Brochure illustrations courtesy of Bruno Vijverman and Lov2XLR8.no. Long before Chrysler fitted a turbine engine to an automobile and shortly after World War II concluded, Rover began experimenting w...
For perhaps the best coverage of the recent Citroen centennial bash, we have to look no further than Citroenvie! a huge conglomeration of Citroëns of every model. The assembly of Traction Avants alon...
Testing Swamp Rat 38 in Ocala. Photos courtesy Lisa Crigar Images. Last January 14, drag racing legend Don Garlits celebrated his 87th birthday. At an age where most are content to reflect on their l...
For the purpose of showing that the electrics were as fully capable of traversing the average country roads and climbing hills as the “higher powered” gas cars, two electric machines left New York Ci...
1958 BMW Isetta 300 Moto Coupe. Photo courtesy of The Owls Head Transportation Museum. Not every technological advancement is a success. Some don’t function as advertised, like the 1899 Horsey Horsel...
While the story of Andy Granatelli’s STP turbine car entry at the 1967 Indianapolis 500 should be familiar territory for readers of the Hemmings Daily, nothing beats actually hearing the whoosh of th...
To get the Cummins Indy cars ready for their exhibition laps around the Brickyard this weekend, the Cummins folks had to replace some unobtanium parts via 3-D printing. Over the years, some parts on ...
Photo via Team Vesco Racing. Typically, one enters a hall of fame after accomplishing their greatest feats, not before. Rick Vesco and his team, however, were more than happy to accept honors from th...
Images courtesy Crismon. If the key to keeping the internal combustion engine viable lies with increasing its efficiency, then engineers have a long way to go. Garden-variety internal combustion engi...
Images courtesy of obs/Sono Motors GmbH and GM Media Sono Motors — a “mobility provider” founded by three youthful forward-thinkers in 2016, in Munich, Germany — recently announced that production of...
The world’s best-known De Lorean will star in the upcoming Petersen exhibit, “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Photos courtesy Petersen Museum. Automobiles and othe...
Images courtesy Zero Labs. As Adam Roe sees it, the fates of the internal combustion engine and the older vehicles that rely on it for power are sealed. Collector cars will be parked for good, only d...
Manual transmission 1996 Volkswagen Passat TDI station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Very clean example of B4V. The undercarriage is totally rust free. Not even surfa...
The Rivian electric pickup. Photos by Kurt Ernst and Mark J. McCourt. Our primary focus at Hemmings Motor News is on classic cars, but once each year a few staffers venture down to the Big Apple to v...
The Beechcraft Plainsman, had it been built, wouldn’t have just been ahead of its time, in some respects it would have been ahead of our time as well. The specs were pretty well laid out in an articl...
1985 Tritan A2 Aero Car. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. According to futurist predictions in the 1960s, flying cars would be commonplace in the 1980s. That vision never came to pass, but one compa...
Circa 1916 Owen Magnetic. Photos courtesy Bonhams. In the early years of the 20th century, battery-electric cars competed head-to-head with internal combustion (and steam-powered) vehicles for market...
The rebodied 1979 BMW M1 driven by Harald Ertl to an LPG-powered speed record. Images courtesy Coys. On October 17, 1981, racing driver and motoring journalist Harald Ertl piloted a specially prepare...
Mercedes-Benz C 111-II experimental vehicle on the test track at the Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim plant. Photos courtesy Mercedes-Benz Classic. Officially, Mercedes-Benz remained retired from racing; ...
The Energica Ego Corsa, a pure electric race bike designed for the FIM’s Enel MotoE World Cup series. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Motorcycles have long been a part of Southern Califor...
In the years since his death, Fred Rogers has been hailed as a champion for educational television, a practitioner of radical kindness and acceptance, and a balm for the ills of our modern world. He ...
Photos courtesy Cummins. As a 23-year-old test inspector for Marmon in 1911, Clessie Cummins jumped at the chance to crew for Ray Harroun’s Marmon Wasp at the inaugural Indianapolis 500, an experienc...
All images courtesy of Fuell. If there is one thing that Erik Buell has shown over the years, it’s that he can’t be kept down for long. Decades ago, while working as a motorcycle mechanic by day and ...
Mac’s Motor City Garage recently wrote up a good primer on the Turbo Titan III, GM’s turbine-powered experimental semi. All through the 1950s, General Motors held high hopes for the gas turbine engin...
Swind E Classic Mini. Photos courtesy Swindon Powertrain. In 2018, automaker MINI showed a battery-powered concept version of the original Classic Mini at the New York Auto Show, but there was a catc...