We were south of Chicago on I-80, in triple-digit temperatures and bumper-to-bumper traffic, when my fuel-injected 1977 Volkswagen Scirocco sputtered, coughed, and then died in the center lane. The w...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News In an odd bit of marketing, Jaguar Cars North America introduced the XJ-S in 1976 as the “ S-type,” which was an about-face from the way...
The stylish, information-heavy cover made me want to learn more. Photos by author. If you are anything like me, you get nostalgic each time you see references to 1950s (or 1960s) family vacations or ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Gregory S. Hahn Porsche’s American lineup looked largely the same for 1987 as it did in previous years, since the all-new, ...
Images are from the brochure collection of the author Cadillac embraced the future in 1992 when it debuted the Northstar V-8. This all-aluminum engine was as sophisticated as any offered by a premium...
Pogue carburetor patent design. Or is it? Though we gearheads are enlightened animals, able to rationally troubleshoot the squeaks, groans, misfires, and other glitches in the machines we operate, we...
1963 Darlington 500. Joe Weatherly (#8) in his Mercury leads Darel Dierenger (#26) in his Mercury. Photo courtesy Ford Motorsports History. A livestreamed talk on NASCAR history at Watkins Glen will ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Gregory S. Hahn While they’re nearly Toyota-ubiquitous today, Mercedes-Benz cars were still a rare and special sight on Ame...
The annual SEMA show attracts vendors from around the world, but as Automotive News reports, not all of them respect the intellectual property of others. In a series of raids prompted by an emergency...
This ’68 Firebird is wearing reproduction bias-ply Wide Oval tires. Photo by author. It’s hard to believe that it has been 50 years since Firestone introduced its illustrious Super Sports Wide Oval t...
1974 Pontiac Grand Prix. Brochure and advertising images from author’s collection. If you recoil at the sight of landau tops, opera windows, barrier-busting bumper designs, pillow-top crushed velour ...
Mercury’s 1956 XM Turnpike Cruiser concept. Images courtesy The Old Car Manual Project. In April of 1954, John Najjar, then head of Lincoln’s pre-production studios, sketched a series of five futuris...
Images are from the brochure collection of the author. It’s impossible to understate the importance of the compact, front wheel-drive K cars to the Chrysler Corporation in the early 1980s, as the aut...
No, this 1970 ad is not included in the Vehicle Information Kits. It’s just used to provide a compelling lead photo, since the kits were scanned in black and white. It’s very rare that anything assoc...
Volkswagen operates two museums in its home town of Wolfsburg, Germany: The ZeitHaus and the Stiftung. The ZeitHaus stands out as the most visited automotive museum in the world, but the Stiftung is ...
This film could rightly have been subtitled “An Ode to the Development of the Automobile and its Positive Impact on American Life.” Yes, another one of those: But hear us out. Funded by Ford Motor Co...
Images are from the brochure collection of the author Saab Automobile, the pride of Trollhättan, Sweden, is no longer the company we long new and loved, but with many former engineers and staffers st...
1966 Buick Skylark GS. Artwork provided by the Automotive History Preservation Society. I believe that this advertisement really stands out among other Buick GS ads of its era for evoking emotion and...
The 1930 Ford Model A chassis, starting point for this year’s Hagerty Swap to Street Challenge. Photos courtesy of Hagerty. Hagerty Insurance wants consumers to know its employees are passionate abou...
Photo by Thomas A. DeMauro. Sometimes odd situations arise during a photoshoot. In this instance, it was the moon. While photographing Matt Barczak’s and Frank Arone’s concours-restored 1969 Z/28 las...
Photo by Richard Lentinello. Ask a bunch of students to design a car and you’re guaranteed to end up with some unconventional results. Actually produce any of those unconventional results and you’re ...
Images via OldCarBrochures. Recently, thanks to regular commenter italianiron, we were introduced to a nickname for the chrome trim pieces that adorn the rear flanks of 1951-1952 senior Packards: bot...
By now, just about anyone who is into vintage cars and has visited the Hemmings Daily knows who Henry Jamison “Jam” Handy was. We’ve frequently featured various selections from his treasury of automo...
Images courtesy AACA Library. Libraries aren’t exactly arcades, but video games did provide an introduction to cool cars for many a younger automotive enthusiast, so the AACA Library recently added a...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News As we posited in “ Earthbound Spaceship,” our Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car retrospective of the Citroen DS, this front wheel-drive Frenc...