Photo Credit: Bentley When the Bentley Continental R was introduced at the 1991 Geneva Motor Show, it was something of a shock. It was imperious and menacing, with a windblown rectilinearity that did...
A documented 1957 Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster. Photo by Teddy Pieper, courtesy Auctions America. The temptation is palpable. If one version of an old car fetches half what another version of that car...
Photo credit: Barrett-Jackson Craig Jackson grew up in the auction world. The company founded by his parents and Tom Barrett started in 1971, when Craig was still young. He started running the compan...
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...
Photo credit: Mecum If they show up at all when their car’s being sold, most sellers don’t bother showing up until the day the hammer drops for good. It’s a different story for Sean Kiernan. After al...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor. Volkswagen is now rolling out the eighth generation of its global best seller, the Golf, some 45 years after t...
1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Image courtesy Mazda North American Operations. Introduced on these shores in 1989, as a 1990 model, the Mazda Miata marked the return of the classic British roadster, albeit o...
Images are courtesy of Mercedes-Benz. It has the distinction of being the most popular Mercedes-Benz flagship of all time: The internally designated 126-chassis Sonderklasse (Special-Class, S-Class f...
1982 DMC De Lorean. Photos by Jeff Koch. When announced in the mid-1970s, the car that would become the DMC DeLorean appeared to look decades into the future. From its gleaming paint-free stainless s...
1982 DMC De Lorean. Photos by Jeff Koch. When announced in the mid-1970s, the car that would become the DMC DeLorean appeared to look decades into the future. From its gleaming paint-free stainless s...
3.0-liter flat-six from a 1980 Porsche 911SC. Photo by Terry Shea. “So how come a guy as German as you doesn’t drive a Porsche?” executive editor Richard Lentinello asked. “Easy,” I replied, “even if...
1986 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo. Photos by Daniel Strohl. At the dawn of the 1980s, the Dodge Omni hatchback wasn’t on the list of “must drive” cars for automotive enthusiasts. Seeing the missed opportunit...
1987 Buick GNX prototype. Photos by Daniel Strohl. In the early 1980s, Buick faced an image problem. Long seen as a brand for grandparents more concerned with a cushy ride than with performance or ha...
1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa convertible. Photo by Jeff Koch. Chevrolet’s redesigned-for-1965 Corvair debuted to high praise from the automotive press, with Car and Driver’s David E. Davis, Jr. decla...
1992 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo. All photos courtesy Nissan Motor Corporation. By the time Nissan introduced an all-new 300ZX, the Z32 variant, for the 1990 model year, the once game-changing sports car...
The 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider hammers at $9 million, or $9.9 million with fees. Photo by Jensen Sutta, copyright and courtesy of Gooding and Company. There’s an old saying that “nothi...
1994 Ford F-150 Lighting. Hemmings staff photos. Ford’s Special Vehicle Team (SVT) was busy in 1993, its debut year, launching the Mustang Cobra and Cobra R as send-offs for the Fox-body Mustang. Kno...
1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Photo by Craig Fitzgerald. The Mazda MX-5 Miata debuted to rave reviews at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show, and in the 30 years since, praise for the world’s most popular sports car...
1978 Corvette print advertising. Magazine ads and brochure images courtesy Lov2XLR8.no. In 1978, Chevrolet marked a milestone anniversary for its celebrated sports car: The Corvette turned 25 years o...
1996 Ford SVT Mustang Cobra coupe. Images courtesy Ford Motor Company. The 1993 Mustang Cobra and Cobra R were the Fox-body’s going-away present from Ford’s Special Vehicle Team (SVT). SVT developed ...
The 1997 Toyota Supra Turbo crosses the auction block. All photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. It’s no secret that prices for Japanese performance cars of the 1990s have been on a steady climb in recent...
2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Images courtesy Chevrolet. “Speed costs money,” the old saying goes, “so how fast do you want to spend?” There are exceptions to this rule, and one notable example is the...
To get the Cummins Indy cars ready for their exhibition laps around the Brickyard this weekend, the Cummins folks had to replace some unobtanium parts via 3-D printing. Over the years, some parts on ...
1991 GMC Syclone. Photos by Jeff Koch. Frito pie. Pizza with pineapple and Canadian bacon. An all-wheel-drive compact pickup capable of out-accelerating a contemporary Corvette (and a Ferrari 348), a...