1958 Fiat 500 Spiaggina Boano
Gianni Agnelli didn't commission the Fiat 500 Spiaggina Boano to be admired in a showroom, or even driven very far. He wanted something to ferry his houseguests down the hillside at Villa Leopolda, his estate a...
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I by Pinin Farina
Summer, 1957. The roar of a V12 engine breaks the morning silence as a gleaming white convertible winds its way through the Italian countryside. Behind the wheel sits a wealthy industrialist, the wind tousling...
1958 Jaguar XK 150 3.4-Litre Fixed Head Coupe
The Jaguar XK 150 arrived in 1957 carrying a difficult inheritance. The XK 120 that had launched in 1948 was a sensation - slippery, fast, and genuinely beautiful in a way that stopped traffic in both senses -...
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa by Scaglietti
The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, crafted by Scaglietti, is a definitive work of automotive art. Produced between 1957 and 1961, this masterpiece combines Italian craftsmanship, racing heritage, and functional beaut...
1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
Mercedes-Benz built the 300 SL Roadster to fix a car that arguably didn't need fixing so much as it needed different doors. That car was the 300 SL "Gullwing", the sensational fuel-injected coupé whose upward-s...
1958 AC Ace-Bristol
The moment Clifton Scott, AC Cars' chief engineer, pulled the Bristol engine from its mounting in a test Ace and tightened the first bolts around its replacement, he was participating in a decision that would q...
1958 Bentley S1 Continental 'Flying Spur' Sports Saloon by H.J. Mulliner
The most celebrated Continental Bentleys of the 1950s wore two-door bodies - lean, purposeful shapes that rejected the rear-quarter glass of a conventional saloon in favour of something more aerodynamically res...