Neal Bascomb’s new book, “Faster,” got the attention of the New York Times this week, which decided to look into which one of America’s premier collectors owns the Rene Dreyfus-driven Delahaye 145 th...
Photo by Michael Milne. While it would appear that Ralph Nader and the Corvair community have mended fences over the last several years – he appeared on stage at his Automotive Hall of Fame induction...
All photos by the author To the casual observer this pile of rusted metal is just that – a pile of rusted, crumpled, useless metal. But it’s more than that. Believe it or not, it’s the body of a 1935...
Photo courtesy Circuit of the Americas. Even if you weren’t already planning to practice social distancing, that’s going to become the default over the next couple of months as more states and munici...
Photo courtesy Australian National Motor Museum. It’s not difficult to find a fault for the demise of the Hartnett Motor Company, one of the few companies to offer a challenge to Holden to become Aus...
Gonna be seeing a lot of Ford Bronco retrospectives ahead of the new Bronco’s introduction this year, so let’s start with the one that The Detroit News put together this week describing the Bronco as...
Holden Hurricane. Photo courtesy GM Media. With last month’s sudden announcement that GM will kill off the Holden brand as it pulls out of right-hand-drive markets, Australian government officials ha...
SFers, look out for Ralph Ziman’s “ Spoek 1,” a former South African military vehicle that has been abandoned, restored, and decorated by Zulu, Shona and Ndebele artisans, which will appear at this w...
Photo Credit: Richard Lentinello A decade prior to the last Checker rolling off the assembly line on July 12, 1982, this 1971 Aerobus made automotive history as the longest regular production car eve...
1976 Rainbow and the 1972 Camargue (behind pillar). Photos via SIVAG. As certified Italian cultural treasures, the collection of Bertone prototypes and show cars that went up for sale along with the ...
We recently came across some of G. Gordon Davis’ renderings on Facebook and not long after landed hip-deep in an amazing collection of Chrysler, Corvette, and various other concept renderings from th...
With a successful box office run and four Oscar nominations, Ford v Ferrari proved that movie audiences do like car flicks, even if the events of the film don’t precisely match Ford’s quest to domina...
Photos courtesy Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum. Brandon Anderson didn’t come up short for superlatives when describing the latest donation to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum. As well he should: The ...
All images via Packard Proving Grounds. During World War II, Packard opened up its proving grounds in Shelby Township, outside of Detroit, for testing one of the few vehicles at the time sturdier and...
Photo by Brian W. Scheller. Over the last 20-plus years, one effort after another has been made to definitively secure Toledo’s spot as the spiritual home of the Jeep with a permanent museum dedicate...
Apparently Chrysler and Lotus’s collaboration that resulted in the Lotus-tuned dual overhead-camshaft cylinder head for Chrysler’s 2.2-litre inline four was supposed to result in even more hybrid Lot...
For this weekend’s Radwood show in Los Angeles, Honda took one of its first Acura SUVs, a 1997 SLX, and not only updated its engine and transmission but also its entire all-wheel-drive system. For th...
Image courtesy Federation Internationale Vehicules Anciens. With attendance on the decline and a stable of noteworthy but ancient vehicles in a royal/imperial palatial setting, France’s Musée Nationa...
Images are courtesy of Mitsubishi Motors Media Services As an automaker, Mitsubishi has a relatively short history in the United States, but this diversified company has been active for nearly 150 ye...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions, except where noted. If we were to assemble a clickbait top-10 list of T.V. Tommy Ivo drag-racing moments, the creation of his quad-engine Showboat exhibition racer and...
Emerson Fittipaldi at Daytona, circa 1995. Photo by Bill Warner. He’s won a pair of Formula 1 world driving championships, the first, at age 25, marking him as the then-youngest champion in the histo...
The oldest surviving American automobile, as The Henry Ford pointed out this week, exists in the museum’s collection, and it well predates the internal combustion engine. Smoke-belching steam locomot...
Can’t recall whether we’ve given space to Bill Guernsey’s Atomic Camper in the past. Even if we have, it’s worth pointing to Bubblemania’s post ( English translation ) on it, if for nothing else than...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of American has developed and grown extensively though its 30-year history, but still carries out its primary mission to celebrate every form of racing. That journey is d...
Sir Alec Issigonis and his Mini at Longbridge, 1964; i mage courtesy of The British Sports Car Hall of Fame Established three years ago, the Petersburg, Virginia-based The British Sports Car Hall of ...