There’s certainly a lot going on in the world around us right now. Some pretty heavy-duty stuff, to say the least. But we have a bit of good news among the much larger issues we all face: The car hob...
Most car enthusiasts know about Australia’s ubiquitous utes, the car-based pickups that inspired America’s own versions such as the Ranchero and El Camino, but these icons from Down Under are rare in...
A year after its sister division Pontiac established the muscle car genre with the GTO, Oldsmobile hustled its own high-performance intermediate to the market with the Cutlass-based 1965 4-4-2. Like ...
Photo illustration by Josh Skibbee. It might seem that, in the new era of social distancing, the way we shop for cars will change. The fact is, car shopping has already changed. The internet, with al...
General Motors in the 1950s was on top of the world. It sold almost half the cars delivered in the U.S. during that decade. It offered models for nearly every economic stratum, and at the top of that...
The original Acura NSX was a shot across the bow of the world of supercars, then the exclusive domain of European automakers whose names ended in vowels. That original Japanese supercar combined the ...
When it comes to “original hybrid” automobiles, forget everything related to the gas-electric, efficiency-minded commuter cars of today. We’ll forgive you if your mind runs to the modern performance ...
A couple of weeks back, we regaled you with a tale about a near record-setting Pacer sale that went down here at Hemmings Auctions. We thought it was the top seller, but we were wrong. Not by much, b...
A couple of weeks back, we regaled you with a tale about a near record-setting Pacer sale that went down here at Hemmings Auctions. We thought it was the top seller, but we were wrong. Not by much, b...
As the Director of Hemmings Auctions, I am deeply involved in the selection, valuation, and shepherding of vehicles throughout the entire auction process, just like the rest of the team. And the subm...
EDITED: January 21, 2020: Following publication, an eagle-eyed reader pointed out that our research missed a Pacer that sold for a higher price. Those corrections are included below. It might not hav...
It might not have flames, like the famous example from the movie Wayne’s World, but this 1976 AMC Pacer is still pretty hot. It sold December 30, on Hemmings Auctions for $23,888. As best as we can t...
Glen Haven Area Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kevin Zagorda hands over the keys for the 1980 GMC K35 brush truck that Robert Warner won as the top bidder in a recent sale at Hemmings Auctions. All ...
The Hemmings office is closed for the Thanksgiving weekend, but the odds are high that many of us will be still be spending our free time browsing through cars for sale online. (And if we’re not look...
So what’s the big deal with 1969 Chevrolet Camaro built by Mark Stielow known as Tri-Tip? It’s widely recognized as the first Pro-Touring car, that’s what. Of course, that just raises more questions,...
We’ve waxed poetic about Mark Stielow’s Tri-Tip 1969 Camaro a few times before, including a deep dive into the car’s history and how it carved its name into muscle car history. As a quick review, yes...
When it comes to big Benzes, there are few that were as ambitious as the 450 SEL 6.9. With its massive, 6.9-liter V-8 sporting a racing-derived dry sump oil system and a self-leveling hydropneumatic ...
When considering various forms of motorsport, a practical approach would lead most people to select the vehicle best-suited for that particular form of competition, and to prepare that vehicle accord...
We’ve been rolling along for a couple of months now at Hemmings Auctions. We’ve witnessed some pretty cool cars cross our virtual block. Just about everyone on staff has seen something that has had u...