James Glickenhaus established the company in 2004 with the goal of developing high-performance racing cars primarily for the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The company's name is formed from the surnames of James Glickenhaus and his wife, Meg Cameron. In 2005, Glickenhaus was approached by Italian design house Pininfarina and commissioned a one-off sports car inspired by the Ferrari P series for approximately four million US dollars. He provided both his personal Ferrari P4 and the last available Ferrari Enzo to Pininfarina for development. The resulting car was revealed in 2006 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance as the Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina.
Years after the P4/5's debut, Glickenhaus announced plans to take the car racing at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. In 2011, the P4/5 Competizione was revealed, utilising the chassis and engine from the Ferrari 430 Scuderia and built to GT2 specification. This car laid the conceptual groundwork for subsequent Glickenhaus projects and demonstrated the team's intent to build competitive race machinery rather than simply showcase collector cars.
The company's first wholly proprietary sports car, the SCG 003, was announced in September 2012, with pre-production prototypes undergoing development through to December 2014, before being publicly presented in 2015. Both the SCG 003 and subsequent models were produced in partnership with Italian manufacturer Manifattura Automobili Torino in Turin. In 2017 a further road car, the SCG 004, was announced and entered production in 2020. At the end of 2020, Glickenhaus unveiled the SCG Boot, a high-performance off-road vehicle modelled on Steve McQueen's 1967 Baja Boot.
Glickenhaus entered the Le Mans Hypercar class in 2021 with the SCG 007 LMH. The car was notable as the first American sports car to compete in the Le Mans Hypercar category. The programme reached its defining moment at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the SCG 007 LMH secured an overall podium finish, making it the first American sports car to achieve an overall podium at Le Mans in 53 years since the 1969 race.
Glickenhaus produces cars across both road and race categories. Current road cars include the SCG 003, SCG Boot, SCG 004, and SCG 007s. Race-specific variants include the SCG 003C, SCG 004C, and the SCG 007 LMH. The company has also produced the SCG 008 as a kit car. All cars carry the SCG prefix as a consistent naming convention.
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus occupies a rare position in contemporary motorsport as an independent American manufacturer competing at the top tier of endurance racing. Unlike the large factory teams from Toyota, Ferrari, and Porsche, Glickenhaus operates with considerably fewer resources, making the 2022 Le Mans podium a widely noted achievement in the sport. The company's trajectory from commissioning a custom Pininfarina show car to building a factory-class Le Mans contender within two decades reflects both the ambition and the unconventional path that defines the SCG project.