Unveiled at the 2002 Detroit Auto Show, the Cadillac Cien Concept car was designed by Simon Cox at GM’s Advanced...
Rolls-Royce’s brilliant, first post-war design is as enjoyable to drive now as it was then. The Silver Wraith was the...
In 1963, the Giulia Sprint GT was first shown to the press at Alfa’s recently opened plant in Arese, followed later that month when the public got a look at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The body was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro for Bertone and the look was a progression and...
History literally repeated itself recently, as Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 1701 re-enacted its astonishing run in the 1911 London-Edinburgh Trial. The...
I don’t often reference values when discussing design, but a great deal of the success of a sports car resides...
Throughout Automobili Lamborghini’s history there have been numerous records and firsts that have made the House of Sant’Agata Bolognese one of the world’s best known supercar manufacturers. But here are five unusual records you might not have known about: 1. Marzal: the car with the most glass surface area: 4.5...
Hampton Court Palace, one of King Henry Vlll’s most favoured residences and presently owned by Queen Elizabeth ll, once again...
Photo Gallery from the Sept. 3-5, 2021, Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court. Aston Martin owners staged an impressive display....
With a shiver of trepidation, I slip behind the wheel of the museum’s grand 1936 Packard phaeton Standard Eight parade car. I’m nervous because its original owner would have had me shot— if I were lucky —for getting anywhere near it. You see, Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili, more commonly known...
A 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet A has been named Best of Show at the 2021 Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance...
The three original Jaguar E-Type launch cars which revolutionised the automotive industry when it debuted in Switzerland in 1961, have...
Pioneering classic car electrification company Electrogenic has finalized two ‘World First’ conversions of classic vehicles to electric power; a 1976 Triumph Stag and a 1957 Morgan 4/4, which now both run on silent, zero-emission electric power. The Triumph Stag conversion has been confirmed by the Stag Owners Club to be...
As Europe tried to recover from World War II, manufacturers began producing small cars to satisfy the need for personal...
In 1970, at the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda debuted the RX500 concept car. A radical departure from the Japanese firm’s...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Aug. 15, 2021, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. 1915 Duesenberg Board Track 2-man Race Car...
When car companies build futuristic concepts for tomorrow, they are usually exotic cars with sporty, low-profile bodies, and technologically advanced...
This 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster is one of only five examples originally finished in Fantasy Yellow and will be offered for sale at this week’s Mecum auction, during the Monterey Car Week. It has been treated to a concours restoration performed by Legendary Classic Center in Costa Mesa, California. The...
The Porsche 356A Convertible D (“D” standing for Drauz, the coachbuilder) is arguably the rarest “production” Porsche 356 model ever...
It’s usually the other way around. A roadcar becomes a racecar. This 1956 Austin-Healey 100 was rescued from a certain...
In 1954, Chrysler debuted the latest iteration of its “Forward Look” Dream Cars, the Plymouth Explorer. Designed by Luigi Segre at Ghia, as a continuation of the themes he started with the trio of Dodge Firearrows, the Explorer featured a 114-inch wheelbase Plymouth chassis, with a somewhat anemic 230-cu.in Plymouth...
At the end of the 19th century the De Dion-Bouton Company of France was famous for its advanced internal combustion...
Tom Tjaarda was born to design automobiles. His father John Tjaarda developed a concept car for the Ford Motor Company....
Italy and France each have beautiful and robust cultures with diverse offerings and unique perspectives. And while each is unique in their approach, the French share a great deal of their artistic passion with Italian culture. Great art, beautiful opera, fantastic cuisine, and a way of life that celebrates passionate...
The Volkswagen Beetle is an icon. Over the years, it has symbolized many different things to many different people, from...
As Ferrari’s successor to the long-running 250 GT, the 275 GTB debuted at the October 1964 Paris Auto Salon alongside...
Fans of Jaguar celebrated the marque at Bicester Heritage on Sunday, July 4 at a COVID compliant event that included a seemingly never-ending sea of hundreds of Jaguar E-types stretching across the Oxfordshire countryside. The spectacle, designed to mark 60 years since the launch of the British motoring icon, was...
The largest gathering of Aston Martin sports cars in history took place on the June 26th weekend when the Aston...
Although marriages of Italian styling with German machinery are seen as a rarity, the clever way that Bertone clothed a...
The Delahaye Type 135 coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi launched a series of automotive design masterpieces from the revitalized carrossier, the most prized of which remains the 1936 “Compétition Court” Teardrop Coupe, Chassis No. 47242 and Body No. 609. This is the definitive expression of Giuseppe Figoni’s singular vision, a...
