In the 1940s, Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge division had a reputation for building solid, dependable, conservatively styled cars. That was fine,...
A rare Cadillac, once owned by 1940s Silver Screen starlet Rita Hayworth, will be one of several iconic automobiles of...
Track map from the event program (inset) and an aerial view (main image) taken after several years of racing. The airport’s main runway has since been reconstructed parallel to Hollister, the street on the far left, so the track could no longer be run as it once was.Photo: Michael A....
Although the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 of the late-1930s and immediate post-war years lingered on the market until 1953, its...
One of the stars taking the green at this year’s Greenwich Concours, June 1-2, will be a very rare Ghia-bodied...
The Ghia 450 SS challenge arrived at Ghia studios as one of the first assignments offered to their newest employee, Giorgetto Giugiaro, at the dawn of his brief but productive two-year position at Ghia. Hollywood producer and media mogul Burt Sugarman had seen the1965 Ghia Fiat on the cover of...
The Swiss Aigle offshoot of Italian Carrozzeria Ghia bodied this 1949 Delahaye 135MS Coupé in a sleek, all enveloping body...
As a man possessed of virtually boundless vision and drive, Eugene Casaroll almost single-handedly invented the car-delivery business with his...
When you think of Volkswagen you don’t often use of the word rare, but in this case, with a 1958 Karmann Ghia Lowlight Coupe, it is the right word. Volkswagen wanted to be a part of other markets. They needed something other than their ubiquitous Beetle, something with more flair,...
In 1953, Chrysler’s famed design chief, Virgil Exner entered into a partnership with the Italian styling house Ghia to produce...
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...
Thanks to the Karmann Ghia, Volkswagen had a car in its lineup in the mid-1950s that was positioned above the...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in...
Karl Abarth was a magician. A waver of wands whose magic brought the exquisite pleasure of higher-performance motoring and motor racing to men and women of modest means. His speciality was conversion. And he turned the Fiat 500 and 600 low-powered tin boxes into teeth-gnashing, tire-smoking predators that won thousands...
When Enzo Ferrari began building cars under his own name in 1947 he built racecars, satisfying a pent up desire...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders...
Jonathan Williams Alessandro (Alejandro) De Tomaso was born in Buenos Aires into an influential political family. He became a racing driver, but left Argentina in a hurry after being involved in a plot to remove the then president, Juan Peron. He relocated to Modena where he continued racing for Osca,...
This is the sad tale of my first chance to own a sports car and how I blew it—the chance,...
A 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Sport Cabriolet A was selected as Best of Show at the second annual Arizona Concours...
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...
The 1953 Turin Auto Show must have been quite a sight. It presented cars of what would become a landmark...
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 Russo and Steele’s Monterey Auction on August 13-15 on the waterfront at Fisherman’s Wharf. One of only about 100 examples ever produced, the Dual-Ghia was envisioned by Eugene Casaroll, the...
