My Car Quest

January 11, 2025

Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: At First Too Beautiful To Be Taken Seriously

by Wallace Wyss - I remember visiting a guy in Newport Beach about 30 years ago who was a Can-Am racer. I went over there with some Ferrari owning friends and they felt sorry for him because all he had in his collection in the way of Ferraris was … [Read more...]

Ferraris On Colorado Boulevard – Pasadena, California

by Wallace Wyss - Ya gotta admit this is one of the most fun car shows because it’s free (The Pasadena Concorso Ferrari) and has at least one hundred Ferraris. Most of the time, to see exotic cars lined up you have to pay a hefty fee, … [Read more...]

Classic Car Icons – An Overused Term?

by Mike - The word icon has become very popular in the classic car world especially by anyone selling a car or writing a classic car auction catalog. When a word is used too much it can lose its meaning and its power. This has happened to other … [Read more...]

The Ferrari 812 Superfast: First Reaction

In the end, a car only moderately different from its predecessor by Wallace Wyss - We are used to Detroit automakers lately making the noise with the horsepower, particularly in Dodges. Now it’s like Ferrari couldn’t take it anymore—they … [Read more...]

Ferrari Builds A One-Off 275GTB Tribute Car With Pininfarina’s Help

by Wallace Wyss - Ferrari has always built special models for special customers. But they formalized it a few years back by starting a special group to build cars to order. For this latest one they called back a one time dominant … [Read more...]

Monteverdi’s Ferrari Coupe

He raced it, he rebodied it to his design but alas it’s back to a spyder. by Wallace Wyss - Ferrari is a firm that built its reputation on V12 cars. But to those new to the marque, it is always a surprise that there were four … [Read more...]