…or why America lacks an international show One of the things I really enjoy, each month, is poring over all...
It’s hard to believe that the bane of every Lotus Elan owner has just turned 25. It was early February,...
I recently crossed another one of those landmarks that make you pause and consider your age and life. My youngest daughter just got her learner’s permit. There’s something about seeing your youngest, behind the wheel, that is kind of bittersweet. After 15 and one-half years of me driving her around,...
Does the recent passing of a cornerstone in the Lotus community mark the end of an era? Just as we...
What if you could change cars as frequently as your wardrobe? Since I’m currently single-handedly underwriting the University of Southern...
Over the course of the past month, a surge of activism has swirled through the American car collecting community. What has triggered this rallying cry to action, you might ask? Preservation? Youth involvement? Nope…taxes. On May 23, the U.S. Department of Commerce posted a request for public comment on “Section...
There’s a reason why Miami Vice is no longer a fashion trend… One of the many great things about living...
As you’ll see throughout this month’s magazine, this issue prominently features and highlights the rich, 100-year history of BMW. For...
Do these bellbottoms make my car look fat? Show of hands…how many of you sported a pair of bellbottoms in the 1970s? That was the fashion, so it seemed like a good idea at the time, right? Would you dig those out of the bottom of your closet and squeeze...
Over the past several years, I’ve waxed whimsical in this space about various historical, psychological and emotional aspects of the...
As you’ll read in this month’s news, Bloomberg News recently confirmed that a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO has been sold...
I have to confess to being Corvette prejudiced. Growing up I was never a fan of the Corvette, in fact in my automotive youth I pretty much looked down my oversized nose at it. When friends or schoolmates would wax whimsical about their dream car being a Corvette, I would...
In the automotive world, surprisingly, quite a lot. Just prior to this November’s Los Angeles Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz made the...
For years, I’ve had readers of Vintage Racecar comment, “I love your magazine…I wish you did something like this on...
I don’t know if it was coincidence or not, but at least a half dozen times—throughout the course of this August’s Monterey car week—I was asked my opinion of where tomorrow’s collector car enthusiasts are going to come from? In one case, it was a concours organizer, in another it...
Last November, in this space, I addressed the hot button issue of where tomorrow’s enthusiasts and collectors will come from....
It seems strange to me that I’ve become an Alfa enthusiast, as I apparently have come to the party relatively...
The automotive prophets predicted the coming end times…wish I bought the destroyer of the classic car world when I had the chance As always, our Raffi Minasian is a never-ending fount of automotive insights. As you’ll read in this issue, this month he takes a look at the Datsun 240Z,...
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