Images are from the brochure collection of the author Few cars are as strongly identified with the 1980s as is the stainless steel-skinned sports car from the De Lorean Motor Company. This Giugiaro-s...
Words and photographs by Peter Doherty. I have a little paperback book on my bookshelf that somehow has survived nearly 50 years of life changes and house moves. The publication date inside says 1966...
Photo via Detroit Free Press ; brochure image via lov2xlr8.no. If success has many fathers, then Colin Neale had many children. As a longtime designer for both Ford and Chrysler and a close associate...
Photo courtesy New England Auto Museum. Pinning down a birth date for Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team isn’t exactly straightforward. Could have taken place in 1948, 1958, or any number of...
On the right is our Miro-Flex Model 18 Miro-Flare. On the left is an unmarked version. Note the holders for flags positioned between the reflectors. Nobody wants to imagine a breakdown, especially at...
2017 Fiat 124 Spider. Photos by author. Fiat hasn’t sold a compact roadster in the U.S. market since 1982, or 1985 if you count the Pininfarina-badged variant of the 124 Sport Spider. That changes in...
Customized 1975 Porsche 914 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This is a 1975 Porsche 914-6, one of one with custom bodywork, laid back windshield, Fixed roof, Ferrari Fly Yello...
Photo by Shawn Wilson. Of all the cities in the world important to automotive history – Turin, Stuttgart, Indianapolis, Coventry, Yokohama – the Automotive Hall of Fame currently resides in Dearborn,...
Stills taken from Honda video. Were it up to Honda, the very first car the company built for the United States would’ve gone through a crusher nearly 50 years ago, relegated to becoming another anony...
1967 Mazda Cosmo Sport for sale. From the seller’s description: One of Just 343 Series I Cosmos Extensive, Professional Two-Year, Photo-Documented Restoration Mazda’s First Sports Car and the First S...
Dating to 1984, this 25-minute interview with Enzo Ferrari is probably the best such interview put down on video and the best account of Ferrari from Ferrari himself. * Chrysler didn’t just whip up t...
Restoring his 1957 Pontiac Safari for the road probably would have gotten it more use at cruise-ins and other old car gatherings, but Alan Freed had it restored as it was built – as a Hy-Rail, intend...
1950 Allard J2 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1950 J2, chassis #99J1851, is the sister car to the famous Pollard #14 Allard. Tom Carsten, of Pacific NW Racing fame, own...
Photo by the author. Scandinavian attitudes toward automotive preservation. Preserving the skills necessary for auto restoration. How scrappage programs have influenced old car collectability. The sl...
Photos by the author. The Beetle GSR that Volkswagen launched during the 2013 edition of the Chicago Auto Show wasn’t the first of its kind. The GSR nameplate was introduced in late 1972 on a limited...
1956 Porsche 550 Rennsport Spyder, chassis 550-0090. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Built from 1953 until 1956, Porsche’s 550 Rennsport Spyders have always been desirable cars. Most were raced in-...
When it comes to cars and driving, each of us dream differently. For some, bliss is a winding mountain road and an agile sports car, while for others it’s a plush, family-sized station wagon and a st...
1935 Georges Irat 6CV for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Rare pre-war french sports car. This is one of approximately 1488 examples produced and introduced at the Paris Salon. I...
While researching the story on the Holden collection auction earlier this week, we came across this short video on the design and engineering of the first Holden. It’s a story pretty much every Austr...
One has to wonder how so many carmakers get away with appropriating reusing existing names in the automotive pantheon. By dint of their size and access to lawyers, probably. As we ponder that, the Hi...
Photos by Richard Lentinello. It’s one of the prettiest sports cars ever made. Blessed with delicate, flowing lines, the MGA’s persuasive form is the reason behind its magnetic appeal. In production ...
2005 Acura NSX. Photo by Linhbergh LLC; all photos courtesy Auctions America. Once largely ignored by collectors, Japanese cars are growing in both demand and price, with clean examples of desirable ...
From the seller’s description: 1972 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. Starts-Drives-Shifts-Stops very well. 4 speed manual, 1600 dual port–60hp. Electronic ignition, new alternator, new battery, recent tires,...