All images courtesy the author. When America’s favorite automotive journalist tested “one of the snappiest little cars on the road” in Buffalo, New York, he was mobbed at every stop. “The sheered off...
Photo by Nyttend. Abandoned more than a decade ago, the once-condemned former Crosley headquarters and factory in Cincinnati is headed for an uncertain future now that a developer has scuttled its $3...
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...
For years, the family car was a sure-fire way to inform the neighbors of a change in status. A tired Rambler may have been tucked away in the garage, out of sight, but the new Buick, Lincoln, or Impe...
Photo and collage by the author. There’s the car, of course, perhaps the most successful attempt at an American microcar. But there’s also the anti-baldness device, the proximity fuze, the refrigerat...
Coachbuilder Hans Leo Senden’s take on the Porsche 911 caught the eye of the crew from Ferdinand at the recent Techno Classica Essen. The phrase “Fred-in-a-shed” caught our eye. * The Crosleykook spe...
Safety equipment was minimal, the pits were dirt, and the grills were constantly aflame. A recent photo essay on Native Customs looks at the drag racing scene in one small town in Brazil, which remin...
Photos courtesy Paul Schilperoord and Lorenz Schmid. These days it looks more like a child’s drawing of a genericar come to life with its inartful blend of boxy body and round hood, but a pair of Eur...
Divcos from the Hackenberger Collection. Photos courtesy VanDerBrink Auctions. Ron Hackenberger of Norwalk, Ohio, is our kind of guy. He started collecting cars when he bought a 1948 Studebaker at ag...
1991 Nissan Figaro for sale. From the seller’s description: 1,000 CC Turbo Charged Engine that is both nifty and economical. Also has convertible with the roof stowing in the trunk. The Nissan Figaro...
Photos courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. It’s much more complete than the bitsa that formed the basis of the first Crosley club youth project, but there’s still plenty of work to be done on the 1950 ...
Photo courtesy Chevrolet Caribbean. Finding common ground helps foster connections among rivals and opponents, whatever the matter at hand. Adherents of many diverse philosophies, tenets and tribes c...
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...
Photos courtesy Tim Cunningham. They flew. They lit up the darkness. They did not, however – could not, in fact – drive under their own power, yet they remain some of the world’s best-known Trabants ...
1964 Abarth 850 TC replica for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: replica ex-Coppa Mille racer with Autobianchi A112 70HP engine, dual wishbone front suspension, fiberglass doors an...
Photo courtesy FCA. After our recent-ish story on the end of Zastava, we got to thinking which Fiat model was most successful not necessarily in its home market, but abroad, built under license or so...
The award-winning 1958 Subaru 360 K111. Photo courtesy of Fuji Heavy Industries. The Subaru 360 may not have been an ideal fit for American consumers, but in Japan, the “Ladybug” became a cultural ic...
Photo courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. Not all youth project cars like the one sponsored by the Crosley Automobile Club end in success, which was why the members of the club, upon the completion of ...
Provided photo. No factory has been constructed. No supplies stockpiled. No new engines developed, not even an LLC formed. Still, an effort to revive the two-seater King Midget will launch next month...
A model poses with a 1960 GAZ 69 in a scene from the company’s calendar. Photos courtesy Arbalet Ukraine. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Alenka Miroshnyk earned a living as a fashion design...
LEGO bricks are supposed to be square, right? And yet, somehow, the toymaker put together an 1,167-piece kit of one of the most-rounded vehicles of all time. I guess a Lada would’ve been too easy. * ...
Photos by the author. Italy’s carrozzerias were renowned for crafting beautifully shaped sports car bodies out of hand-formed aluminum, but in England, where the burgeoning sports car and racing spec...
Take a Mini Moke racing? Sure, why not, especially if it’s got a fiberglass body draped over it like this 1965 Mooncraft Moke Sport for sale on Hemmings.com, which appears to have seen some racing si...
The photo above, which came from the Culture Ride Tumblog, might look a little strange, but it’s not the result of any sort of forced perspective or other camera tricks. Instead, the Beetle on the ri...
Some companies made the leap from two wheels to four very gracefully and successfully: BMW, Honda, Suzuki and Triumph come to mind. Italian scooter-maker Vespa, however, wasn’t one of those companies...