Frank Sinatra purchased his first hybrid car in 1957. So did pals, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Eddie Fisher, as...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on that role has had to make many difficult and radical decisions to secure the future of Silverstone Racing Circuit—The Home of British Motor Racing. Some may ask who is John...
This Saturday’s 2016 edition of the Keeneland Concours d’Elegance will celebrate Chrysler cars — including a group of Winged Warriors,...
It’s rather ironic that both the birth of the “Pony Car” movement in the mid-1960s, and its eventual death in...
Designed by Oreca & Reynard Motorsport in Europe, the Chrysler Viper GTS-R was a racing variant of the Dodge Viper that won numerous racing events from 1996-2005. Watch it in action as its naturally aspirated 8-liter V10 engine roars around Spa-Francorchamps....
Martin Swig is a former multi-franchise new-car dealer based in the San Francisco Bay area who is an avid vintage...
Georges Lemaître actually finished 2nd in the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition in this Peugeot 3hp, but was awarded victory...
Mecum Auctions will host the Chicagoland area’s only annual collector-car auction on the weekend of October 5-7 when Mecum Chicago 2017 returns to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in suburban Schaumburg, Illinois. An estimated 1,000 collector cars, headlined by American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods and Resto Mods are...
Hemi-powered Mopar machinery will highlight Mecum’s 2016 Kissimmee Auction, set for January 15-24 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida....
A frenzy of uncorked Mini Coopers, followed by a gaggle of vintage MGs, Triumphs and other assorted vintage sports racers...
It’s a simple fact that the most popular form of motor racing in Australia today is sedan racing. Of course, this is much to the chagrin of the purist who would walk over hot coals to watch open-wheelers or sports racing cars. It was quite the opposite during the 1960s...
With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays and the prospects of another Scottsdale auction week, it may have...
1948 Chrysler Town & Country Chris Kidd called a few days ago and said, “You guys have to see this!...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the Cobras and Ford GT40s (Marks I, II and IV) all over the world, Phil Remington stood on the leading edge of racing technology for some seven decades until his peaceful...
De Palma, his riding mechanic alongside, guides his factory Vauxhall over the 37.631-km Circuit de Lyon during the 1914 French...
The original Trans-Am was part and parcel of one of the things that made the Golden Age golden. Many of...
To anyone interested in automotive history, the late 1940s and early ‘50s was a fascinating period of time, especially in the UK. With Britain still suffering the effects of an extremely costly war, it wasn’t until July 1954 when all rationing came to an end. Mostly the rationing affected foodstuffs...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the...
In the 1940s, Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge division had a reputation for building solid, dependable, conservatively styled cars. That was fine,...
The Ghia 450 SS challenge arrived at Ghia studios as one of the first assignments offered to their newest employee, Giorgetto Giugiaro, at the dawn of his brief but productive two-year position at Ghia. Hollywood producer and media mogul Burt Sugarman had seen the1965 Ghia Fiat on the cover of...
I was down in New Zealand recently with my good friend, photographer Dave Gooley on a working vacation, searching out...
Some 150 vehicles from the world-class Charlie Thomas Collection will be auctioned at No Reserve during two upcoming Barrett-Jackson sales....
Watch and enjoy the beautiful sound of one of the most iconic GT race cars ever built: the Viper GTS-R, as it races up the hillclimb course during the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed....
Pete Lyons Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville? Yes, really…sort of. Become a...
If you follow the business section of the paper – or the general automotive press for that matter – then...
In response to liberal NASCAR rules of the late 1960s, Chrysler Corporation built a run of aerodynamically styled Plymouth Road Runners and Dodge Chargers with swoopy noses and tall tail wings, naming them, respectively, Superbirds and Daytona Chargers. Now 10 of these cars, nine Superbirds (above, photo courtesy of Mecum...
In January, Worldwide Auctioneers will be back in Arizona for its much-awaited annual boutique sale, The Scottsdale Auction. The auction...
Today almost exclusively remembered as the genius behind the competition cars named for a road-running bird in the southwest, Jim...
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