We open the smallish front doors, typical of open cars of the 1920s, and climb in. Chris Kidd pulls down...
The son of a wealthy Tennessee family, Pete Kreis had grown up during the time that European manufacturers dominated automobile...
Jay Leno’s Garage featured the “Twenty Grand”, a car unveiled at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and considered by many to be the grandest Duesenberg in existence. ...
A unique Duesenberg reprised its early role as Concours winner by taking the top prize at the Pebble Beach Concours...
The search for speed has motivated every racer since the dawn of the sport, obsessively driving them to go as...
What was for the last 25 years The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is now The Amelia Concours. On the surface, that’s among the biggest changes to this great weekend of events. Founder and previous Chairman Bill Warner, after giving birth to this amazing phenom and sheparding it to adulthood for the...
Words by Sean Smith / Photos by Sean Smith & Michael DiPleco When you hear the word Duesenberg you have...
In January, Worldwide Auctioneers will be back in Arizona for its much-awaited annual boutique sale, The Scottsdale Auction. The auction...
See our coverage of the 2021 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance. The 25th annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance has picked a 1927 Mercedes-Benz Model K for this year’s Best in Show awardee. After a two-year hiatus, the Concours went back to Roger Sherman Baldwin Park for the event. The show will be back...
The 25th anniversary edition of the Concours – now owned and produced by Hagerty – expanded the automotive experience to an...
A 1927 Mercedes-Benz Model K was chosen as this year’s Best in Show at the 25th annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance....
Harold LeMay’s Humble Beginnings We’re all familiar with the expression “One person’s trash is another one’s treasure.” In the case of the late Harold LeMay, along with his wife Nancy, the trash led to the treasure. Washingtonians Mr. and Mrs. LeMay made their considerable fortune in the commercial waste management...
Since 2009, Mecum Auctions has been hosting the Daytime Auction in Monterey annually during Car Week. This year, they returned...
Long recognized as a superlative showcase of automotive history, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance made history of its own at...
RM Sotheby’s will be hosting their flagship Monterey auction on August 13-14, with the company recently announcing an array of impressive new consignments. Additions to the sale now include some of the most historically significant road and race cars from both the pre- and post-war decades. Le Mans Legends With the recent addition of...
The Mecum Indy 2021 auction set a new record for Mecum Indy with $107.8 Million in sales and marks the...
Not only did it happen, but it happened at the highest levels Photos by Matt Stone & Deremer Studios, LLC...
The Mecum Indy 2021 Auction is to be held on May 14 -22 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, with the line-up of vehicles heading to the auction block nothing short of spectacular, to say the least. Here’s a preview of some of the stand-out vehicles featured at the Mecum Indy...
Heading to auction on May 22 at the 2021 Amelia Island RM Sotheby’s Auction is a rare 1929 Duesenberg Model...
A Review of the Jaguar E-Type. Each major automotive industry has its own fair share of icons, but there’s always...
A special class of rare, exotic and historic Hispano-Suizas is scheduled to be the classic centerpiece of the 26th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on May 23, 2021. The Spanish-Swiss marque was incorporated in Barcelona in 1904 as La Fabrica de Automoviles La Hispano-Suiza formed from the remnants of two...
A special class of rare, exotic, and important Hispano-Suizas is planned to be the classic centerpiece of the 2021 Amelia Island...
A half century has passed since the first Shadow made its competition debut at Mosport in the opening round of...
American style and simplicity defeated Europe’s complex cars and engines at Le Mans in 1921 to put the seal on the straight-eight era. This great victory celebrates its centenary this year. [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f reliability is an asset for a racing engine, the 1921 3-liter Duesenberg was so blessed. Jimmy Murphy’s Duesenberg...
The Brumos Collection recently announced that it will reopen to the public on January 21, 2021. The internationally acclaimed collector car destination had...
The Petersen Museum continues to deliver outstanding content to the public despite the difficulties faced by the pandemic. A recent...
Tickets on Sale now for Remarkable Concours of Elegance Tenth Annual Show The Concours of Elegance will be presenting its most spectacular and diverse event yet in 2021 for its 10th annual show and in the year of Her Majesty The Queen’s 95th birthday. Tickets for the top concours d’elegance event in the...
The newly formed STD Motors awarded their three marques—Sunbeam, Talbot and Darracq—the honor of a racing effort in 1921-’22. Sunbeam...
Money alone isn’t enough to revive a legendary marque, especially when that marque is Bugatti. To give such compelling heritage...
The fastidious piece-by-piece process of reviving a remarkably rare 1925 Bugatti Type 35 racecar has been thoroughly recorded in the latest episode of The Brumos Collection’s “Inside The 59” YouTube series. The Type 35 that was restored was originally owned by Standard Oil heir, Wallis Bird. 12 years following its construction...
