The Better-Balanced Porsche – 1969 Porsche 912
Tim Gallagher’s 1969 Porsche 912. Photos by author. Formerly the Rodney Dangerfield of Porsches, the 912 seems to have come a long way in recent years. In the not-too-distant past, a good, clean 912 ...
Tim Gallagher’s 1969 Porsche 912. Photos by author. Formerly the Rodney Dangerfield of Porsches, the 912 seems to have come a long way in recent years. In the not-too-distant past, a good, clean 912 ...
From the seller’s description: 1972 BMW 2002 looking for a new home. The car, affectionately known as Beanie within our family, has been owned by us since new, and mileage now stands at 50,280 miles....
From the seller’s description: Motorcar studio is pleased to offer this rare 1971 Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback. A great-looking, honest example with 74,000 believed to be original miles and three owner...
“We should not teach them to be afraid,” Hermann Zapp said of the four kids he and his wife had while on a 17-year road trip around the world behind the wheel of a 1928 Graham-Paige. “We should teach...
From the seller’s description: For sale is a 1991 VW Golf Country Chrome SYNCRO 4WD with only 21,049 documented km (13,079 miles). This is an extremely rare and coveted car in itself with only 500 Co...
The Volkswagen New Beetle RSi attracts loads of attention, but it’s not the kind you really want. Even in Germany most people don’t know Volkswagen built a super Bug. Motorists and passerby quickly w...
The beauty of the old car hobby is this: There’s something to interest just about everyone, across a wide variety of price points. Most editions of the $5,000 Challenge have focused on automobiles fr...
Like Enzo Ferrari, Ettore Bugatti is one of the most revered European auto builders whose cars only barely eclipsed the story of his life, as told in this short video biography that Mac’s Motor City ...
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 ...
From the seller’s description: A 1977-1/2 Porsche 924, purchased new and owned by a retired colonel USA for forty years, is up for sale. As stock a model as is possible, this well-cared-for Porsche i...
http://www.Fatlace.com We spent two days living and breathing RAUH-Welt BEGRIFF (RWB) from morning to midnight. Nakai-San from RWB creates some of the most unique Porsches in the world, this film cap...
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-...
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,...
1984 BMW 520i for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Meticulously maintained and incredibly well documented. Bronzit with Nutria brown leather. I am the second owner. The original o...
Fiat 124 Sport Spiders were well-represented at the 11th annual Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Show. Photos by author. What can you say about a car show that serves up everything from vintage Volkswage...
Volkswagen’s EA-48 prototype. Photos courtesy Volkswagen AG, unless otherwise noted. The original Mini is often credited for laying the foundations of the city car as we know it today. However, that ...
Mercedes compact design study from 1948. Photos courtesy the Mercedes-Benz archives. Mercedes-Benz made global headlines when it presented the 190 (called w201 internally) in late 1982. To the public...
From the seller’s description: The Car – History 1973 BMW 3.0 CS (European Specification) Original sale in Ferrara Italy in January 1974 Transported to USA before 1986 Car was owned by same owner fro...
The Borgward Traumwagen (Dream Car). Photo courtesy Borgward. While 1950s concept cars are typically associated with American automakers, a few European companies were pushing the design and engineer...
A four-speed, rear-wheel-drive, dual-carb two-door station wagon might seem like a unicorn these days, but that’s exactly how this 1968 Opel Kadett L station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com is equippe...
MG’s ad in the Earls Court catalogue. One of this country’s foremost historians on Classic cars, and regular contributor to Hemmings Classic Car magazine, Walt Gosden, gave me the catalogue for the 1...
Prices for driver-quality Volkswagen Beetles have been on an upward swing in recent years, as a once seemingly endless supply has dwindled dramatically. Worse, many surviving examples have been custo...
Not sure exactly where Porshce’s ad agency at the time shot this photo for an ad for the 911, so if anybody recognizes the bridge the Neun-Elf is on, let us know. In the meantime, there’s plenty of E...
Photographer Tom Blachford’s Midnight Modern series expertly pairs mid-century modern architecture found throughout Palm Springs, California, with automobiles representative of the mid-century era, a...
Making the rounds this week has been this Porsche-produced video targeted to the American market showing how Stuttgart built the 356. * How many times does the narrator of this early Seventies Jeep W...