The 1929 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1929 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 13-14, 1929 / Winner: Campari – Ramponi...
Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500?...
Gabriel Voisin was born in 1880, in Belleville-sur-Saone. As a young man he studied industrial design in Lyons. In 1908, Voisin was credited with building Europe’s first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of sustained flight. Gabriel and his brother Charles started the company “Appareils d’Aviation Les Freres Voisin,” which became...
The 1930 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1930 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 16-17, 1929 / Winner: Nuvolari – Guidotti...
Every August, the history of the automobile rolls onto the competition field of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance where, this year,...
It may come as a surprise that Ettore Bugatti’s first straight-8 engine did not power one of his rolling sculptures, it was to take to the skies in an airplane. The prototype was designed in France, during World War I. However, in the U.S. something called the Billing Commission was...
David Dunbar Buick David Dubar Buick was born in Arbroath, Scotland, in 1854, and brought to Detroit, Michigan, at the...
The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), the world’s largest organization of its kind, held its annual Grand Nationals in...
A striking midnight blue 1931 Cadillac 452A owned by 90-year-old Charles Gillet of Lutherville, Maryland, was awarded the Best in Show at the 2014 Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance at Pinehurst Resort on May 4. The car, equipped with a V16 engine and purchased in 1986 by Gillet and then restored by...
The 1931 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1931 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 11-12, 1931 / Winner: Caracciola – Sebastian...
In April 1931, Rudolf Caracciola became the first non-Italian to win the Mille Miglia road race. Alongside his co-driver Wilhelm...
This 1931 Miller V16 Racing Car – the only V16-engined Miller racing car ever built – will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Sports & Classics of Monterey auction held August 13-15, 2009 at the Portola Hotel & Spa and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey, California. Its pre-sale estimate...
A gorgeous 100-point, 1932 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron CL was recently crowned “Best of Show” at the recently concluded 66th annual...
Bonhams Golden Age of Motoring Sale, ‘1886 to 1939’, will be held on October 30th and will feature some of...
The 1932 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1932 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 9-10, 1932 / Winner: Borzacchini – Bignami / Winning Speed: 68.67 mph / Starters: 88 / Finishers: 42 The hoped for increase in foreign entrants as a result of Caracciola’s triumph the previous year did not materialize....
Background The Bugatti factory in 1927 was at the peak of its automobile production with multiple lines to handle the...
The 1933 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1933 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 8-9, 1933 / Winner: Nuvolari – Compagnoni...
In January 1933, Pierce-Arrow revealed a new design at the New York Auto Auto Show. The official announcement, of January 6, 1933, stated, “In addition to introducing a complete line of Twelves and Eights at the National Auto Show in New York this week, Pierce-Arrow surprised the industry by exhibiting...
One of the many awards that were given out at the 2022 Concorso d’Eleganza of Villa d’Este is the Best...
Multiple Auction Records Set in 2020 by Gooding & Company 2020 saw Gooding & Company report more than $125 million in...
Originally introduced in 1934 as the successor to the short-lived 380 K, the Mercedes-Benz 500 K represented the next evolution of supercharged, eight-cylinder engineering. Designed by the brilliant Dr. Hans Nibel, 500 K models are celebrated for their rich heritage and iconic status in automotive history. Now, a stunning [Add...
The 1934 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1934 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 8-9, 1934 / Winner: Varzi – Bignami...
1934 advertisement for the Pierce-Arrow “Silver Arrow”, available as either a 175-hp, 12-cylinder or a 140-hp, 8-cylinder model....
Prelude to Excellence There is a story that the Coventry car company name Alvis originated by taking “Al” from the word aluminum and “vis”, the Latin word for power or force. The supposed author, Geoffrey de Freville, founder of the Aluminum Piston Company, who had commissioned the company’s founding father,...
The vehicles for Delahaye’s new strategic direction were the Superluxe and its sports sibling, the Delahaye Type 135. The Superluxe’s...
The 1935 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1935 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 14-15, 1935 / Winner: Pintacuda – Della...
Bruce Bromme Sr. was born in 1917, and shortly thereafter was thrust into the world of racing. His father, Louis Bromme, was a highly skilled mechanic who worked for Fred Duesenberg during the board track era. By age seven Bruce was a regular at Legion Ascot Speedway and the...
The Sacramento Autorama, one of the world’s longest running indoor car shows, hosted over 500 world-class custom vehicles and handed...
The Lewes Speed Trials; Lewes, August 21, 1936. The famous pre-war Brooklands racer George Harvey-Noble at speed in the ex-Louis...
The 1936 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1936 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 5-6, 1936 / Winner: Brivio – Ongaro / Winning Speed: 76.01 mph / Starters: 69 / Finishers: 37 In 1936 Italy found itself on the short end of economic sanctions imposed by the League of Nations as...
