While Citroen had the 2CV ready to launch in 1939, its delay until after World War II resulted from a period of German interference intended to get Citroen to build the Beetle instead, as Ronan Glon ...
Purported ex-KGB 1989 Tatra T613 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Completely authentic down to the KGB license plates and even tires. Working lights and siren. Excellent condi...
Introduced in 1965, Nissan’s President was the brand’s first commercially available premium luxury automobile. Designed and built for the Japanese domestic market, the President was largely unknown i...
Restored 1968 Zink Formula Vee racer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Turn key and ready to race, very good to excellent condition, rebuilt motor Oct 2015 (Autowerks), one rac...
We had expected to see a lot more automotive tributes to Chuck Berry following his death last weekend; after all, cars were an integral part to the mixture of influences he used to conjure up rock an...
1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. Photos courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Sometimes, the joy of acquiring a collector car is not in the actual purchase, but in the hunt itself. While all...
Photos by Terry Shea and Kurt Ernst. Alfa Romeo hasn’t offered a sedan in the U.S. market since 1995, the final year its 164 was sold on these shores. Though the brand has offered niche-market sports...
One-off V-8-powered 1939 E.R.A. Raymond Mays sports car for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The works car that competed in the 1939 RAC rally driven by “Bentley Boy” S.C.H ( Samm...
From the seller’s description: West Coast Classics are proud to present an exceptional barn-fresh (garage really!) find of this rare long time family owned and fully loaded with factory options 1988 ...
Images courtesy of Volvo Cars Heritage; detail photos by the author. Volvo cars had a very different image in the mid-1970s than today’s models do. The 200 series cars were practical, sober, and safe...
1972 Volkswagen Beetle Baja Champion Special Edition for sale. From the seller’s description: For sale is a very low mileage (33K original miles) Special Edition Beetle. Just Google “VW 1972 BAHA Cha...
1928 Armstrong Siddeley Long Ascot Tourer. Photos courtesy H&H Classics. Here in the United States, ownership of one Armstrong Siddeley is probably enough to qualify you as a major collector of the m...
Photos by Erik Fuller courtesy of Auctions America. Looking for the perfect vehicle to turn heads at your community’s Earth Day Festival next month? We found it: a bright red, 6,800-pound, V-12-power...
A nice example of ante litteram dual twin headlights, seen in the Ghia bodied Alfa 1900. Fiat Lux If you think that dual headlights were a typical American product, think twice! The first car that ap...
Pretty much every event in the 20th century can be linked to an automobile of some sort. Take, for instance, the 1930 Studebaker recently displayed at a car show in India: It carries its “killer” rep...
Proposed Jim Clark Museum. Images courtesy The Jim Clark Trust, unless otherwise noted. Jim Clark was, by most period accounts, the best racing driver of his day, and quite possibly the best of all t...
Well-documented 1976 Land Rover 101 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: According to military records, chassis no-96100152 was supplied to 100 Regiment Royal Artillery on 01/07/7...
Photo courtesy Italdesign. Giorgetto Giugiaro, one of the most prolific automotive designers the world has ever known, has been awarded the inaugural Matita d’Oro, or Golden Pencil, award by the Nati...
With auctions, seminars, tours, test drives and car shows leading up to the main event, there is no shortage of activities on Amelia Island in the days before Sunday’s concours d’elegance, this year ...
1975 Datsun 280Z for sale. From the seller’s description: This is it! A true survivor! Under 50,000 original miles. Everything is original, and most components still work: antannae, a/c, guages (exce...
Sweepswear, in Alfa Romeo style; also other coachbuilders, apart from Touring, used it on this kind of car It Is All A Matter Of Proportions II : The Flint Touch, Jaray’s Touch, And Those Ever-So-(S)...
Concours-ready 1955 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This particular matching numbers example is the highly desired Series IV model. The Series IV is per...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News; courtesy of Bruce Zahor Controversy: Thy name is Camargue. Monocles everywhere went dangling when Rolls-Royce introduced its new flagsh...
1972 Citroen SM for sale. From the seller’s description: Excellent condition, RARE factory-option sunroof, 5-speed, European headlights, new Silver paint, fine black leather interior, A/C, new carpet...
The famous Ghia Gilda, photo taken from an old publicity shot. Turbinas, Speed Records And The Beautiful Brute The Fiat Turbina was indeed a most spectacular car, in all likelihood the first proper F...