1954 Kaiser Darrin 161, serial number 161.001001. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Introduced at the 1952 Petersen Los Angeles Motorama, the Kaiser Darrin was the first fiberglass-bodied convertible sports c...
The Chevrolet Corvette has evolved into one of America’s most beloved performance cars, but by the strictest definition of the term, it isn’t a muscle car. Also realizing that visitors to the Nationa...
All art and photography courtesy of HotRod Jen. We first met “HotRod” Jen Thomas (née Skidmore) back in November of 2013 when writing a piece for Speedobilia in Hemmings Muscle Machines (issue #125) ...
Do you have a passion for, and a collection of, Italian automobiles and motorcycles? Would you like to help support the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania? Do you understand the phrase “Amore della...
1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda convertible. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. For those who would say the market for muscle cars is waning, consider this: Nine of t...
Photos courtesy National Packard Museum. Since 2001, the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio, has hosted an annual antique motorcycle exhibit, many of which have drawn top honors from the Antique...
Most of the yearbook carspotting photos posted to Annualmobiles come from dealerships, but here we see The Pit Stop, a speed shop in Pasadena, Texas, with all sorts of goodies to offer. * What is a t...
Seinfeld Collection Porsches. Photos by Brian Henniker, courtesy Gooding & Company, unless otherwise noted. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a thing for automobiles, most notably those from Porsche. His c...
1960 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL and 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster. Photos by Mike Maez, courtesy Gooding & Company. What prompts attraction? This question has puzzled scientists and singles alike sinc...
The Simeone’s 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Spyder at a 2015 Demo Day. Photos courtesy Simeone Automotive Museum. In most automotive museums, cars on static display are never started, run or exercise...
Steve Stanford. Photo courtesy Steve Stanford Designs. The Grand National Roadster Show is still a few weeks off, but the 2016 inductees into its Hall of Fame have already been named. Of the four inc...
This 1908 Harley-Davidson bid to $400,000, but failed to meet its reserve. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. Mecum’s 25th-annual MidAmerica motorcycle auction featured five bikes that cracked the $100,...
XKC 011, a 1952 Jaguar C-Type. Photos by Matt Howell, courtesy Bonhams Auctions, unless otherwise noted. Jaguar’s XK 120 C, commonly referred to as the C-Type, put the racing world on notice when it ...
Retired designer Rodell Smith. Still from American Dreaming trailer. Aiming to eliminate the industrial stigma the art world has attached to automotive design and renderings, two collectors and chron...
Under new ownership and reeling from a decline in the snowmobile market, Rupp Manufacturing needed a home-run product to reverse its fortunes in 1974. Its roll-of-the-dice gamble was the Centaur, a t...
Laguna Seca USRRC, 1965. Ken Miles (#98), Ed Leslie (#96), and Bob Johnson (#97) in their Shelby American Cobras lead at the start. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. In 1962, the SCCA launched its f...
1965 Plymouth Barracuda. Photo by author. Speaking of the 273-cu.in. Mopar small-block V-8 that I recently wrote about, here’s a noteworthy car that has one. More significantly, this 1965 Plymouth Ba...
1910 Royal Pioneer. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In addition to the 25th-annual Mecum MidAmerica Motorcycle Auction taking place in early January, collectors of vintage two-wheeled iron will be ...
Photos courtesy Goodguys. While pretty much anybody else would start small, the first car show Gary Meadors put together attracted several hundred street rods, and in the decades since, Meadors – who...
Bob Bondurant, photo by John Prumatico. All photos courtesy National Corvette Museum. The National Corvette Museum has maintained a Hall of Fame since 1998 to honor individuals who have been influent...
1918 Harley-Davidson board track racer. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The first full week of January, 2016, will no doubt have hundreds of motorcycle collectors and investors looking for that next ...
Porsche 962-108C-2. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Delivered to Porsche privateer Jim Busby in time for the opening of the 1985 season, the Porsche 962 carrying chassis tag 962-10...
As renowned a career that Sam Posey made for himself as a race car driver, he’s spent far more time as a motorsports observer – albeit a highly qualified one – either as a commenter or writer, and it...
CSX2287, the first vehicle placed in the National Historic Vehicle Register. Photos by Adam Pepper. Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from Adam Pepper, a freelance contributor who attended last w...
The 2,000,000th Land Rover Defender. Images courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. By any measure, it was an unusual auction: A single lot was presented on stage at Bonhams’s Bond Street showroom in London, Eng...