My Car Quest

October 2, 2024

Sports Cars and Classic Cars Blog

Built By Yamaha For Toyota – The First Japanese Super Car

by Mike - The Toyota 2000GT was Toyota's, and Japan's, first grand touring car and first super car. First shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, the 2000GT was produced for Toyota by Yamaha between 1967 and 1970. It was well … [Read more...]

Sasha And The Ferrari That Never Was

by Wallace Wyss - At the ArtCenter College (yes, they spell it as one word) which graduates most of the world’s car designers, there was a speech recently by “Sasha” Selipanov. The bearded Russian-born designer graduated from ArtCenter in … [Read more...]

The Le Mans Winning Iso Bizzarrini A3/C – A Video

by Mike - This very cool video was published by Petrolicious and stars Iso/Bizzarrini A3/C No. 0222 which won its class at Le Mans in 1965 - co-staring Bruce Meyer the current caretaker. Let us know what you think in the … [Read more...]

IsoRivolta Vision Gran Turismo Introduced by Zagato

by Mike - The famed Italian car designer, Zagato, has just introduced the IsoRivolta Vision Gran Turismo at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show. The new Zagato creation will be a drivable vehicle in Gran Turismo Sport, the latest chapter of the acclaimed … [Read more...]

The ArtCenter College Of Design Classic 2017

A Very Personalized Show, by Designers for Designers by Wallace Wyss - “Eclectic” is the best way to describe the ArtCenter Classic Concours. The reason is that it’s not run like a regular concours. There are not, say, half a dozen … [Read more...]

A Mid-Engine Corvette: Arguments Pro and Con

by Wallace Wyss - Collectively, we have all been waiting for a mid engined Corvette. I even drove one prototype, the Two Rotor, though it’s arguable that it was a Corvette because (as was accidentally revealed much later by Zora … [Read more...]