I don’t think there has ever been a car that has captured the public’s imagination more than the Jaguar E-Type....
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At the Brits At The Beach car show in New Zealand recently, among the classic Jaguars, MGs, Triumphs and Morris...
Synonymous with Zagato, but embraced throughout the automotive industry, double-bubble roofs are one of the most striking design cues ever to emerge from post-WWII Italy. An already established coachbuilder with a lot of experience in lightweight materials, namely aluminum, Ugo Zagato was also among the first to experiment with aerodynamics,...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley Gabriel Voisin was an amazing man. Born in France in 1880, he built a four-wheeled automobile...
Amanda Gutierrez is Vice President of the Automotive Restoration department at Kansas’ McPherson College. VR: Can you give us a...
Sometimes, when asked for a list of significant cars, a marque can be overlooked. It is seldom because the marque isn’t important; rather it is often a case that the marque is thought of as being “modern.” BMW has claimed such an important place in the import car market, that...
We spotted Don Murray’s gorgeous Iso Grifo coupe at his private collection in Irvine California, and wondered what it was....
2-Liter Tourisme an honest car Without any doubt, the Ballot 2LS was a brilliant design, what with its cutting-edge technology...
More than half a century ago, Turkey’s first passenger vehicles went into mass production—Anadol. Manufactured by Istanbul-based Otosan Otomobil Sanayii (“Otosan Automotive Industry”), Anadol produced seven different models from 1966 to 1991. Behind all of this industriousness was Ankara-born philanthropist and entrepreneur Vehbi Koç (1901–1996), who did an astonishing amount to...
Ant Anstead: Host–Wheeler Dealer, Restorer Ant Anstead has had a passion for cars for most of his life. However, his...
2024 theme and details “The Art of Automotive Design” has been chosen as the theme for the next Arizona Concours d’Elegance, set for January 21, 2024, at the newly renovated Scottsdale Civic Center, where a splendid array of 100 rare and historic automobiles will be displayed. The sixth edition of...
Of the major Western automobile manufacturing nations, England may have been the most staid when it came to streamlining and...
“MAYA –Most Advanced, Yet Acceptable”– was the acronym industrial designer Raymond Loewy used to describe his design philosophy. To catch...
The Hudson Terraplane grille is among the most attractive of all time. In the June 2012 issue of Vintage Roadcar, four American Deco automotive designs were contrasted – Chrysler Airflow with Lincoln Zephyr and Stout Scarab with Cord 810/812. There were, of course, many other American cars that included Deco...
During the late 1920s changes in automobile design began to be seen. After the stock market crash, even Henry Ford...
Two Citroën Traction Avants at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, examples of fairly mild French styling of the Deco era....
Toyota’s first car, the AA, was a close copy of the DeSoto Airflow with essentially a 1933 Chevrolet engine. Photo: Toyota Motor Sales, U.S. Archives The decade of the ’30s was a time of incredible creativity among automobile designers and coachbuilders, especially in Europe. But it was also a decade of...
The beautiful Stork of Lorraine on the radiator cap makes the Hispano-Suiza easily identifiable. It is one of the most...
“Look at this!” Tracy shouted across the house. My wife’s swim coach voice was too enthusiastic to tarry, so I...
The Renaissance of a British Carmaker Businessman Martyn Corfield is no stranger to challenges in the fields of motoring and motor racing. A year ago, we profiled his Austin-Healey 100 record car (Vintage Racecar – October 2015). Meticulously, he and Jeremy Welch researched, to the finest detail, everything he needed...
Photo: Dave Gooley Climbing aboard Craig Ekberg’s 1915 Stutz Bearcat reminds me of driving a tractor as a kid, because...
An amazing thing happened in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the fall of 2019. A couple of automobile enthusiasts proposed the Chattanooga...
While Vintage Roadcar was tracking down some interesting cars in New Mexico and Colorado, we had the opportunity to chat with Barry Petersen. Petersen has been a Senior Correspondent for CBS News for almost 40 years. We were lucky to catch up with him, since the network had him chasing...
1939 Balilla 1100 Fiat’s Step into the Future One of the problems with owning a car like none other is...
Swiss-born Bernard Juchli is the Higgins to Jay Leno’s Robin Masters and serves as the Major Domo for the Big...
Although marriages of Italian styling with German machinery are seen as a rarity, the clever way that Bertone clothed a Type 964 911 Carrera, in 1994, showed that creativity and ingenuity from Turin worked well on a chassis from Zuffenhausen. The binomial of “Bertone Porsche” is well remembered for the...
Chatting with Barry Alan Twitchell about his Porsche 993, he remembered that during a dinner in Switzerland, the owner of...
VR: Why don’t we take a step right back to the very beginning. How did you first get started with...
Owner and Chief Executive Officer, White Post Restorations VR: How is it that a major automobile restoration facility was founded in the little town of White Post, Virginia? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...