Here's a recipe for complete an utter hot rod victory: A flathead straight-six with a custom intake, roots-type supercharger and three carbs mounted in the breeze. This is a special kind of stupefying excellence. [JustACarGuy]

The chestnut brown 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso wasn't the only barely-disguised race car McQueen drove on public roads: there's also this canvas-topped 1956 XKSS Le Mans racer.

It’s time to say goodbye to one of the smoothest, most driver-friendly engines of all time: the E46 M3’s 3.2-liter straight-six. We’re paying our respects Jalopnik-style with a mega-gallery of straight-sex.