Jaywalking simply didn’t exist before the automobile, so how did it — both the term and the crime — come about? According to this deep dive into the history of jaywalking, it was actually a concerted...
Images are courtesy of Aston Martin Media Aston Martin is no stranger to capitalizing on its incredible back-catalog, having recently sold 25 “ continuation ” alloy-bodied DB4 GT Lightweights, each o...
Photo by Emma Nairne. Nations have capitals; states have capitals; roads generally do not. Route 66, however, technically hasn’t been a federally designated road for more than 30 years now — instead,...
Photo courtesy Save the Texas Dune Buggy. After tossing aside a proposed ruling that would definitively outlaw all but a minority of dune buggies in the state, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles ...
There’s an early 1980s’ CNN report floating around YouTube in which reporter Robert Vito runs down the high-level challenges that the American auto industry faced circa 1982. But a couple years earli...
Had muscle cars continued uninterrupted throughout the Seventies, we would have seen all sorts of interesting progressions of Sixties tech, including the ball-stud Hemi, which Mac’s Motor City Garage...
Photography by Troy Ziel, John H. Sheally, Bob Dunmore, and Patrick Brinton; courtesy of Tcherek Kamstra and Morgan Cars USA. Editor’s note: We’re pleased to be able to share the story of “Dolly,” th...
Kudzu, it’s a helluva weed. As The Old Motor reported this week, a contractor in North Carolina found 10 speedsters, trucks, and other old cars buried in the vine when he went to tear down a collapse...
Image courtesy lov2xlr8.no. As the U.K. government decides how to roll out E10 ethanol-blended fuel in the country, it also appears willing to protect the interests of the owners of the hundreds of t...
Photo by Lav Ulv. Motorsports fans in Europe have lost another battle in their bid to save the sport from a revised Motor Insurance Directive after insurers there stated they will not cover any racin...
Nearly 55 years ago, the Department of Justice’s antitrust division filed a complaint against Studebaker for pricefixing oil additives through its subsidiary, STP. As Automotive News reported, the de...
Photo by Thomas Hawk. Time’s running out to preserve Route 66, the National Trust for Historic Preservation warned. The nonprofit, which has already endorsed the proposal to designate the Mother Road...
Photo courtesy Mint 400. The signature clouds of dust that once put a halt to Hunter Thompson’s coverage of the Mint 400 could spell doom for the race’s future just outside of Las Vegas if a plan to ...
Photo by Neil. Despite objections from racing advocates and from the insurance industry, the European Commission late last week announced a slate of auto insurance reform proposals that includes a me...
Photo courtesy SavetheTexasDuneBuggy. After denying Texas dune buggy owners’ requests to reinstate the titles that the department has revoked over the last few years, Texas Department of Motor Vehicl...
Photo by AJ. A cheeky homage to Volvo’s sometimes staid reputation may soon become a thing of the past now that Volvo has sent a cease and desist letter to the creator of the prancing moose logo over...
Photos courtesy Travis McKimmie. It’s merely a fluke of the design and manufacturing process for the HG Holden ute: a gap between floorpans not present in sedan or station wagon versions. However, Fr...
1982 Chevrolet Cavalier Cadillac Cimarron. Image courtesy OldCarBrochures.com. Even to this day, some car shows across the country refuse admission to any vehicle built after 1972, as if every carmak...
Photo by J.C. Burns. While ethanol advocates claim that a pair of recently introduced bills aimed at reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard will dismantle the program responsible for countrywide distr...
The former Hawaii Raceway Park. Fireworks punctuated the night sky over Honolulu on New Year’s Eve as at least half a dozen cars stopped traffic on the H-1 freeway to do donuts and drift their way do...
More than two years after two of the five WyoTech campuses closed without warning, the non-profit running the remaining three has confirmed it will shutter them as well, in a process that an independ...
Patrick Rollet with his 1932 Lagonda 16/80 Semi Sports. Photo provided. Our recent articles on the Charter of Turin Handbook and on what categories of vehicle the Fédération Internationale des Véhicu...
Photo by Gouldy. While the legislation that aims to declare Route 66 a National Historic Trail cleared its first hurdle this month with a unanimous Congressional committee vote, one town that relies ...
Photo by Alexandre Guillaumot, courtesy Renault Sport. In two recent court rulings, the European Court of Justice provided some clarification to a prior ruling that appeared to imperil all forms of m...
Photo courtesy MACS worldwide. The EPA established rules concerning the purchase of automotive refrigerant as part of the United States Clean Air Act. When enacted in 1992 as section 609 of the law, ...