Baillieux about the deadly accident at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, it’s a rare gem. Not only is it a good animated movie involving car culture, it treats a tragedy with artful dignity. As they say, ...

Le Mans disaster was one of the darkest days in motorsport history. On June 11, 1955, during the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race at the Circuit de la Sarthe, a catastrophic crash unfolded, ...

Another of Sir Stirling Moss’s old cars, this time a Jaguar D-Type which the British legend raced at the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans, is being put up for auction with an expected sale price between £5.2 ...

Below, we list 12 of the most valuable vehicles to ever cross the auction block, from classic Ferraris to a Mercedes-Benz ...

Mercedes was sold for a record-breaking sum for a race car. Here’s why the W 196 R Stromlinienwagen is worth every penny.

The car, piloted by Stirling Moss to 172.97 mph on the race’s famed Mulsanne Straight, will be sold through Broad Arrow Auctions on March 8.

Ferrari heads know that the years where the Prancing Horse first reigned supreme were the 50s, 60s, and 70s, when the 24 Hours of Le Mans loomed large and Pinin Farina was at the helm of body design.

Jean Rédélé, who’d founded the French sports- and racing-car maker Alpine in 1955, dreamed of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He entered Alpines, always powered by small-displacement Renault ...

A streamlined Mercedes raced by Formula One greats Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955 set a record for a grand prix car on Saturday, selling at auction for €51.2 million ($53m).

Pontiac GTO. This Baja Gold Ram Air III Goat will cross the Mecum Auctions block at their Glendale, Arizona event in March.

Mercedes withdrew from factory-sponsored motorsport in 1955 after a Le Mans 24 Hours disaster that killed 84 people, returning to Formula 1 as an engine maker in 1994. The car is presented in its ...