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As part of its mission to “Preserve, Celebrate and Share Automotive History”, the Audrain Automobile Museum has announced that the...
Noted car and airplane collector General William Lyon passed away on May 22, at the age of 97. General Lyon, without question, led an achievement-filled life. Even more impressive is the fact General Lyon’s many accomplishments were wide ranging, as he made his mark as a successful businessman, a decorated...
For the first tmie in its 65-year history, the AACA has announced that it has had to cancel its annual...
Built from 1963–1966, the Alvis TE 21 (or Three Liter Series III) featured a 3.0-liter, inline 6-cylinder engine wrapped in...
If you are an old car buff, love beautiful scenery and friendly people, and want to visit a place where they speak English and you can drink the water, then New Zealand is the place for you. These are classics from various events in the land down under, the land...
The London Concours has announced the “Lost Marques” Display; an homage to the car manufacturers we have loved and lost over...
Italian automotive publishing legend Giorgio Nada, passed away on May 6th, due to complications from COVID-19. Starting with a small...
The tricyclecar, or trike, is a strange device in three wheels, at the midway between the motorbike and the car, its history goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. The dawn of the trike can be traced back to London in 1909, when Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan a...
After careful consideration and following the Governor of Michigan’s guidelines, the Board of Directors of the Concours d’Elegance of America...
“A technical product is not perfect until it is aesthetically impeccable as well,” Ettore Bugatti once said. And the company...
While closed during the Coronavirus pandemic, the Newport Car Museum has launched its first in a series of videos reviewing its collection of over 75 cars. Episode 1 covers the 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible… perhaps the perfect vehicle for social distancing. The Newport Car Museum features six galleries (Ford/Shelby,...
Developed first as a show car to celebrate the Ford Centennial, the Ford GT40 concept car came as a big...
It’s been 70 years since SEAT was founded on May 9, 1950, the company that helped democratize mobility in Spain...
More Cylinders: Jessie Vincent and the Packard Twin Six engine “The greatest piece of machinery that ever went upon the highways,” proclaimed Henry B. Joy, Packard president in 1915, extoling the virtues of the recent release of his company’s new engineering marvel, the Twin Six. Jessie Vincent, the brainchild of...
The UK’s Concours of Elegance has revealed two very special members of its 2020 Main Concours display: a pair of...
From Hiroshima cork producer to global car manufacturer, 2020 sees Mazda celebrate a century of engineering success. One hundred years...
Making its debut in New York, in April 1950, the Jowett Jupiter featured a tubular steel chassis mated to a 1486-cc, Flat-4 engine that was mounted low and ahead of the front axle line. Utilizing torsion bar suspension at the front, in conjunction with independent suspension at the rear, the...
In the early 1950s, Americans looked forward to attending auto shows for the unveiling of the manufacture’s latest offerings. Adding...
Knowing that entrants, judges, volunteers and guests face ongoing health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials of the Pebble...
It was September of 1964, when Porsche brought out the Ferry “Butzi” Porsche designed 6-cylinder 911 as the successor to the much loved 356. But the price of the new offering was making Porsche owners cringe. At the time, a 1600 SC 356 coupe was going for DM 16,450 and...
Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 in the UK, the Directors of Salon Privé have taken a pragmatic decision...
He simply adored Bugatti: Fritz Schlumpf had to own as many of the 30 vehicles as possible because he wanted...
Although the Petersen Automotive Museum remains closed to the public due to COVID-19, the museum will continue its eight-year tradition of Breakfast Club Cruise-Ins in a new digital format. The museum has opened submissions for the world’s first global, virtual Cars and Coffee event, which will consist of a 90-minute...
In 1972, I was 10-years old when my dad drove home in a tiny little black convertible. I’d never seen...
With the Type 41 Royale, in 1926, Bugatti presented the strongest, largest and most luxurious automobile in the world, characterized...
Built to showcase Vauxhall’s design innovation and autonomy in the mid-’60s, the XVR project was managed by the legendary Wayne Cherry at Luton’s industry-leading Design & Engineering Centre, later to become Vauxhall’s Griffin House HQ. Inspired by parent company GM’s work with concepts in the U.S. – including the ‘65...
When I moved to Tennessee a few years ago, one of the first things I did was look for a...
The Luftgekühlt gathering of the air-cooled Porsche faithful has been rescheduled for November 1, 2020. In the Porsche vernacular, Luftgekühlt...
The first thing one might ask about this car is what is it? The simple answer is its a Thing. This was only true in the United States and Europe, however in Mexico and South America, the simply shaped vehicle was known as the Safari, and in the United Kingdom...
