Launched in 1965, Shelby American’s G.T. 350 worked better on the racetrack than it did on the daily commute. Once the initial thrill wore off, many buyers found the car too harsh, meaning that chang...
The Simeone’s collection of cars that raced at Le Mans. Photo by Michael Furman, courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Being picked as a nominee for “Museum of the Year” by the Octane Awards...
My ’31 Ford speedster often gets neglected during the cold, dark winter months, but this time will be different. Here it is with its hood and radiator removed to make it quicker and easier for me to ...
1941 Ford staff wagon, built in Canada for the British Army. Photos courtesy Tom Mack Auctions. Located in the Southside neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, Old Car Heaven is an event space unlike a...
Images are courtesy of Tom Donney. There have always been fine private collections of Saabs in the USA, but as far as we know–unlike in this automaker’s home country –there’s never before been a larg...
Circa 1908 Prinz-Heinrich Benz. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Designed to compete in the Prince Heinrich Tour, a multi-day, 1,200-plus-mile event that wound through Germany, Hungary, and Austria,...
2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Photos courtesy Chevrolet. Based upon Chevrolet’s C6 Corvette, the last ZR1 model thundered off into the sunset in 2013. Since then, boost-loving Corvette fans have gotte...
DeLorean prototype 1 at the AACA Museum. Photo by Nancy Gates. In October 1976, the first running prototype of John DeLorean’s futuristic gullwing coupe was delivered by builder Triad Services Group....
The remains of the Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum. Photos courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Transportation. On November 1, a fire destroyed the building that once housed the Commonwealth Coac...
Rob Ida has carried on his father Bob’s passion for modifying and crafting hot rods, race cars, and other wheeled projects, and gained notoriety some years back for creating replicas of the famous Tu...
Honda celebrates the first Japanese automobile fully assembled in the U.S.—an Accord sedan—on November 1, 1982, at their Marysville, Ohio, plant. Images courtesy of Honda. There was a time when buyin...
Joan Newton Cuneo, circa 1911 behind the wheel of a Knox Giantess. Image courtesy of Wilmington Historical Society. Since 2015, the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) in Watkins Glen,...
Photos by author. Many of us can attest to the fact that vintage cars require periodic attention or they begin to slip into a permanent state of rest that impedes future cruising enjoyment. And since...
Looking to bring both spectators and American automakers back to the Indy 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Eddie Rickenbacker proposed a series of rule changes in 1929 that would become kno...
New Corvettes roll off the Bowling Green assembly line in 2015. Photo courtesy General Motors. On July 28, production at GM’s Bowling Green Assembly Plant, home of the Chevrolet Corvette, was halted ...
Rolla Vollstedt, in yellow cap, with Jim Clark’s 1967 Rex Mays 300 car. Photo courtesy Michael McKinney. If a career spent designing and building racing cars and serving as a team owner is measured s...
Brochure images are from the collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor A twin-turbocharged V-6 engine is at the heart of every Ghibli sedan and Levante SUV (as well as some Quattropo...
Still image from video below. Of course, the correct answer is “No!” Yet, in Moment of Decision, producer Sid Davis takes us on a 10-minute and 17-second exploration of the teenage mind and through t...
Images are courtesy of Bilweb Auctions Outside of their home country of Sweden, Volvo cars have always been a bit of an acquired taste, sold for decades on their merits of safety, durability, and eve...
Brochure images are from the collection of Hemmings Motor News The United States may still have been suffering the effects of the Great Depression in 1935, but that challenging economic setting only ...
Robert Yates in 2010. Photo by Ted Van Pelt. Legendary engine builder and successful NASCAR team owner Robert Yates passed away on Monday, October 2, succumbing to liver cancer first diagnosed in 201...
Images are courtesy of Jeroen Booij, and from the Hemmings library Fans of the original BMC Mini have been educated, enlightened, and entertained by the excellent trio of “Maximum Mini” books created...
Brochure images from the collection of Terry Shea. It’s little remembered today, but the original Comet — sold through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships as a standalone model for two model years — was inte...
Restomodded 1970 Ford Maverick for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Resto-Mod in 2003 302 V8 Engine Excellent pearl white 1972 Sprint colors Edelbrock 4BBL carburetor, Performer C...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News ; courtesy of Bruce Zahor BMW’s M3 is a car that’s spoken of in reverential tones, and if the topic of the ür-M3 arises — that being the...