As 1965 Corvettes go, the Le Mans Blue coupe that crossed Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale stage as lot 1413 isn’t particularly quick, and it certainly won’t post impressive handling numbers. In fact, it...
The Iso Grifo A3/L prototype hammers at $1.6 million to set an auction record. Photos by Mike Maez unless otherwise noted; all photos copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. The Iso Grifo, like ...
1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Based upon the racing car of a similar name, the production Mercedes-Benz 300 SL debuted as a gullwing-door coupe in 1954. Three years lat...
More than a few years ago, we visited with some fine car folks in Istanbul during one of the Hemmings cruises. Now we learn that some of those same folks have organized the first Istanbul internation...
The Bullitt hero car alongside the 2019 Bullitt Mustang at the 2018 North American International Auto Show. Photos by Ronan Glon, unless otherwise noted. The Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT fastback t...
Visitors at the 2017 induction ceremony. Photos courtesy British Sports Car Hall of Fame. Established in 2016, the British Sports Car Hall of Fame’s mission is to “preserve and perpetuate the legacy ...
All images courtesy GM Media. “If you don’t look back at your car after you park it, you own the wrong car” (anonymous). ———————- I couldn’t believe my good luck. A junior high friend invited me to j...
All images courtesy of Mecum Auctions. Fans of a specific make of muscle cars can be a parochial bunch. Mopar guys have their 426 Hemis and Six Packs. Blue Oval types have their Boss 429s and Cobra J...
Images are courtesy Groupe Renault. This is a car that, in 25 years’ time, American enthusiasts will be lining up to import. It’s the 2018 Alpine A110, and while it shares its name and lines with the...
Photos courtesy VeA. France’s capital city isn’t known for being particularly friendly to vintage automobiles—with a controversial old-car ban making news in recent years —but Parisians certainly app...
1955 Porsche Continental. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum, unless otherwise noted. Porsche has built up its long-admired reputation as one of the world’s premier builders of thrilling spor...
1955 Porsche Continental. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum, unless otherwise noted. Porsche has built up its long-admired reputation as one of the world’s premier builders of thrilling spor...
Photos courtesy The Henry Ford. One of Henry Ford’s odder inventions—and one that certainly challenges the notion he only ever wanted to build Model Ts into perpetuity—will get its moment in the spot...
1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G Indy roadster. Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers unless otherwise noted. By the mid-1950s, Smokey Yunick’s skill as a mechanic and crew chief was well-established in NASCAR...
The last Oldsmobile built, a 2004 Alero GLS Final 500 Collector’s Edition. Photo by Joe Ross. Sometime after 9:30 a.m. Eastern this morning, a Dark Cherry Metallic 2004 Oldsmobile Alero GLS sedan wil...
2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Images courtesy Chevrolet, unless otherwise noted. Millions of Americans can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing on September 11, 2001. We should al...
1968 Molzon Corvair. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In 1963, GM designer William “Bill” Molzon set out to build a car of his own, with some rather ambitious goals: It would accelerate faster than ...
1964 BSA 646cc Rocket Gold Star. Photos courtesy of Bonhams Auctions. Amid all the very upper-crust collector vehicles that will be featured – an Elton John-owned 1959 Bentley, 1955 Lancia B24 Spider...
Dick Landy’s 1965 Dodge Hemi Coronet AFX Dragster. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The 12 B-bodies rolled out by Chrysler in late 1964 for Factory Experimental drag racing didn’t look quite right, es...
The era of turbocharged production motorcycles from Japan was short and not particularly sweet. But the novelty of turbo bikes today, combined with their low-production numbers, makes them fun and un...
1968 Yenko Super Camaro. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. By anyone’s estimation, a 1968 Yenko Super Camaro is a rare car. Roughly 64 were built by Yenko Che...
Images courtesy the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Automobile Museum. Just as tape stripes and garish cartoon characters were hallmarks of performance cars in the 1970s, rakish windshields and a deck shaped ...
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...
Photos by the author. And now, are you ready for something completely different? Well, almost completely different, that is. And while Monty Python’s most famous tagline may seem a bit far-fetched he...