Last weekend’s Iso Lele 50th anniversary celebration in Bresso brought out a good number of Isos ( translation ) to the company’s former headquarters, only a handful of them Leles. Iso enthusiasts ho...
Last weekend’s Iso Rivolta 50th anniversary celebration in Bresso brought out a good number of Isos ( translation ) to the company’s former headquarters, only a handful of them Rivoltas. Iso enthusia...
1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS454. Photo by Matthew Litwin. By the late 1960s, the era of the Detroit Big Three personal luxury coupe was in full-swing. In September 1969, Chevrolet introduced its own...
1969 Hurst SC/Ramblers at the 2009 Chilson Family Reunion Car Show. The 2019 show promises to be the biggest gathering of the powerful AMC compact. Photos courtesy Kevin Shope For most of the 2000s, ...
John Bishop (L) with Bill France Sr. at Daytona International Raceway. Photos courtesy IMSA. By the time John Bishop resigned as executive director of the Sports Car Club of America in 1969, he’d ama...
2020 Nissan 370Z 50th Anniversary Edition. Photos courtesy Nissan North America. Launched for the 2009 model year, Nissan’s Z34-platform 370Z has soldiered on ever since, with minor updates coming fo...
This past week, as Japanese Nostalgic Car noted, marked the 50th anniversary of Nissan’s GT-R, the sedan with the heart of a race car, designed by Prince engineers working within the company. What re...
Mario Andretti waves from the cockpit at the 1969 Indianapolis 500. Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. When Mario Andretti arrived in Indianapolis in early May 1969, the two-time USAC Champ...
1972 Ford Maverick Grabber. Photos by Jeff Koch, unless otherwise noted. On April 17, 1969, Ford introduced a new compact two-door sedan with sleek fastback styling, designed to counter the sales thr...
1969 Chevrolet K5 Blazer. Photo courtesy GM Media. Sure, the Chevrolet Blazer heavily influenced sport utility vehicles by using a shortened version of GM’s standard pickup chassis, as many histories...
Lamborghini Islero S (L) and Espada. Photos courtesy Lamborghini Polo Storico. For Italian automaker Lamborghini, 1968 was a significant year, marked by the introduction of its first true four-seater...
Photos by Matthew Litwin. More than a mere shortened Javelin, the original two-seater AMX was a true sports car in its own right, and for its 50th anniversary next year, AMC enthusiasts are planning ...
Gordon Murray poses with the Global Vehicle Trust OX, one of his more recent creations. Photos courtesy Gordon Murray Design, unless otherwise noted. Over the course of his five-decade career, Gordon...
Ford Cougar II concept. Photo by Barry Kluczyk. In a rare display outside of its climate-controlled cocoon, the Cougar II show car – one of Ford’s three “X-Car” concepts built in the early Sixties – ...
50 years after its inception, Formula Ford remains popular with drivers and fans alike. Images courtesy Ford Motor Company. There are plenty of racing anniversaries to celebrate this year, but perhap...
1967 Shelby G.T. 500, owned by Gary Barnes and featured in the August 2012 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines. Photos by Matthew Litwin and Terry McGean. After two years of selling the Shelby G.T. 350...
The first Mercury Cougar. Still image from video below. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lincoln-Mercury introducing the Cougar personal compact, and June’s edition of the Carlisle Ford Nation...
The Ant Farm, the same art collective that installed the Cadillac Ranch, involved another Cadillac in their 1975 performance art piece, “Media Burn,” captured in the above photo by John Turner. Turne...
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...
1967 Cadillac Eldorado. Photos by Jeff Koch. On October 6, 1966, Cadillac debuted an entirely new class of automobile, albeit one with a familiar name. Designed as the brand’s first entry into the pe...
1967 Mercury Cougar. Brochure and print ad images courtesy Lov2XLR8.no. It was meant to bridge the gap in the Ford product line between the Mustang and the Thunderbird, but Mercury’s Cougar would go ...
Photos courtesy Chevrolet. The Chevrolet Camaro made its public debut on June 28, 1966, so it’s fitting that Chevrolet chose June 28, 2016, to announce a series of Michigan events commemorating the 5...
First-generation 1970 Toyota Corolla. Photos courtesy Toyota. In November of 1966, Toyota launched a new model in the Japanese market, slotting in below the popular Corona. Called the Corolla, it was...
Peter Revson’s 1972 McLaren M20 Can-Am car. Photo by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1966, the SCCA’s U.S. Road Racing Championship spun off a new series, created in cooperation with the ...