On April 21, 1967, General Motors built it 100 millionth vehicle in the United States. The global tally on that date also included 18,493,496 vehicles, both passenger and commercial, built in other c...
While the word “news” is literally in our name, Hemmings Motor News is not the place people turn to when they want to find out the latest information in political, economic, or, most recently, global...
Ever actually meet someone with your own name? I haven’t yet, but I know they’re out there. My freshman year of college, I found three other students named Jeff Koch in the school directory. Four fre...
All photos by the author. Exhibitors do not apply for entry to the annual Salem (Oregon) Roadster Show. They must be invited. There are no fees to enter, no judging classes or committees. All makes a...
If you’re not into pre-WWII cars, or even if you are, you might expect the proprietor of an outfit specializing in early Fords to be at least 80 years old. After all, conventional wisdom says Model T...
Cussler in 2017 with his 1949 Packard Eight Station Sedan. Photo courtesy the Cussler family. That old cars are time machines and ready catalysts for fantasy is well known to enthusiasts, but the sto...
I need a vintage four-wheel-drive in my life. But do I want a truck, a wagon, or a CJ? This was the Willys lineup for 1951: Truck, Station Wagon, and CJ3B. Images via The Old Car Manual Project, and ...
Cell phone service had gone from spotty to non-existent several miles back up the dirt road. Despite the Lemons Rally route book’s assurances that the check point wasn’t far off, the deeper into the ...
Look at the direction-changing driving lights on this 1930 Duesenberg Model J Berline at the Worldwide Auctioneers sale in Scottsdale, Arizona. Get up close to an old car and all kinds of details pop...
Gooding & Company topped the Scottsdale auction sales chart in 2020. Not in overall sales, as Barrett-Jackson’s volume yields a total haul that dwarfs the other auction houses, but in terms of indivi...
Bonhams has long been a staple of the mid-January Scottsdale, Arizona, auction scene, with the auction currently located at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. This one-day sale, which began mid-mornin...
Mid-January is auction week in Scottsdale, Arizona, and this year there were eight auction companies in the region hosting sales. One of the first to run is Indiana-based Worldwide Auctioneers, which...
A rendering of what part of the proposed museum would look like. The plan includes a functional drive-in restaurant patterned on Burge’s, one of the turnarounds on the Modesto cruise route of the ’50...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News The Civic has been a perennial best-seller for Honda, selling more than 100,000 copies in America every year since 1975, which was just ...
All photos by Jim Donnelly If it wasn’t for the universe of automobiles, the buzzing Gold Coast city of Daytona Beach, Florida, would not exist in the form we all know so well. From the earliest days...
Images are courtesy of Elias Olsen and the Outer Docs Film Festival Striving for excellence is a most human trait, one that isn’t bound by limitations either inherent or imposed. Why should the loss ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor. Volkswagen is now rolling out the eighth generation of its global best seller, the Golf, some 45 years after t...
Frame-off restoration, Pro-Touring 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 1967 CORVETTE Pro-Touring coupe Complete 3 Year Frame Off Restoration wit...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor. The Renault Alliance is one of those cars that many recall but, it seems, few remember with much fondness. Fun...
1964 Lincoln Continental for sale on Hemmings.com with mystery bullet lodged in the C-pillar. From the seller’s description: 1964 Lincoln Continental, in red-carpet condition and priced to sell! This...
When I met Brian Winer, who was driving a Lotus Esprit at the time, I was surprised when he said his favorite car was the Ford GT40. This was back in the ‘70s. I thought he was a furrin’ car guy. Tur...
All photos by Jim O’Clair It’s modern beach racing at its finest, restricted to pre-1934 car bodies (among other rules) and American motorcycles from 1947 or older. As a longtime follower of the Oile...
1985 Peugeot 505 D wagon for sale on Hemmings.com and comes with a parts car. From the seller’s description: 1985 Peugeot 505 D Diesel Automatic- Runs great, well maintained, always garaged, good int...
Chevy drops the first DOHC V-8 in a Corvette since the 1900-1995 ZR-1 into the C8.R racer, NASCAR says it could go hybrid starting as soon as 2022, and a closer look at automotive photographer James ...