Wonder What It’s Like to Drive a 100-Year-Old Race Car? Mercedes Let Us Find Out. Gulp. We got behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz that took part in the 1924 Targa Florio legendary Italian ...

Most of the cars competing in the Targa Florio were open-top, featuring rivalries from big names like Bugatti, Ferrari, and Porsche. Porsche claimed the most victories during the span of the race ...

The endurance race was founded in 1906, making it the oldest sportscar endurance race in history and giving it a legacy that predates the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, and even the ...

We got behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz that took part in the 1924 Targa Florio legendary Italian road race. It’s an elemental thing, the 2.0-liter Mercedes-Benz Targa Florio. You’re out ...

The Targa name itself is inspired by the Targa Florio, ... a sportscar with an open-air vibe ... the open-top 1967 911 got the Targa name to honor the company's exploits in that famed Sicilian race.

The Targa Florio is easy enough to read about, you’ve probably come across plenty of photos of Porsches and Ferraris there. When you see a blue Porsche 908/3 with a big orange arrow running down ...

This MGB GT Is the Forgotten Hero of Sports Car Racing's Golden Age. In 1967, ... “One lap of the Targa Florio is 45 miles,” says Ralph Zbarsky, owner of both MGB GTs.

2021 Porsche 911 C4S Targa. Michael Harley / CarExpert. Porsche has been manufacturing its iconic rear-engine 911 sports car since the early 1960s, but a very unique model – a hybrid cross ...

Those choices date back to Italy's post-war boom. At the time, the rage in Sicily was the Targa Florio, a deadly and high-speed endurance auto race through the winding and narrow roads of the Madonie ...

With 1500 horsepower, a 236-mph top speed, and a claimed 2.4-second time to 62 mph, the Bugatti Divo is the definition of a numbers car.

The term "targa top" is inspired by the Targa Florio, a scenically beautiful and extremely dangerous car race created and run by Vincenzo Florio as a speed race from 1906 to 1977, and then as a ...