Photo by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Two is a coincidence and three is a trend, they say, but they likely weren’t talking about Volkswagen Things sitting on air suspensions and sporting le...
Tupelo Automobile Museum. Photos by Stephen Mancuso. Opened in 2002, the Tupelo Automobile Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, was the dream of broadcast entrepreneur Frank K. Spain, who began collecting ...
1968 Triumph TR250. Photograph by Terry Shea. In 2017, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car halted publication with the May issue. After a 12-year run, it was a difficult — but necessary — decision to make, ...
What exactly was the connection between Colin Chapman’s Lotus and John DeLorean’s DMC? How did Chapman keep Lotus going financially — and personally — in the years before his death? Through interview...
From the seller’s description: Restored split window 1952 Volkswagen Deluxe Beetle for sale. The Deluxe Zwitter Beetle was produced for approximately 6 months and is one of the rarest most sought aft...
The IMS Museum announced this week that it has digitized a good number of recordings of Indy 500 races past and is now offering the digital recordings for sale. * The story that Alex Pappademas wrote...
As the 24 Hours of Daytona approaches in a few short months, along with the Daytona 500 — the first race of the annual NASCAR season — chances are you might have wondered, from time to time, how the ...
Documented factory-built 1958 Lotus 7 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This Lotus Seven was Factory Assembled and one of the first 4 Imported to the USA in 1958. Lotus Cars, 7...
Dan Gurney’s 1961 Impala at the Jim Clark Museum, reopening summer 2019. Photos courtesy Jim Clark Trust. In 1961, Dan Gurney shipped a Chevrolet Impala to England, intent on beating the Jaguars that...
Gasser-style 1986 Fiberfab MGTD for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Gasser, 355 Ci, 4bolt block, block is O ringed, line board ,tork plate honed,decked, TRW froged pistons,H beam...
Images courtesy of Evro Publishing. Jim Clark was widely considered by his peers and fans as the best racing driver of the era, and his death in an April 1968 Formula 2 crash stunned the world. “If i...
Lightly modified 1996 Alfa Romeo GTV for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The GTV “Type 916” is the first car Alfa didn’t sell in the US, as it was introduced right after they ste...
From the seller’s description: 1994 Dodge Stealth RT. 75K original miles. With original window sticker listing all installed options. This is laminated to protect it. Exterior color is Emerald Green ...
Aston Martin DB6 MkII Volante, converted to battery electric power. Photos courtesy Aston Martin. What if, in a dystopian version of the future, internal combustion engine vehicles are verboten ? Usi...
Date: February 1986 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Source: Joshua Levine, via Northeastern University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Pirelli’s newest tire, the cross-ply Stella Bianca. Photos courtesy Pirelli. In 1927, Pirelli debuted its first modern automobile tire, developed from the lessons learned in racing. Dubbed the Stella...
Making out a Christmas wish list used to be easy. The Sears catalog showed up on the doorstep in November, and from there it was a matter of dog-earing the pages with slot cars, models, and .049 gas-...
While there are other races on the Australian Touring Car Championship schedule, other circuits around Oz to turn a tire in anger, it’s Bathurst (technically the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, N...
Photos by the author; 1966 image of Mike Cook from Triumph Cars in America. We’ve just learned that our friend, current Jaguar Land Rover North America corporate archivist and former Hemmings Sports ...
1970 Datsun brochure. Scan from editor’s collection. Truth be told, I’m a “gearhead.” Pure and simple and most probably certifiable as such. Let’s face it — I love cars. From my mid-teens on I was al...
1966 Toyota Corolla. Photo courtesy Toyota Motor Corporation. Three vehicles, and three men, have been celebrated for their contributions to the auto industry in Japan. They are the 2018 inductees to...
1930 Bugatti Type 46 faux cabriolet. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Accessible to students studying automotive design, the classic-car collection of San Francisco’s Academy of Art University has gen...
The 1970s were a decade of change for the sport of Formula 1, as — for the first time — driver safety became a serious consideration and big-dollar sponsorships widened the gulf between the haves and...
Prewar Bugatti, original artwork by Wallace Wyss. Having had the unique experience of driving my Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing out of a burning building, I can add a little advice on protecting your c...
Photo by Craig Howell. It’s not quite a green flag, but the European Parliament has, for the first time, acknowledged the threat to European motorsports posed by the expanded scope of the Motor Insur...