The Transaxle Era exhibit. Photos courtesy of Porsche AG. From Porsche’s earliest days, its road-going models used air-cooled engines mounted behind or just in front of the rear wheels. In 1976, the ...
Volkswagen’s Scirocco was a hit with North American customers from its 1975 introduction to its 1989 demise, when it was replaced by the more agile, more luxurious and more expensive Corrado. Clean S...
All images courtesy of BMW AG. “Race car for the street” is an oft-overused phrase, frequently applied to the likes of garden-variety sports and GT cars alike. But, sometimes, when a manufacturer mus...
One of the unlikeliest stories we’ve seen on Japanese Nostalgic Car as of late was their look back at that hazily remembered period of time in the late 1970s when Japanese cars suddenly became fair g...
The 924 may be the most unappreciated Porsche of all time, thanks to its humble VW-Audi lineage, its break with the rear-engine, air-cooled faith, and its role as Stuttgart’s entry-level model. And s...
After partnering with Britain’s Cosworth Engineering to develop a 320-horsepower, 2.3-liter engine for its proposed 190 E rally car, Mercedes-Benz pulled the plug on the project when rival Audi debut...
With the rest of the Internet going ape over the recently released photos of the Bugatti Chiron, we thought we’d look back over the confluence of the Volkswagen and Bugatti names, a tie-up that – wou...
Photo courtesy London Classic Car Show. Day continues to follow night, grass remains green, and the inhabitants of one car-producing country maintain that their car industry has produced the best car...
Though Volkswagen Beetles taught a generation of us the joys of the three pedal shuffle, they typically draw mixed reviews among Hemmings readers. Some praise them for their all-season traction, forg...
Photos by the author. The annual Historic Monte-Carlo Rally brings together classic car enthusiasts from all over Europe and abroad for an action-packed week of vintage racing. Organized by the Autom...
In 1979, driving a one-year-old Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 in the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash was like hiding and cheating in plain sight. While entries more cleverly disg...
This week’s Sunday Cinema was fairly easy for me to pull together. First, Kurt suggested this video from the Revs Institute briefly discussing the institute’s 1969 Porsche 908 LH longtail before taki...
Ronan Glon’s Ran When Parked has plenty more European carspotting gold in addition to yesterday’s two scenes from southeastern France, including these three from the touristy coastal Dutch town Schev...
Print ad courtesy Production Cars.com. Formerly part of Auto Union with DKW, Horch and Wanderer, Audi didn’t (re)exist as a brand until 1969. The marque made its U.S. debut for the 1970 model year, w...
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...
Text by Jeff Koch; photography by Jeff Koch and Thomas A. DeMauro. At BMW, evolution is a way of life. Three decades separate the first 2002s and the last of the still-ubiquitous E30-generation 3-ser...