The iconic Morgan 3 Wheeler is set to embark on its most arduous adventure yet, the Trans-India Challenge. The 3,500-mile,...
Debuted at the 1978 Turin Auto Show, the Lancia Bertone Siblo was a concept car designed by Marcello Gandini for...
The Silver Anniversary Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance features a special class of cars seldom honored, seen or even acknowledged in typical concours competition. Among the long hoods, gleaming wire wheels and bespoke coachwork, the 25th annual Amelia will feature a special class of cars with admirable civic intentions, missions of...
Maserati has always been known for cars of exceptional luxury, elegance and performance, demonstrated by the choice of Quattroporte models...
Ray Petros is a dedicated Studebaker collector. It is natural that he focuses on that marque, since his family were...
The Peninsula today announced the eight nominees for its prestigious The Peninsula Classics 2019 Best of the Best Award, an accolade presented to the world’s most exceptional classic car. The selected vehicles were built by automakers from five different countries over a span of nearly 40 years, 1919 to 1958....
Mecum’s recent Kansas City auction, held Dec. 5-7 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Missouri, saw sales reach an...
The remarkable Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale must be counted as among the most beautiful sports car designs of the twentieth...
Celebrating 70 Years of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance The competition for a spot on the show field of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance can be fierce. Tougher still is the contest to win one’s class and go on to compete for Best of Show. Each year just one car...
Why an auto manufacture would choose a motto, “Le Juste Milieu,” that means “The Happy Mean,” will remain unanswered despite...
Sixty years ago, on Nov. 29, the Maserati 5000 GT, a 2+2 coupé, was presented at the Turin Motor Show...
The Alfa Romeo Caimano was a design concept executed by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign, for the 1971 Turin Motor Show. Giugiaro was given the 1300-cc Alfasud, with its Flat-4 engine as a starting point and then told there would be no boundaries…other than the final concept would never be put...
When you think of Volkswagen you don’t often use of the word rare, but in this case, with a 1958...
Mitsubishi Motors has announced that its seminal 1917 Model A has been selected by the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame...
I recently gave a talk to a collector car gathering in the Bay Area. The Q&A after these talks is always enlightening, so I try to remember those questions as a way to improve my presentations. After the group departed, we funneled into the parking lot where I greeted someone...
We spotted Don Murray’s gorgeous Iso Grifo coupe at his private collection in Irvine California, and wondered what it was....
As an unseasonably mild London was still shrouded by darkness, nearly 400 pioneering veteran cars, their drivers and passengers gathered...
In September, the organizers of The Elegance at Hershey announced that they would not hold the prestigious concours in 2020. While leaving the door open for future iterations of the event, it is unclear whether the concours will return to the annual calendar. Below is the official announcement from the...
Designed by Franco Scaglione and built by Carrozzeria Sargiotto, the Lamborghini 350 GTV prototype made its debut at the 1963...
2-Liter Tourisme an honest car Without any doubt, the Ballot 2LS was a brilliant design, what with its cutting-edge technology...
Max Hoffman was a racecar driver in Europe before immigrating to the United States to avoid the Nazis. Hoffman became an importer of European automobiles into the U.S., in the 1950s. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
Bespoke Rallies unveiled its biggest ever calendar of classic and 4×4 rallies at the recent Goodwood Revival – the comprehensive...
Italians do some great things with cars. Well, to be fair, they pretty much do everything with a great deal...
China’s first – and only – private historic vehicle museum has joined FIVA (the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens). The Sanhe Classic Car Museum (SCCM), in Chengdu, boasts a collection of some 230 historic cars, with more than 30 marques dating from the early 1900s to the 1990s. “It’s hard...
The first Japanese Grand Prix held in 1963, at Honda’s then very new facility at Suzuka, is generally recognized as...
Before WWII, the term “sports car” was an alien phrase in the USA. There was no such thing. Returning G.I.s...
A very rare Shelby was profiled in the December 2013 issue of Vintage Roadcar (The Only One – 1967 Shelby GT 500 Convertible). It was the only 1967 G.T. 500 convertible ever built. At the time, it was believed to have been built as a prototype for the upcoming 1968...
Every year the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance offers a spectacular showing of amazing cars. I am fortunate to get a...
Beverly Rae Kimes has been called the “First Lady of Automotive History” for good reason. She has written histories of...
Mecum’s recent collector car auction, held Aug. 15-17 in Monterey, California, brought $32.2 million in overall sales by auction close, and totals have since reached $38 million with the addition of successful post-auction Bid Goes On deals and sales of vehicles within the Blackhawk Exposition offering. As negotiations continue, Monterey...
