decades of wisdom (or whatever else one accumulates over … Continue reading
AN ANGLOPHILIC RECOMMENDATION
IF YOU’RE A COLLECTOR OF BRITISH CARS, have I ever got a deal for you! Well, not me, actually, but The New England Classic Car Company. “For more than 50 … Continue reading
A MOGGIE CELEBRATION PART 2
WE CONTINUE YESTERDAY’S CELEBRATION OF MY FAVORITE sports car as detailed in my favorite car magazine, Classic & Sports Car. Today in Part 2, we pick up with C&SC’s Senior … Continue reading
A MOGGIE CELEBRATION PART 1
HURRAH FOR MY FAVORITE car magazine celebrating my favorite sports car! The June 2024 issue of Classic & Sports Car observes that “In the past five years, the Morgan Motor … Continue reading
PUR SANG TIDBITS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE ENJOYED SEVERAL TIDBITS from Pur Sang, a publication of the American Bugatti Club. Today in Part 2, we focus on fascinating applications of the differential: one in Bugatti … Continue reading
PUR SANG TIDBITS PART 1
MY COLLECTION OF MAGAZINES includes several of Pur Sang published by the American Bugatti Club. In fact, correspondence in its Thirty-Fifth Anniversary issue, 1960-1995, Winter 1995, prompted “Venice Grand Prix” … Continue reading
THE VENICE GRAND PRIX
NO, NOT A GONDOLA RACE. And not in Italy, but in Venice, California, March 17, 1915. What’s more, I learned about this Venice Grand Prix by leafing through the Winter … Continue reading
CONTRASTING VIEWS THIRTY YEARS AGO
“AS ENGINEERING EDITOR,” I BEGAN, “I TAUGHT KIM REYNOLDS everything I knew about road testing. And, as Road Test Editor, he’s learned even more on his own.” This and the … Continue reading
VILLA D’ESTE AS SEEN BY C&SC
THE BRITISH CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR is my preferred auto magazine. And one of its subscriber spiffs is a regular online presence. Indeed, recently C&SC visited one of my favorite … Continue reading
Simanaitis Says 
DOES THE SPORTS CAR EXIST?—A 40-YEAR PERSPECTIVE PART 1
BACK IN MARCH 1984, R&T did a comparison test of “Six 2-Seaters” cited recently here at SimanaitisSays. This and following images from R&T, March 1984. Accompanying that comparison test was … Continue reading →