How did Australia come to give the world the ute? As Unique Cars pointed out this week, there’s two conflicting reports on the origins of the coupe utility, and naturally, both Ford and Holden vie fo...
1992 Williams-Renault FW14B/08. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In 1991, its debut season, the Williams-Renault FW14 won seven of 16 races on the Formula 1 calendar, but mishaps and mechanical issu...
McGlashan with the Aussie Invader III. Photos courtesy Lloyds. When collector-car dealer Tony Denny set up shop in Australia five years ago, he aimed to build the country’s largest car museum-slash-d...
1930 Packard 734 Speedster Runabout. Photos by Brian Henniker, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Packard’s vice president of engineering, Colonel Jesse Vincent, loved fast cars so much tha...
The Miata in winter storage. Photo by author. It’s been a long, cold winter here in Vermont, and if history is any indicator, it isn’t over quite yet. While my own seasonal car isn’t a collector’s it...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor. Alfa Romeo had a truly enthusiast-focused lineup in 1983, being limited to the two-seat Spider roadster and th...
To support women in automotive fields, McPherson College senior Abigayle Morgan has started a scholarship named in honor of Denise McCluggage. I have proposed to create and grow a scholarship campaig...
One of America’s favorite automotive writers is right where we left him — in our hearts and minds, and out with a new “Best Of” book. By William Hall His dual role as editor-at-large for both Cycle W...
Morgans under construction in Malvern Link. Photo courtesy Morgan Motor Company. For the past 110 years, boutique British sports car manufacturer Morgan has built cars by hand, embracing the traditio...
From the seller’s description: 1990 Acura legend coupe . One elderly female owner until 2017. Absolutely gorgeous original paint. The car has been garaged and night since day one. 57,400 original mil...
Photo by Bierlos. Over the last century, Citroën has introduced a number of of significant automotive innovations from front-wheel drive to the company’s signature hydropneumatic suspension. That leg...
The 1998 Nissan R390 GT1 road car. Photo courtesy Nissan Motor Corporation. To race in the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Nissan had to build one road-going version of its R390 GT1 racing car....
From the seller’s description: 1971 Datsun 510 L18. Originally purchased new at Jack’s Datsun in Salem, Oregon. The 510 was upgraded to an L18 in-line four with W53 cylinder head backed by a 5 speed ...
From the seller’s description: 1985 Volkswagen Cabriolet Wolfsburg Edition , 37 Original Miles! Possibly the lowest mileage Volkswagen Cabriolet in the World! Imported into the U.S. by Jacobs Imports...
In researching the first Peking to Paris race, we of course came across plenty of mentions of the more recent tributes to the original, including this documentary following the route and participants...
Dropped 1991 Honda Civic for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The body is completely rust free, with original paint and the interior is immaculate with only slight modifications. ...
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...
1950 Veritas Scorpion. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. The postwar years were a bleak time for European automakers, including Germany’s BMW. Its factories in East Germany were taken over by the Sov...
Restored 1979 Fiat X1/9 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Exceptionally well cared for car. Long term owner took a rust free example and did a complete restoration. The body wa...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. Why Dr. W.H. Crothers stuffed his 1901 De Dion-Bouton away on the second floor of a barn for decades, one can only speculate, but the fact that he did set the stage for a For...
Images are courtesy of Honda. Dateline, Chicago Auto Show, February 1989: A few booths away from where Mazda was introducing the future of the classic British roadster sat Honda’s answer to the raref...
All photos by the author. The Transformers toys, animated TV show, and live action/CGI movie franchise has been around a while, since the early 1980s. Heck, original Transformers toys are now legitim...
This 1936 Bugatti Aero/Atlantic Coupe, chassis 57453, has been missing since 1938. Photos courtesy Bugatti. French automaker Bugatti built roughly 800 Type 57s from 1934 to 1940, making the model its...
From the seller’s description: 1964 Volvo Amazon 122s restored and repowered with a new Cummins R2.8 turbo diesel. Will ship worldwide Featured at 2018 SEMA show in hot rod alley in the Cummins booth...