The 11th Traversée de Paris (Summer Crossing of Paris) will take place on Sunday July 22, bringing together 700 vehicles (cars,...
Sunday, November 7th, marked the triumphant return of the famed London Brighton Veteran Car Run after a two-year absence due...
The 12th Annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance took place on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Southern California enclave of the same name in mid-April, crowning winners in some 18 classes and selecting the French Curves Class-winning 1936 Delahaye 135 Competition Disappearing Top Convertible owned by Ken and...
This year’s Terre di Canossa Rally, April 21–24, will for the first time, be run as a regularity rally opening...
The 13th Traversée de Paris (Summer Crossing of Paris) will take place on Sunday August 30, bringing together 600 vehicles (cars,...
700 vehicles, each over 30 years old, will take part in the 16th edition of the summer Traversée de Paris...
The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), the world’s largest organization of its kind, held its annual Grand Nationals in New Ulm, Minnesota, this month. The event included AACA’s annual Zenith Award competition and its Grand Nationals car show. The Zenith award is presented to the finest restored vehicle shown...
A photograph of an Alvis 12/50 Tourer taken in 1927. This was the year that the 6-cylinder Alvis 14.75 was...
The Leyland Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923, designed by the chief engineer...
The tricyclecar, or trike, is a strange device in three wheels, at the midway between the motorbike and the car, its history goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. The dawn of the trike can be traced back to London in 1909, when Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan a...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
Ralph de Palma at the wheel of his 1928 Mercedes-Benz Type S 26/120/180 . This was the car that de...
Gabriel Voisin was born in 1880, in Belleville-sur-Saone. As a young man he studied industrial design in Lyons. In 1908, Voisin was credited with building Europe’s first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of sustained flight. Gabriel and his brother Charles started the company “Appareils d’Aviation Les Freres Voisin,” which became...
Every August, the history of the automobile rolls onto the competition field of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance where, this year,...
It may come as a surprise that Ettore Bugatti’s first straight-8 engine did not power one of his rolling sculptures,...
The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), the world’s largest organization of its kind, held its annual Grand Nationals in Auburn, Indiana, this past weekend. Hosted by the AACA National organization and the local Crossroads Region of the AACA, the four-day event included RM Auctions’ Auburn Spring Auction along with...
A striking midnight blue 1931 Cadillac 452A owned by 90-year-old Charles Gillet of Lutherville, Maryland, was awarded the Best in...
In January 1933, Pierce-Arrow revealed a new design at the New York Auto Auto Show. The official announcement, of January...
1934 advertisement for the Pierce-Arrow “Silver Arrow”, available as either a 175-hp, 12-cylinder or a 140-hp, 8-cylinder model....
Prelude to Excellence There is a story that the Coventry car company name Alvis originated by taking “Al” from the...
The Sacramento Autorama, one of the world’s longest running indoor car shows, hosted over 500 world-class custom vehicles and handed...
The third annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival Sponsored by Millennium Bank excelled in The Scenic City this past weekend as it celebrated Oktoberfest with dynamic and exciting events for families and racing and car aficionados alike. With a backdrop of pumpkins and hay bales on the drive-up podium in front of...
A very deserving 1937 Delage was named Best In Show at the annual Keeneland Concours d’Elegance on July 20. The...
An extremely rare and pristinely conditioned 1937 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet earned “Best of Show” honors at the 65th annual...
Lincoln buyers were often wealthy enough to have special coachwork built for their cars. In 1927, Brunn did a beautiful Lincoln Touring Cabriolet, while in 1937 Judkins designed this very streamlined body for the Zephyr Model K V12 ....
A 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster was awarded Rolex Circle of Champions “Best of Show” out of more than 200...
The People The two people critical to the development of Tatra’s most significant automobiles, including the subject of this profile, were Hans Ledwinka and Paul Jaray. Ludwinka, born in Austria near Vienna, started his career as a mechanic, studied in Vienna, and was hired by Nesselsdorfer Waganbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft to work on...