2000 Audi TT (Photo: Per-Tore Aasestrand, Bergen, Norway)
Avant garde. Those two words best describe the Audi TT when it first graced American shores by the late 1990s. The coupe came first, the roadster second; in any form, avant garde was written all over it. » Read more..
2005 Morgan Aero 8
Time moves refreshingly slowly at Morgan, one of England’s many specialty sports car manufacturers. From 1909-1936, Morgans only had three wheels. The last new Morgan design in the 20th century was the Plus 8, conceived in 1968. Perhaps the biggest news from the Morgan factory in the 1990′s was the introduction of airbags that were, no doubt, begrudgingly installed in their new cars at the behest of the U.S. government. » Read more..
2000 Caterham Super 7 (Photo: Michael Dougherty, Berthesda, MD)
It is the epitome of Colin Chapman’s tried-and-true formula of less weight, more speed. Conceived in the late 50′s as a Lotus and still in production today over 40 years later as a Caterham, the Super Seven was dominant on the track for the weekend tinkerer, and pure fun (and legal!) on the street for sports car connoisseur. » Read more..
BMW Z3 photo/car credits: Felix Wong, Fremont, CA (car is actually a 2000 Z3)
It was an act of heresy, exclaimed James Bond fans at the time, and yet, it looked so fitting. For the car that Q had prepared in the 1995 movie Goldeneye was German, not British as was the Aston Martin most associated with the English spy. » Read more..
1991 Alfa Romeo Spider
Her body was styled by Pininfarina, the same Italian design studio that penned many Ferraris.
Her cockpit sports other charms shared by those vehicles donning the famed prancing horse: the straight-arm, bent-knee Italian driving position; sumptuous, tanned Italian leather; and circular, rotatable vents, the type that Italians prize. » Read more..
