Photo: J. Michael Hemsley When you have the only one ever built, you might have trouble convincing people that it...
Photo: Peter Collins Things were bad. There had been difficulties before for Lancia, but on both occasions the good guys...
Photo: Steve Oom The next time you see an Audi on the road look closely at its badge. Four intertwined rings that probably remind the average person of the Olympic rings, but like most car badging there is a story behind the rings, which in the case of this German...
It’s rather ironic that both the birth of the “Pony Car” movement in the mid-1960s, and its eventual death in...
The 275 GTB occupies a very rarified space in the pantheon of Ferrari road car history. It sits at an...
This right-hand-drive 250 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta was owned by British fashion model and socialite Nina Dyer when she married Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan in 1957. The car was completed in June, 1953, painted steel grey. Although the 250 MM Ferraris were built for racing, Nina Dyer’s car has no...
Charles Betz Fred Peters VR: How did you first come to cars? I know you both go way back with...
Volkswagen recently sent out a press release announcing that production of the iconic T2 VW Bus would soon be coming...
No one could envisage the ultimate success of the Mustang. Carroll Shelby brought the car greater fame when he created the GT350 in 1965, becoming popular with both racers and race-watchers. This photograph was taken in 1984 at an event in California, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the introduction of...
Photo: Pete Austin At the Goodwood Festival of Speed just a few months ago a Mercedes Benz W196, once driven...
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Milwaukee, WI August 23-24, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products. Enjoy...
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Thanks to the Karmann Ghia, Volkswagen had a car in its lineup in the mid-1950s that was positioned above the...
During RM Auctions’ two-day sale in London’s Battersea Park 120 exclusive collector cars sold for a spectacular $34,085,045.00, an impressive 90.3 percent sell-through rate. The top selling lot over the two-day sale was the 1957 Maserati 250S from the Laidlaw Competition Car Collection. Chassis no. 2432, an ex-Carroll Shelby and...
The 9th annual Milwaukee Masterpiece took place Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25 at Milwaukee’s Veterans Park. It was...
At MidAmerica’s inaugural motorcycle auction at the Del Mar Concours “The Celebration of the Motorcycle,” on September 13-14, 2013, five...
Photo: Laura Webb Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, one of the nation’s most iconic residences arising from the American Country Estate movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, has announced the “Concours d’Elegance at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens” to be held September 19-21, 2014 on the grounds...
Kiwi Bob Wallace was the chief test driver for Lamborghini for 12 years, from 1964 to 1975, and his competence...
Chassis 5111GT sells for $52 million A Series I Ferrari 250 GTO (Chassis #5111), once owned by American collector Paul...
• The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance has announced that David Schultz of Massillon, Ohio, has been named the new Chief Judge of the Concours. Schultz is uniquely qualified as “The Amelia’s” Chief Judge. He is currently the President of the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA), a trustee of the...
The seventh annual Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance returns to the Palm Springs Valley on February 23, 2014. This year’s event...
The only other Lemans convertible that still exists was returned to the factory in 1959 and restyled by Harley Earl...
Michael Rich & Joanie Rich, Mark Lizewski VR: How did The Grand Ascent and The Elegance come about? MR: About four years ago, I approached my father (Jack Rich, a long time collector who passed away in December 2011) about putting on an event to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research...
You may recall that back in April I wrote on these pages about the unprecedented pace that the collector car...
The supercharged, 2-liter Wanderer W25K was admired for its excellent quality and sporting character. The German car, having a two-seater,...
The initial design for the Amphicar—a contraction of Amphibious and Car—came from German racer and engineer Hans Trippel, who in 1932 began work on an amphibious vehicle for Volkswagen, the Schwimmerwagen. After the war, Trippel adapted his Schwimmerwagen design into a production, leisure vehicle that would be built under the...
