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The BMW 328 Kamm Coupé will be reintroduced to the world after 40 years in bits and pieces at this months Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este to celebrate BMW's 1940 Mille Miglia win. There's also supposedly a new retro-themed concept too. More »
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Saab CEO Jan Ake Jonsson and Spyker CEO Victor Muller plan to race the 2010 Mille Miglia in a 55 HP, two-stroke Saab 93. If that's not a good way to begin a partnership, we don't know what is. More »
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In 2007, Royal Mail issued a set of stamps commemorating Britain’s Formula One greats. With six slots for eight world champions and Sir Stirling Moss, the stage was set for a philatelic battle royale. More »
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Brawn GP's inaugural 1–2 victory in Melbourne was no stranger to their engine supplier Mercedes-Benz: it was exactly the same fashion as how they debuted in Formula One in 1954 with their epic W196. More »
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In the history of motorsports, there are very few races as historically fit-inducing as Italy's Mille Miglia. Blah, blah, blah, ack, ack, ack, ran from '27 to '57, minus the war years, spectators died, Stirling Moss drove that one Mercedes, it's a historic rally now etc. You know the drill. Regardless, it does not take away from the sheer stupendosity of the machinery that participates in today's event, nor does it dim the beauty of the Italian countryside one iota. Check out the flickr pool and spend a few minutes being astonished. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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Introduced to the world for the 1936 Olympics, the BMW 328 was an (almost) instant classic that went on to dominate the world of motor racing for the next half-decade. But like the "in your face, master race" that Jesse Owens gave Hitler and friends by winning four gold track & field medals, the 328 harbored an un-Aryan secret; it was designed by a Jew. The gorgeous 328 was in fact designed by Kurt Joachimson, a Hebrew brother from another mother who had created the first sporting BMW, the 315/1 Roadster. Credit for the 328's sporting lines went to a man who wasn't hired by the Bavarian Motorwerks until after the 328 went out of production (and other times wrongly attributed to Fritz Fiedler — only it wasn't Fritz). Despite the ugly history, the 328 is one of the most beautiful and important vehicles ever conceived and executed. More after the jump. More »
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Watchers of vintage races and rallies know this week starts one of the majors on the docket: the Mille Miglia, an annual run across Italy by various enthusiasts, viscounts and gearheads in every manner of racer. This year, BMW's honoring one of the cars it ran successfully in 1940 — the 328 Mille Miglia Touring Coupe, which set a speed record that still stands — by creating a retro-themed concept car on the bones of the new Z4 M Coupe. The streamlined Mille Miglia Concept Coupe recalls the original, though as a Chris Bangle interpretation. That means the concept, which rides on a lengthened version of BMW's current M Coupe — and is powered by the same 3.2-liter six — is adorned with a clash of surfaces and fins in place of the flowing lines of the 1940 car. Expect a public showing when the race starts later this week. More »
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