Bullitt director Peter Yates dies

Film director and four-time Oscar nominee Peter Yates, who helmed every car-chase-fanatic’s favorite movie, Bullitt, has died. He was 81. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate was a stage actor before turning to directing; he directed two films in England, 1963′s Summer Holiday and 1967′s Robbery, before he came to America and cut his […]

E-types are everywhere in Scottsdale

2011 is the 50th birthday of one of the greatest sports cars ever built (and, in the words of Road & Track, “the greatest crumpet collector known to man”), the Jaguar E-type. This fact has not escaped the attention of the auction houses: There will be no fewer than 14 E-types for sale during the […]