2018 Indochina Road Classic Route What are the ingredients for a good rally? Breathtaking scenic roads, unique cars and great...
Toyota’s first car, the AA, was a close copy of the DeSoto Airflow with essentially a 1933 Chevrolet engine. Photo: Toyota...
If I were to ask you to name an innovative, Italian sports car manufacturer, chances are good you would instinctively reply, Ferrari. If I were to then ask you to name one of the oldest Italian automobile manufacturers in continuous production, you very well might answer either Fiat or Alfa...
Like so many great automobiles of our time, the Mercedes-Benz SL series can trace its origins directly to the racetrack....
The Renaissance of a British Carmaker Businessman Martyn Corfield is no stranger to challenges in the fields of motoring and...
The role the 700 placed in the history of BMW is complicated. Some say the 700 saved the company, but it isn’t that simple.Immediately after the end of the war, BMW produced bicycles, kitchen equipment and other mundane products; mostly made from melted down aluminum airplane parts. The first post-war...
Photo: David Gooley One glance at a late 1937, ‘38 or ‘39 Darl’mat 402 Special Sport tells you it’s classic...
The 1937 Buick Roadmaster Convertible Sedan Exemplifies Buick’s Grand Legacy Ford market researchers, in the mid-1950s, sampled new car buyers...
Shunned, snubbed and overlooked, Ferrari’s 250 GT/E coupe has been a languishing classic waiting to happen for most of its 50-plus years. Only recently have the model’s PininFarina looks and Maranello engineering begun to gain traction with both classic car collectors and Ferrari fans. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
If you follow professional sports car and endurance racing, you know the name Brumos, and its now iconic red, white,...
At the Geneva Motor Show in March 1971, Automobili Lamborghini presented its “idea car”, the LP 500 Countach. Designed by...
The Jowett brothers—Benjamin and William—built their first car in 1906, which they drove and tested for four years before going into production in 1910. By 1916, 48 cars had been built, but after this the factory then switched to munitions work during the First World War. In 1920, the Jowett...
If you are an old car buff, love beautiful scenery and friendly people, and want to visit a place where...
On July 18, 1955, in sunny Southern California an icon was born when Walt Disney opened the gates to his...
Journey From Sydney to Melbourne to Tasmania in a Classic Jaguar Many years back I worked as a jackaroo, which would require no explanation in Australia, but in case you don’t know, that’s a young bloke who is working on a sheep or cattle station (farm) to gain practical experience...
In the early 1950s, Americans looked forward to attending auto shows for the unveiling of the manufacture’s latest offerings. Adding...
Although by 1972 Ferrari had been building race and road cars for 25 years and had turned out well over...
1958 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato Photo: Steve Natale There is much to love about the Italian “Etceterini.” The term broadly refers to low-production, small engine, tiny hand-made cars created by small and many times obscure, Italian manufacturers. The styling of these cars is often exotic and unusual, crafted by artisans...
Propellers proved to be an important development in the history of transportation. On ships, once steam power was mastered, propellers...
1922 Duesenberg More words have been written about Duesenberg per “car”-pita than any other marque in the history of the...
Members of Hagerty Classic Insurance’s Driver’s Club were recently asked what car was the most luxurious ever. The answers ranged from Studebakers to Rolls-Royces. No one suggested either Hispano-Suiza or Isotta Fraschini, the world’s truly most luxurious marques. Of those two, Isotta Fraschini is my pick. Gianni Rogliatti wrote an...
The Rise of the Preservation Class The ultra-rare and ultra-expensive Ferrari 250 GTO. Photo: Chuck Andersen Sitting on a beautifully...
Of the major Western automobile manufacturing nations, England may have been the most staid when it came to streamlining and...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s the nouveau riche, the highly paid athletes, rock stars and entertainers who can be seen in the latest Lamborghini, Ferrari or Maserati, but in the immediate post-war years athletes weren’t...
For the enthusiast, it is a good thing to be able to say that your car is based on a...
When Enzo Ferrari began building cars under his own name in 1947 he built racecars, satisfying a pent up desire...
When you think of classic British cars made in East Anglia, surely the first marque that springs to mind is Lotus, which since 1966 has been based in Hethel, Norfolk. But any enthusiast of exotic sports cars of the mid-’60s to early ’70s should be aware—or be made aware—of another...
Cambodia-Thailand-Myanmar Destination Rally just finished a fantastic run throughout Southeast Asia on December 1 and spices were the theme for...
The Lancia Fulvia Lancia was never short of talented engineers. Consider just Vincenzo himself, Vittorio Jano and, later in the...
The year is 1950 and life is wonderful. American businesses are growing at an unprecedented rate, the middle class is expanding, and smoking is good for you. Across the land a smattering of small, foreign cars are winning automobile races at Palm Springs, Pebble Beach, Sebring Airport, Elkhart Lake and...