Nearly every conceivable version of the internal combustion engine has made its way to the Indy 500. But it was a 1931 entry of a rather unusual type that made it into the record books as the first to complete the entire 500-mile race without a pit stop. That entry...

Few names in automotive design carry the influence and legacy of Giorgetto Giugiaro. With a career that spans more than six decades, Giugiaro’s designs have touched nearly every corner of the automotive world—from exotic supercars and world-beating rally machines to...