Apart from being nearly a decade older, mid-engine with a flat-four, and made of aluminum instead of steel and fiberglass, the Porsche 550 Spyder is just like an original Lotus Elan in spirit. As ...

Few other celebrities are so permanently and tragically tied to an automaker as James Dean is to Porsche. The actor and passionate racer, for ever the symbol of teenage restlessness, disillusionment ...

The four-speed transaxle from the Porsche 550 Spyder that James Dean suffered fatal injuries in has been auctioned for $382,000. The unit is the only documented part from the wrecked car whose ...

When legendary Hollywood star James Dean wasn’t acting, he was behind the wheel of something fast. After all, his passion in life wasn’t appearing on the silver screen; it was, and always had been ...

The acclaimed car designer Walter De Silva revealed his re-imagination of the iconic Porsche 550 Spyder, a design study called the 550one, on his Instagram a few days ago. I can't stand idly by any ...

The roofless Vision Spyder was an attempt to marry a modern design aesthetic with the spirit of the Porsche 550 of the 1950s – indeed, the very "Little Bastard" that James Dean drove through the ...

The transaxle from James Dean’s iconic Porsche 550 has sold for a staggering $382,000 at auction. Listed up for sale through Bring A Trailer a couple of weeks ago, this is the very transaxle that Dean ...

Mid-engined sports cars have been a pretty common sight on the automotive landscape in the past few years. Everything from the much-maligned Pontiac Fiero to a Toyota MR2 has the engine in the middle ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's always been a sort of grim fascination with cars famous people have died in; I'm pretty sure I've seen the 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass ...