More than $325 million worth of collector cars were hammered sold over the Monterey Car Week Auction Season, with 70...
A 1954 Maserati A6GCS/53 Berlinetta by Pinin Farina, from the Monaco-based Destriero Collection (above, photo courtesy of Peninsula Classics), was...
The 2017 Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance
will feature cars from the marques Packard and Porsche to exemplify this year’s theme of “Elegance and Speed.” Attendees will have the opportunity to view dozens of vintage automobiles and, as part of this year’s reimagined and expanded event, several historic aircraft, between 10...
A 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona once owned by Sir Elton John was sold by Silverstone Auctions for £551,250, including...
I spotted Phil Jelinek’s beautiful ’53 Kaiser Traveler Deluxe from across the Huntington Beach Concours show field. That is because...
Cadillac’s Fabulous 1930 V16 Dual Cowl Sports Phaeton In the wild and wooly 1920s, custom-bodied cars were all the rage among movie stars, captains of industry and yes, even among gangsters. Having a flashy, expensive car was a way for owners to flaunt their status to the rest of society....
What if you could change cars as frequently as your wardrobe? Since I’m currently single-handedly underwriting the University of Southern...
In an age of cell phones, disposable appliances, laptops thinner and smaller than LIFE magazine, it’s hard to remember that we once drove large, slow, hand-crafted automobiles built with beauty in mind, excellence in every leather stitch and pride in final assembly. And while every one of the major manufacturers...
What an amazing difference a decade makes! I hadn’t long before jumped out of a 1976 Ford Escort Mexico, before...
Birmingham, AL • May 19-27, 2012 There was little difference between early Lotus street and racecars. They drifted away from that in the 1980s and 1990s, but with the Elise and Exige, that philosophy returned Seldom are the two generations of Lotus Cortinas seen together Power to weight ratio is...
• The 27th edition of the Tour Auto Optic 2000 will be held from April 23 to 28, 2018. Every year organizer Peter Auto makes it a point of honor to highlight a manufacturer or a type of car that has been involved in the history of the Tour de...
Mecum Auctions made history May 16-20 as 1,665 classic and collector cars from 37 states crossed the auction block for...
The car that laid the foundation for Mazda’s tradition of distinctive innovation, the Cosmo Sport, was launched on May 30,...
JD Classics has taken its first major step in international expansion, joining forces with Morris and Welford to open a new premier classic and sports car dealership in Newport Beach, California, in July 2017. Miles Morris and Malcolm Welford have more than 50 years of combined service in the classic...
The Peninsula Hotels have announced the eight exceptional vehicles that will be eligible for the second annual The Peninsula Classics...
A 1933 Delage D8S Coupe Roadster by DeVillars was named Best of Show at last weekend’s 14th annual Keeneland Concours...
A 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Supercharged (above, photo courtesy of the Forest Grove Concours) owned by Norman and Judi Noakes of Lake Oswego, Oregon, was awarded Best In Show at the 2017 Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance, presented by the Rotary Club of Forest Grove, on July 16, 2017. The Cord...
A 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV, a 1966 Ford GT40 and a 1935 Frazer Nash took top honors at the second...
Melbourne-based auction house Mossgreen dipped its toe into the Sydney automotive auction scene on Sunday May 28 as 20 vehicles...
Cadillac has been named the Honored Marque for the Concours d’Elegance portion of this year’s 16th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival, scheduled for October 27 through November 5 on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island. The Festival kicks off with the Savannah Speed Classic, October 27–29, on the Grand Prize of...
Today, the words failure and BMW are an anathema: the Munich company is a model of success. But, it wasn’t...
For the enthusiast, it is a good thing to be able to say that your car is based on a...
There’s an infectious disease running through the concours community, and it’s not what you think? Whenever we interview people within the hobby, we always ask ‘”How did you get the bug?” The idea being that involvement with classic cars and collecting is a contagious disease that once contracted, can never...
