by Wallace Wyss - Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. A genuine Iso Grifo A3/C (Bizzarrini) Le Mans race car driving on the street in Malibu. I saw it just before New Year's at the infamous non-authorized Cars & Coffee in Malibu Village shopping … [Read more...]
Design Critique of a Classic: The Bizzarrini GT5300 Strada
December 19, 2020 By 18 Comments
The author tells me he used to think "What good are Bob Cumberford's design critiques on cars made decades ago if it's too late for the automaker to change the design?" Then he had an epiphany of sorts and realized that people want to read what made … [Read more...]
Is Bizzarrini Really Making A Comeback?
November 14, 2020 By 8 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Word on the street (really the internet) is that there is a new effort to revive the Bizzarrini automotive brand. Remember Giotto Bizzarrini was the engineer behind the Ferrari 250 GTO - today the most valuable car model in the … [Read more...]
Classic Car Design Critique: Iso Grifo
October 15, 2020 By 9 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - When I first became interested in the Iso Grifo nobody knew what they were except for the founders of the Iso & Bizzarrini Owner's Club. So they were dirt cheap, I think about $7,000 in the early '70s for one with some … [Read more...]
Design Critique: De Tomaso Mangusta
October 6, 2020 By 16 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I remember the first time I saw one, in roughly 1968-'69, before the Pantera was announced, in Michigan outside a car museum, in Hickory Corners. The owner was crawling underneath it to adjust the transmission with Allen … [Read more...]
The Bizzarrini Class At Pebble Beach Was Awesome in 2016
August 16, 2020 By 4 Comments
The event on Sunday of Monterey Car Week is The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, one of the most exclusive concours in the world. Today we reach back into the My Car Quest archives and re-post The Bizzarrini Class At Pebble Beach Was Awesome in … [Read more...]
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