Ricart Cars: A Century Later, the Family Name Returns to Building Cars In 1922, a 25-year-old engineer from Barcelona designed and built two racing cars with double overhead cams and 16 valves. In 200 days. By himself. Engine, chassis, bodywork, suspension, brakes. Everything. With those cars he won races, beat Bugatti, and then dropped the … Read more
Pegaso: The Winged Horse That Motorized a Nation and Couldn’t Survive Itself A brand born from the ashes of another. A state-owned company created to build trucks in a country shattered by war that, by the vision of a genius with zero business sense, ended up producing the fastest production car on the planet. A … Read more
Wifredo Ricart: The Spanish Engineer Who Made Ferrari Happen… Without Even Trying A kid from Barcelona, born in 1897. A guy who graduated in industrial engineering before turning 21. A man who designed racing cars with double overhead cams and 16 valves when most manufacturers didn’t even know those words. A Spaniard who walked into … Read more
Pegaso Z-102: The Story of the Spanish Supercar That Was the Fastest in the World Not Enough Cylinders — Unfiltered Automotive Opinion There are cars that define eras. Others defy logic. The Pegaso Z-102 did both. Born in post-war Barcelona, in a factory meant to build trucks and buses, this Spanish V8 had the audacity … Read more
