This is the sad tale of my first chance to own a sports car and how I blew it—the chance,...
Karl Abarth was a magician. A waver of wands whose magic brought the exquisite pleasure of higher-performance motoring and motor...
As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing in America, with a career spanning from the late 1940s well into the 1960s, but Jack the man was a relatively shy and soft-spoken person. Known fondly as “Jack the...
When Enzo Ferrari began building cars under his own name in 1947 he built racecars, satisfying a pent up desire...
One of the stars taking the green at this year’s Greenwich Concours, June 1-2, will be a very rare Ghia-bodied...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders and a separate bonnet, as opposed to the standard DB2’s forward-hinged front end. Photo: Kevin Kay Restorations After World War II, many of the world’s auto manufacturers returned to car production...
Thanks to the Karmann Ghia, Volkswagen had a car in its lineup in the mid-1950s that was positioned above the...
This Ghia-bodied Chrysler Dart was one of the largest cars in the Turin car show in 1956. It was an example of the Chrysler watchwords of “Forward Look” and “Flight Sweep” carried to a logical extreme. Significant features of the concept car include the development of the windscreen into a...
Track map from the event program (inset) and an aerial view (main image) taken after several years of racing. The...
A 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Sport Cabriolet A was selected as Best of Show at the second annual Arizona Concours...
A rare Cadillac, once owned by 1940s Silver Screen starlet Rita Hayworth, will be one of several iconic automobiles of note displayed at the 2015 Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance on Saturday, May 2 at Pinehurst Resort. The 1953 Cadillac coupe Series 62 with bodywork by Ghia is one of only two...
Arizona Concours d’Elegance, Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix January 10-12, 2015 (Click to enlarge images) Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
A rare 1958 Dual-Ghia that recently received a complete concours-level restoration is among the cars being offered for sale at...
As a man possessed of virtually boundless vision and drive, Eugene Casaroll almost single-handedly invented the car-delivery business with his foundation of Auto Shippers and his Dual Motors Corporation built fleets of twin-engine military vehicles for America and its WWII allies. Next, he diversified into high-end automobile manufacturing by acquiring...
The Ghia 450 SS challenge arrived at Ghia studios as one of the first assignments offered to their newest employee,...
The 1953 Turin Auto Show must have been quite a sight. It presented cars of what would become a landmark...
December 2017 Comb through the history of 20th century car designs, and one name continually appears over and over again. Tom Tjaarda. Though Tjaarda never penned his name as a brand or touted his individual accomplishments, he quietly assembled an astonishing career of automotive achievements. Indeed, Tjaarda (a U.S.-born, Detroit...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in...
In the 1940s, Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge division had a reputation for building solid, dependable, conservatively styled cars. That was fine, however, Chrysler wanted to add some glamour and excitement to their cars. The American public was fascinated with the new jet-age technology that had developed after the war and car...
When you think of Volkswagen you don’t often use of the word rare, but in this case, with a 1958...
The Swiss Aigle offshoot of Italian Carrozzeria Ghia bodied this 1949 Delahaye 135MS Coupé in a sleek, all enveloping body...
In 1953, Chrysler’s famed design chief, Virgil Exner entered into a partnership with the Italian styling house Ghia to produce four Dodge concept cars on a 119-in wheelbase chassis with Dodge’s Red Ram Hemi V8 engine. The two-seat convertible pictured was the first of these Firearrows, but was a non-running...
Although the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 of the late-1930s and immediate post-war years lingered on the market until 1953, its...
