Photos courtesy ModenArt. As far back as 1951, cars have been considered legitimate, museum-ready works of art. Since that time, art museums and gallery exhibits have focused almost entirely on the d...
The Historic Vehicle Association paid tribute to Jesse Valadez II, the caretaker of his father’s Gypsy Rose lowrider, who died this past week. Although Jesse was soft spoken and humble, he was always...
A new take on the legendary tale of Ford taking on Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans hits theaters November 15, and a new trailer shows some of the back-and-forth between the movie’s main characters...
Ever wonder how school buses almost universally came to wear not just yellow but a specific shade of yellow ? Smithsonian Magazine dug up the answer, which has less to do with caprice and more to do ...
Courtesy of Bloomington Gold Bloomington Gold Charlotte is approaching next month and the two-day show is a must for Corvette enthusiasts. In addition to the over 500 Corvettes on display and the Blo...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions, except where noted. In just a few short years, Danny Thompson did what nobody else in the world has done. Not only did he set a land-speed record for a piston-powered ...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. For years, William Towns just sat on the idea of building his own car. To begin with, he had his hands full designing vehicles for other carmakers. But he also didn’t think h...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. If there’s any better indicator that we’ve reached peak Banksy, no less than three well-respected and long-established auction houses will go head-to-head-to-head with compet...
Henry Ford, undoubtedly, helped to shape the automobile industry and the peoplescape of southeast Michigan with his offer of a $5 per day wage in 1914. It more than doubled the existing wages and led...
«Auf der Strasse ist es mir zu gefährlich» Sollten Sie, werte Leserin, lieber Leser, je die Möglichkeit haben, mit Arturo Merzario am Steuer auf einer öffentlichen Strasse eine Runde drehen zu dürfen...
For more than 50 years, a 1948 Studebaker has resided on the second story of the Greider family’s garage near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At least, it did until this month, when it was removed for a res...
“It may seem a little crazy to walk directly into the line of fire… those who are willing, are those who achieve great things. People say I’m crazy. I say thank you.” Jessi Combs wrote this on her In...
Black Pearl. Photo courtesy Goodguys. In the band’s entire 38-year discography, Metallica has mentioned in its lyrics the Great Old One Cthulhu more times than it has name-dropped any automobile bran...
Images are courtesy of Volkswagen and Audi Volkswagen Type 1 designer and founder of the eponymous sports car company, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche would have been very proud of the accomplishments of his g...
Photos courtesy British Car Museum. The question of which assemblage of vehicles from Old Blighty warrants the title of world’s largest British car collection may now be a moot point with the closing...
Photo via Los Angeles Times. If you haven’t been paying attention to Daniel Miller’s “Larger Than Life” docuseries on Big Willie Robinson for the Los Angeles Times, it’s worth diving into. Robinson, ...
Photos courtesy Blackhawk Collection. It’s easy to credit (or blame, depending on your tastes) Virgil Exner for designing just about every production and concept car Chrysler built in the Fifties, bu...
Why did Nissan recently celebrate the 50th anniversaries of the Z and the GT-R at a rest stop? As Ben Hsu at Japanese Nostalgic Car noted, the rest stop wasn’t on just any old highway. That’s because...
Photos courtesy Historic Vehicle Association, except where noted. Fifty years ago, while Alan Bean watched his fellow astronauts walk on the moon knowing that he too would soon leave footprints there...
Especially in the early days of motorsport, long before telemetrics and minutia came to dominate it, drivers tended to be daring, cultured, highly personable sorts. They knew how to take risks and pu...
One of the largest collections of Soviet cars in the world lies in the former Soviet state of Georgia, according to Atlas Obscura: The auto museum is actually a private collection of cars and some mo...
Photo by Dick Lasher. A towering plume of ash rises in the distance of the photo, swirling with menace and threat, lightning arcing within it. As if to accent the peril, the canyon of trees that fram...
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Photo courtesy of Chevrolet . Only days after its long-awaited reveal, the all-new mid-engine 2020 Corvette Stingray C8 will appear at the Petersen Automotive Museum...
Gardner Special photos via Bonhams; Manta Ray photos via Mecum Auctions. At first glance, the 1949 Vince Gardner Special and the 1952 Manta Ray seem to share little other than their custom bodies and...
Steve Hingtgen, founder of Vintage Trailer Supply, has opened a new distribution center and showroom in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in response to a growing market. To celebrate the new center, Vintage Tra...