Fifty years ago, American racing legend Carroll Shelby formed one half of the Le Mans-winning Aston Martin DBR1 team, together with Englishman Roy Salvadori. In his own words, Shelby describes the ...

In the late ’60s the budding relationship between Ford and Carroll Shelby reached an interesting point. After having developed the Ford-powered Shelby Cobra and the Shelby Mustang GT350, as well as ...

In a world where social media pushes pretension to extremes, individuals are now regarded as “brands,” their names appended to the most trivial of items. Without doubt, time will prove many of these ...

In the United States the single most effective way to make an already hard to see out of car worse is to change its drive position from left-hand drive to right-hand drive. If you think we're kidding ...

On Jan. 11, 1923, automotive and racing legend Carroll Shelby was born. That’d make today his 100th birthday. He ain’t around for us to bake him a cake, but let’s raise a toast to him anyway by ...

Crossing the block at Mecum Kissimmee 2026 on Friday, January 16th, one of the most historically significant Ford GT40s ever ...

January, Mecum Auction House will offer one of the most remarkable examples of the first-generation Ford GT40 sports car.

At age 7, Carroll Shelby moved to Dallas. He was the son of working-class parents, balanced precariously on the poverty line. He had a leaky heart valve that reminded him that life could end any day.

James Mangold's real-life racing thriller Ford v Ferrariends on a poignant note, as Ken Miles' Le Mans debut doesn't quite go to plan. Ford v Ferrari tells the true story of Ford's quest to reach the ...

Decades after a heart condition forced him to retire from racing, Carroll Shelby still loved to drive muscle cars. Well into his 80s, the legendary car designer spent hours testing his last Mustang ...

Born on January 11, 1923, Carroll Shelby would have turned 100 years old today. And it's the perfect opportunity to celebrate the man that built some of the coolest and most iconic performance cars ...

Unlike the Lamborghini Gallardo-based Audi Le Mans concept shown last month in Frankfurt, the production Audi Le Mans quattro—if built—will have little or nothing in common with the V10-powered Lambo.