Organizers of the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance, held each year on Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, have announced that this year’s...
Back in 1982, I bought a 1940 Packard coupe and spent the next couple of years restoring it. Once I...
As part of its mission to “Preserve, Celebrate and Share Automotive History”, the Audrain Automobile Museum has announced that the Nicholas Begovich Collection has been acquired for future display with the museum’s collection in Newport, Rhode Island. Comprising 14 post-war sports and grand touring cars, the collection represents the vision,...
Noted car and airplane collector General William Lyon passed away on May 22, at the age of 97. General Lyon,...
For the first tmie in its 65-year history, the AACA has announced that it has had to cancel its annual...
Built from 1963–1966, the Alvis TE 21 (or Three Liter Series III) featured a 3.0-liter, inline 6-cylinder engine wrapped in either a sports saloon or drophead coupe bodywork built by Mulliner Park Ward. Weighing in at 2,900-lbs and with 130 bhp on tap—fed either through an automatic or 5-speed ZF...
If you are an old car buff, love beautiful scenery and friendly people, and want to visit a place where...
The London Concours has announced the “Lost Marques” Display; an homage to the car manufacturers we have loved and lost over...
Italian automotive publishing legend Giorgio Nada, passed away on May 6th, due to complications from COVID-19. Starting with a small automotive bookshop, in Milan, in the 1960s, Nada eventually expanded into automotive publishing, in the 1970s, creating one of the most respected automotive publishing houses of the past 4 decades,...
The tricyclecar, or trike, is a strange device in three wheels, at the midway between the motorbike and the car,...
After careful consideration and following the Governor of Michigan’s guidelines, the Board of Directors of the Concours d’Elegance of America...
“A technical product is not perfect until it is aesthetically impeccable as well,” Ettore Bugatti once said. And the company founder applied this standard not just to his own automobiles but to other everyday items too. If he was not satisfied with something he had bought, he often improved it...
While closed during the Coronavirus pandemic, the Newport Car Museum has launched its first in a series of videos reviewing...
Developed first as a show car to celebrate the Ford Centennial, the Ford GT40 concept car came as a big...
It’s been 70 years since SEAT was founded on May 9, 1950, the company that helped democratize mobility in Spain and beyond. Over the past seven decades, SEAT has undergone a profound transformation and demonstrated a constant capacity for reinvention, which has enabled it to remain a benchmark throughout its...
More Cylinders: Jessie Vincent and the Packard Twin Six engine “The greatest piece of machinery that ever went upon the...
The UK’s Concours of Elegance has revealed two very special members of its 2020 Main Concours display: a pair of...
From Hiroshima cork producer to global car manufacturer, 2020 sees Mazda celebrate a century of engineering success. One hundred years of business that has also seen a fair share of records achieved by Mazda over the course of its vibrant history. Even Mazda’s first passenger car created a record-breaking sales...
Making its debut in New York, in April 1950, the Jowett Jupiter featured a tubular steel chassis mated to a...
In the early 1950s, Americans looked forward to attending auto shows for the unveiling of the manufacture’s latest offerings. Adding...
Knowing that entrants, judges, volunteers and guests face ongoing health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance have decided to cancel the show, which was scheduled for August 16, 2020. “My heart goes out to all of the people who are involved in the...
It was September of 1964, when Porsche brought out the Ferry “Butzi” Porsche designed 6-cylinder 911 as the successor to...
Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 in the UK, the Directors of Salon Privé have taken a pragmatic decision...
He simply adored Bugatti: Fritz Schlumpf had to own as many of the 30 vehicles as possible because he wanted to use them as a basis for establishing the biggest Bugatti collection in existence. In fact, it became something of an obsession, as reflected in the negotiations with an American...
Although the Petersen Automotive Museum remains closed to the public due to COVID-19, the museum will continue its eight-year tradition...
In 1972, I was 10-years old when my dad drove home in a tiny little black convertible. I’d never seen...
With the Type 41 Royale, in 1926, Bugatti presented the strongest, largest and most luxurious automobile in the world, characterized by then unimaginable power and opulent equipment. For Ettore Bugatti, the Royale was the culmination of his creation. A vehicle that knew no competitors in terms of performance, quality and...
Built to showcase Vauxhall’s design innovation and autonomy in the mid-’60s, the XVR project was managed by the legendary Wayne...
When I moved to Tennessee a few years ago, one of the first things I did was look for a...
The Luftgekühlt gathering of the air-cooled Porsche faithful has been rescheduled for November 1, 2020. In the Porsche vernacular, Luftgekühlt represents all the air-cooled cars in the manufacturer’s history, from the Pre-A 356 through the 993 model line, which ended in 1998. A true Porsche happening, Luftgekühlt is an experiential car...
