The 26th Tour Auto Optic 2000 will take place from April 24-30, 2017, along a new route devised by Peter...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent...
After a great fight between Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes W154 and the Delahaye 145 V12 of René Dreyfus in the early going of the 1938 Pau Grand Prix, Caracciola began experiencing pain from an old leg injury suffered at Monaco five years before, and made a pit stop on...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Jack...
The 2015 Santa Fe Concorso gathered more than 100 rare and exotic cars on the grounds of The Club at...
This 1949 Delahaye 175 S, with flamboyant Saoutchik roadster coachwork, was originally custom built for Sir John Gaul and featured Saoutchik’s “Narval” nose, inspired by the protruding tusk of the Narwahl whale. From Gaul the Delahaye was next owned by the British bombshell actress Diana Dors....
On June 10, 2018, a collection of the World’s top French automotive supermodels will be on display at The Hotel...
The sixth annual Santa Fe Concorso, a gathering of more than 120 rare and exotic cars, motorcycles, and bicycles, will...
More than 13,000 visitors passed through the gates on June 1-2 to view an array of significant collector cars at the 24th annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Conn. Overlooking Greenwich Harbor on Long Island Sound, domestic marques were displayed on Saturday, imports on Sunday. Celebrating the centennial of...
In a recent letter to Vintage Racecar, David Carroll mentioned that he owns an HRG. Regardless of anything else, like...
• Coys rounded off a successful year with their final auction of 2012, “True Greats”, on December 4th, at Westminster,...
A 1933 Delage D8S Coupe Roadster by DeVillars was named Best of Show at last weekend’s 14th annual Keeneland Concours d’Elegance at the historic Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. The show field featured two classes of this year’s featured marques, Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and classes of horse-drawn carriages and cars of...
Each year the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance features leading automotive collectors from around the world by...
Laury, Lucy O’Reilly and Harry Schell were father, mother and son. They were all larger than life characters who made...
Worldwide Auctioneers welcomed aficionados back to its expansive Auburn, Indiana headquarters last week for another successful and dynamic collector car gathering. Enthusiast Week kicked off with the annual three-day Enthusiast Tour, one of the year’s first classic car driving tours in the northern U.S., culminating in the Enthusiast Auction itself...
The 1929 Lincoln Aero Phaeton, by LeBaron, was one of the earliest American vehicles to employ a tailfin. Priced at...
Delahaye, for those who recognize the name, conjures up a mixed vision of large and long French Grand Prix, sports...
November 2006 Delahaye—Styling and Design By Richard S. Adatto and Diana E. Meredith The noted French manufacturer Delahaye began manufacturing automobiles as early as 1896 and, despite two wars, continued through 1954, when the company was eventually closed. Across this almost 60-year time period, Delahaye produced a variety of vehicles...
Cavallino Classic at Mar-a-Lago Beach, Florida January 22-24, 2015 (Click to enlarge images) Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Photo: Mike Jiggle If I was able to use only two words to describe my experience of driving the elegant...
A very rare 1949 Bristol 402 Drophead Coupé was the star of the weekend’s Bonhams MPH Beaulieu Sale. The car was gifted new to Hollywood actress Jean Simmons, it was a matching pair that her future husband and fellow star, Stewart Granger got for them. The Hollywood couple used it...
Gobbato’s Fate Dear Editor, In the article about Vittorio Jano, in your June issue, Robert Newman stated that the 1945...
For as long as he can remember, Mel Jacobs of Houston, Texas has been love-struck by the coach-built Deco cars...
In January, Worldwide Auctioneers will be back in Arizona for its much-awaited annual boutique sale, The Scottsdale Auction. The auction is scheduled on January 26, Wednesday, at the start of the Arizona Car Week. There are a number of distinguished pre-war automobiles that will be on offer for this year’s...
René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he...
Prepare your garage, ready your checkbooks, contact your expert restorer as your dream restoration project might just be one...
The 2015 edition of Salon Privé, held for the first time at Britain’s Blenheim Palace, will be remembered as the most successful of the event’s 10-year history, as more than 11,000 visitors were drawn to the stately grounds of the World Heritage Site. Enjoying the three-day extravaganza on the lawn...
There are a few coachbuilders whose art and workmanship is immediately identifiable, but none as obvious and flamboyant as that...
1948 Delahaye 135M Cabriolet It is difficult to decide whether the Italians or the French designed the most beautiful cars...
Delahaye 145 Grand Prix Car: Delahaye 145 GP / Engine: 60º V12 / Maker: Delahaye / Bore X Stroke: 75.0 mm x 84.7 mm / Year: 1937 / Capacity: 2,993 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 245 bhp / 183 KW @ 5,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,700 mm / Track:...