Blame it on The Race of Gentlemen, but every time we come back from the beach-racing showdown, we contemplate building a car of our own. Starting from scratch can be both complicated and expensive, m...
When it comes to Eisenhower-era pickup trucks equipped with four-wheel drive, Studebaker probably isn’t a brand that pops into most people’s minds. Like the four-wheel drive offerings from GMC and Ch...
Still image from video below. This is not one of those Driver’s Ed. shock films that most of us grew up with-no real accident scenes, no blood. Instead, this is simply a defensive driving lesson rega...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News. Evolution was the name of the game for Chevrolet’s flagship sports car in the mid-1970s. The fourth third-generation Corvette underwent...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Jaguar’s well-received range of sedans -pardon, saloons – worked alongside its famous XK sports cars to broaden the British automaker’s ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Thanks to new U.S. bumper strength and height regulations coming into effect, the 1974 model year brought major aesthetic changes to alm...
For the first time in 55 years, Oiler Quint Meland is staged to race. Photography by the author. As the weather warms, the days lengthen and the annual Race of Gentlemen in Wildwood, New Jersey—now h...
All images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News The “Glamour Bird” was on the attack in 1968, as this unusual piece of dealer educational literature shows. Not intended for public ...
All images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News There was a period -say, from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s- that Honda’s mainstream cars always seemed to be a bit better tha...
Leo Beebe at Le Mans in 1966. All photos courtesy of Ford Motorsport. Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from Hemmings reader and contributor Frank Comstock, a friend of the late Leo Beebe. “Comin...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Chevrolet’s lineup was very exciting for 1960, and buyers were paying attention, to the tune of more than 1.6 million cars built that ye...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News There’s truth to the idiom, “a rising tide lifts all boats,” and the humble flat-four-powered 912 has certainly followed the 911’s recen...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News As fans of American performance cars will tell you, the late 1960s might just represent the apogee of Ford’s Total Performance era, as v...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Although it’s little remembered today, European Fords have a surprisingly long history in the American automotive market. This isn’t sur...
In 1990, Ford marked the 35th anniversary of the Thunderbird with a special edition of the range-topping Super Coupe. Finished in black with titanium-colored lower panels, a dark blue accent stripe a...
A 1910 Renault Landaulette. Photos by Michael Furman, courtesy the Mullin Museum. La Belle Époque, or “The Beautiful Period,” is generally used to describe a time in Western Europe that stretched fro...
Brochure images are from the collection of Hemmings Motor News. Pop quiz: when was the first MG sedan built? MG sedan! you may say, but MG built sports cars! It’s true, and the first MG sedan — saloo...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Devoted fans of GM’s Pontiac Motor Division still mourn the 2010 death of the 83-year-old brand, an unfortunate result of the company’s ...
The 1962 Corvette in as-recovered condition. Photos courtesy National Corvette Museum. In 2015, the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, added a maintenance department, housed in the ...
1973 Hurst/Olds press photo. Art courtesy of Owen Griesemer and GM. If you think you’ve amassed every piece of literature that exists for your car, you may be surprised to learn that there’s probably...
Let’s be honest: Back in the 1950s, no one bought panel vans as daily drivers. Instead, they were generally snapped up by plumbers, electricians, painters, carpenters and business owners needing a re...
All images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News The introduction of the Monte Carlo was perfectly timed with the advent of what author Tom Wolfe termed the “Me Decade.” So-called “...
Photos by Mark McCourt Collector: A person who accumulates a number of similar or related objects, particularly for a hobby or recreation. Curator: A person who manages, administers, or organizes a c...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News As many good points that the 924 had upon its 1977 introduction, this car had just as many bad ones -at least, in the eyes of Porsche’s ...
Three decades after Toyota stopped selling the FJ40 Land Cruiser in the United States, the right-sized rigs continue to have a cult following, largely for their impressive off-road capabilities. A fe...