Pasadena, California, October 23, 2016 This 1956 BMW 502 Baur Cabriolet was displayed by Michael and Barbara Malamut Emily and...
1983 Ferrari 512 BBi When word gets out that a particular car will be profiled, lots of comments, mostly unsolicited, are received. In the case of the Ferrari 512BBi, the comments ranged from “it’s a beast, and it will bite you,” to “it’s a puppy dog; powerful, but sweet.” When...
I have issues…and almost all of them trace back to Ferrari Working on this All-Ferrari focused special issue has got...
From Humble Beginnings to an Enviable Collection of 30-Plus Cars J. Michael Hemsley had the honor of meeting African-American collecting...
The judges at November’s 15th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance selected a 1914 Stutz Bearcat (pictured) owned by Brian and Trish White of Apex, North Carolina, for the coveted Best of Show Award. Alternatively, attendees at the event made a 1956 Dodge Custom Royal owned by...
• The 22nd Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance, benefiting The Boys & Girls Harbor, has announced the featured marques for...
Sothern Californian has long been a hotbed of the classic car community, and now one of the UK’s most successful...
Pasadena, California’s ArtCenter College of Design annually welcomes those interested in automotive design to its Car Classic exhibition on campus, held this year on October 23 and called “Built by Hand.” Billed as an event “where extraordinary ideas are realized as visionaries push transportation boundaries to a limitless future,” this...
Porsche Cars North America has opened its $60 million Experience Center and Motorsport Headquarters in suburban Los Angeles, the second...
Designed by the legendary Leonardo Fioravanti, the same man responsible for some of the greatest Pininfarina/Ferrari designs, the original 206...
Enzo Ferrari, in his autobiography in Automobile Quarterly Volume III No. 1, said “I have, in fact, no interests in life outside racing cars….” Yet, it was that interest in racing cars that led him to build some of the most desirable road cars in the world—sales of the road...
After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own… A little over a year ago, I lamented in this space [“5-year Paradigm, VR, June 2015] about the U.S.’s lack of a major classic car show, such as France’s Retromobile or the UK’s...
• Ferrari of North America has announced a special Ferrari Classiche Concours d’Elegance will be held December 1-4, 2016, in conjunction...
1948 Delahaye 135M Cabriolet It is difficult to decide whether the Italians or the French designed the most beautiful cars...
1952 Allard J2X At a sports and exotic car show a while ago, I was feasting my eyes on sculpted classic Ferraris and Maseratis when the ground began to tremble under my feet. As the rumbling got more insistent, I instinctively looked for cover. It was then that I noticed...
Daughter of famed coachbuilder Henri Chapron In the midst of celebrating the coachwork of Henri Chapron, at this year’s Pebble...
Mecum Auctions returned to its suburban Chicagoland roots for Mecum Chicago 2016 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, where 435...
A 1930 Duesenberg Model J Dual-Cowl Phaeton offered from 54 years of single-family ownership brought in the top price of RM Sotheby’s 10th Anniversary Hershey sale, generating a top bid of more than $2 million for a car that is one of only three in existence. RM Sotheby’s recorded $11.58...
A 1909 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost belonging to DeNean Stafford III was selected as the overall Best of Show winner at...
Le Mans, 1960. You can imagine the scene. The coming decade was cresting the ’50s into oblivion. The vast high-speed...
Societa Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori was an aftermarket company that produced parts to “hot rod” Fiats. The company was started in 1926 by Giorgio Ambrosini, an aspiring racecar driver. After the second World War, the company started building its own cars under the Siata name. Become a Member & Get...
Milwaukee, WI • August 28, 2016 1954 Ferrari Monza 250 Spider of auction impressario Dana Mecum. James Schaid’s 1963 Ferrari...
The 67th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will take place Sunday, August 20, 2017, and the grounds of the Lodge at...
Argentina’s Autoclásica 2016, held October 7-10, was the venue for the presentation of the Federation Internationale des Vehicules Ancien’s final preservation award before the year’s award-winning cars are invited to assemble in Paris for a celebration of World Motoring Heritage Year. That celebration, “Paris Week,” is being organized by FIVA...
Automotive Karma can be a bitch… I can’t help but laugh…I’d cry if I didn’t. Become a Member & Get...
One year after its grand re-opening, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will unveil the most comprehensive retrospective on the Bugatti...
The 1953 Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina Spider of Andreas Mohringer won the Rolex Circle of Champions Best of Show Award on Friday, August 19, at the 14th annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. The car is the only unrestored racing Ferrari 375 MM PF Spider existing out of the...
