It was possibly the greatest automotive marketing slogan ever – “Ask the Man Who Owns One.” Packards were such high...
Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500?...
Gabriel Voisin was born in 1880, in Belleville-sur-Saone. As a young man he studied industrial design in Lyons. In 1908, Voisin was credited with building Europe’s first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of sustained flight. Gabriel and his brother Charles started the company “Appareils d’Aviation Les Freres Voisin,” which became...
David Dunbar Buick David Dubar Buick was born in Arbroath, Scotland, in 1854, and brought to Detroit, Michigan, at the...
A striking midnight blue 1931 Cadillac 452A owned by 90-year-old Charles Gillet of Lutherville, Maryland, was awarded the Best in...
In January 1933, Pierce-Arrow revealed a new design at the New York Auto Auto Show. The official announcement, of January 6, 1933, stated, “In addition to introducing a complete line of Twelves and Eights at the National Auto Show in New York this week, Pierce-Arrow surprised the industry by exhibiting...
1934 advertisement for the Pierce-Arrow “Silver Arrow”, available as either a 175-hp, 12-cylinder or a 140-hp, 8-cylinder model....
Bruce Bromme Sr. was born in 1917, and shortly thereafter was thrust into the world of racing. His father,...
Just how far will a fanatical collector go to capture the racecar of his obsessions? Would he carry a satchel stuffed with large sums of cash to meet a stranger in a dubious location? Or would he crawl across a filthy garage floor bare-chested over broken glass to get to...
A very deserving 1937 Delage was named Best In Show at the annual Keeneland Concours d’Elegance on July 20. The...
July 3, 1938; French Grand Prix; Reims-Gueux Hermann Lang, in the Mercedes-Benz W154, at full speed across the fields of...
The Albi Grand Prix; Albi, France, July 16, 1939 Arthur Dobson in the very fast E.R.A. E-type which set pole position time in practice. His race was not so fortunate, for although he set the fastest lap during the first heat—an improvement of 5 seconds under his practice time—his engine...
The lunacy of automotive collecting has no bounds. My personal journey has taken me from Italian coach-builts to vintage racecars...
This car, which ran as the Multi-Union and was quite modern in look, was actually built up from an Alfa...
Tommy Ivo’s career in Hollywood spanned nearly two decades. The pocket-sized actor/singer/dancer appeared in more than 100 movies and 200 television shows. Often cast as a brainy teen, the studios had no idea of the thundering power hidden within this wee man’s frame. Over the span of his drag racing...
In the early going of the 1934 Coppa Acerbo, in Pescara, Italy, Hans Stuck’s Auto Union Type A led Achille...
The 1936 Duesenberg SJN (Supercharged) and the 1968 Ford GT40 “#1075” won the Best In Show honors on Sunday, March...
1939 2-Liter Monoposto Speed Model Back in 1966 I bought the second serious car I ever owned, a 1958 Aston Martin DB 2/4 Mk.III—the last production car before the DB4 came along and brought Aston Martin into the modern age. My insurance broker struggled to get coverage for the Aston,...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos...
Bentley has re-created a long-lost car from its illustrious past that provides a crucial link in the history of its...
The motorsport industry considers the Goodwood Festival of Speed as a sacred site. This event takes place in late June or early July and showcases a wide range of vehicles, including pre-war cars, prototypes, and modern electric race cars. The highlight of the festival, without a doubt, are the races,...
1934 Team Talbot 105s When the conversation turns to the great prewar race and rally teams, the big names—Bentley, Maserati,...
Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM, during the Donington Grand Prix, on October...
Beverly Rae Kimes has been called the “First Lady of Automotive History” for good reason. She has written histories of many of the great cars of the 20th century. Her article titled “Auburn – From Runabout to Speedster,” published in Automobile Quarterly Volume V, Number 4, provides an interesting opinion about Auburn automobiles:...
Photo: Ian Welsh Heavy rain, corrugated iron roof and a cup of tea! You really can’t get more Australian than...
The aristocracy of automobile marques in the days before the Great Depression was comprised almost exclusively of products from European...
One of the most revered sports cars in the world is the SSK and this one features the most dramatic body of them all. It’s nicknamed after Carlo Trossi who was its first owner and had close connections to the industry. In fact, he had the foresight to be an...
The 1932 season would be fought without the German cars from Daimler Benz. It would also be one with an...
Introduced in February 1933 at the Berlin Motor Show, the Mercedes-Benz SS was a six-cylinder automobile that was produced until...
Bugatti presented the Type 59 Sports for the first time on September 24, 1933, at the San Sebastian Grand Prix. A marvel of engineering both powerful and delicate. Beneath its sleek and low lines, the supercharged inline eight-cylinder engine fit almost perfectly. The wheels with piano wire spokes minimized unsprung...
