The first Porsche 916 prototype, “Brutus.” Photos courtesy Artcurial. In an alternate timeline, the Porsche 911 may have lost its crown as the brand’s halo car circa 1972, replaced by a high-performa...
The Toyota-powered AAR Eagle Mk III. Photo courtesy All-American Racers. Introduced midway through the 1991 IMSA GTP season, the Toyota AAR Eagle Mk III still managed a pair of wins in its debut year...
The Dodge Concept II minivan limo conversion. Photos courtesy Joe Bortz. From Hemmings’ old friend Joe Bortz comes this velour-covered glimpse into a limousine conversion concept, circa 1984-1985. Th...
1959 Pontiac Catalina Safari pickup. Photos by Jeremy Cliff, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Relatively popular in the prewar years, car-based pickups had all but disappeared from the American landscape whe...
In 1948, Land Rover debuted its first model at the Amsterdam Motor Show. Three prototypes graced the company’s stand, and one – described as a demonstrator model – resurfaced in a garden near its Sol...
DeLorean prototype 1 at the AACA Museum. Photo by Nancy Gates. In October 1976, the first running prototype of John DeLorean’s futuristic gullwing coupe was delivered by builder Triad Services Group....
Photos by Per-Borge Elg. Wealthy Swedes have long preferred American cars. Sweden’s largest auto manufacturer, Volvo, capitalized on that fact with such series as the postwar PV 444 and PV 544, which...
Photos by Mathieu Heurtault, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. The Aston Martin brand dates to 1913, and the company produced its first automobile in 1915. Its modern lineage, however, beg...
The Firebird II brochure from the 1956 GM Motorama. Images courtesy of Lov2XLR8.no. Driver information display. Adjustable pedals. Beverage cooler. Ventilated seats. Encoded key. Semi-autonomous oper...
Cutaway rendering of the GM Electrovan. Image courtesy General Motors. Though it looked like a normal GMC Handi-Van from the outside, the hydrogen fuel cell powered Electrovan, introduced to the publ...
The 1987 Porsche 928 CS prototype formerly owned by Derek Bell. Photos courtesy Bonhams. The words “company car” tend to conjure up images of de-contented Fords and stripper Chevrolets, but world-cla...
Mercedes-Benz C111 variants on display at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. Photos courtesy Mercedes-Benz unless otherwise noted. Mercedes-Benz seriously began exploring the possibility of build...
Visiting the official Saab museum in Trollhattan, Sweden, shouldn’t be taken for granted. The museum was on the brink of shutting down for good when Saab collapsed a couple of years ago, and it would...
Mazda 767B. Photo courtesy of Mazda North American Operations. For Mazda, the path to a rotary-powered prototype-class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was a long one, stretching from 1983 (and the...
Lamborghini P140 prototype. P140 photos by Ronan Glon. Lamborghini needed to replace both the Countach and the Jalpa in the late 1980s. While the Countach was a range-topping, V12-powered flagship, t...
Volkswagen’s EA-48 prototype. Photos courtesy Volkswagen AG, unless otherwise noted. The original Mini is often credited for laying the foundations of the city car as we know it today. However, that ...
Mercedes compact design study from 1948. Photos courtesy the Mercedes-Benz archives. Mercedes-Benz made global headlines when it presented the 190 (called w201 internally) in late 1982. To the public...