Sports Car Market magazine has partnered with Mercedes-exclusive auction site MB Market to sponsor the 2022 SCM 1000 AMG Invitational, June 19-24. The SCM 1000 AMG Invitational is an all-inclusive touring event featuring four days of driving on 1,000 miles of picturesque backroads surrounding Bend, OR. The event is limited […]
Author: Rory Jurnecka
Mister Two Comes of Collectible Age
There’s something about a mid-engine car that’s just downright cool. Forget about the polar moment of inertia and the rest of the engineering-ese. When this motorsports-derived configuration appeared in the DeTomaso Vallelunga, Ferrari Dino and Lamborghini Miura in the late 1960s, it became forever associated with exotic cars. Even America’s […]
Sports Car Market Touring Series announces three-year partnership with RM Sotheby’s
PORTLAND, Ore. (Feb. 10, 2022) – Keith Martin, founder and publisher of Sports Car Market magazine, announced that RM Sotheby’s, a classic car auction company headquartered in Canada, has entered into a three-year partnership with Sports Car Market to support the SCM Touring Series. RM Sotheby’s will join WeatherTech, Hagerty, Reliable Carriers and Putnam Leasing as co-sponsors […]
Stung by a Scorpion
With regard to cars, I’m a sucker for two things: Italian sports cars and a perceived good deal. I scraped my knuckles on Fiat X1/9s, 124s and 850s. I’ve owned not one, but two Alfa Romeo Milanos. As a friend likes to joke, I provide food and shelter to the […]
Keith’s Blog: Meet the SCM Citroën DS21
The text messages had been coming daily for a week or so. An immaculate 1971 Citroën DS21 Pallas with just over 12k miles on its odometer was on Bring a Trailer and Publisher Martin was bidding. After the car failed to meet reserve, he was able to strike a post-auction […]
SCM Award Winners at Concorso Italiano 2021
We enjoyed attending the 2021 Concorso Italiano on August 14 and were honored to present several SCM awards to Alfa Romeo owners at the show this year with cooperation from the Alfa Romeo Owners Club. The SCM judging team was organized by chief judge Michael Wiliams to include Chris Bright, […]
A True Original
The Audi TT is still in production, but don’t feel bad if you have forgotten. Since its U.S. debut in 2000, the TT coupe and roadster have morphed through three generations, each one becoming more luxurious, tech-laden and powerful than the last. Unfortunately, each iteration has become less memorable. That […]