At the 1953 General Motors Motorama in New York City, Cadillac unveiled a concept car designed by Harley Earl. Named...
Born in England, raised in Hollywood. We are not speaking of a famous movie actor, but of a very special...
Carlo Abarth was born Karl Alberto Abarth, in Vienna, Austria, on November 15, 1908 (He would go on to change his name to Carlo when he moved to Italy after the war). In his teens it was seen that young Karl had a talent for engineering. He became an apprentice...
The Morgan Motor Company is completing the redevelopment of its visitor attraction, the Morgan Experience Centre, with the opening of...
Vauxhall’s sister brand Opel has brought back the iconic Manta as a one-off all-electric special to celebrate the coupé’s fiftieth...
The genius of Colin Chapman is evident in every one of his cars. Each of his creations were uniquely endowed, not only with clever engineering, but a special blend of design and mechanical innovation that seemed to illude virtually all other manufacturers, or at least be years ahead of them....
Auto Royale has today announced ten rare coachbuilt-bodied cars participating across the 11 traditional classes of its British International Concours...
Have you ever seen a Commuter? I’m talking about a 1959 Mercury Commuter two-door station wagon. Not many of us...
The Leyland Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923, designed by the chief engineer of Leyland Motors, Parry Thomas and his asistant Reid Railton with the aim of being the finest car available. It was the first British car with a straight-eight engine and...
The hunt for interesting automobiles to profile often leads to some very unusual vehicles. One-off vehicles do not lend themselves...
A combination of tenacity, dreams and boundless passion always prevails. No one knows this better than Romano Artioli. For decades,...
It’s the swinging ’60s in London, you’re the daughter of an industrialist, your husband disappeared over the Amazonian rain forrest, presumed dead, you are an adventurer, expert fencer, a certified genius specializing in chemistry, and a master of martial arts and you can pretty much kick anyone’s ass, and look “marvy”...
Citroën is celebrating 60 years of the iconic AMI 6, which was first revealed on April 24, 1961. With its compact...
The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering will return to Quail Lodge & Golf Club on Friday, August 13, 2021. The event will...
Robert Opron passed away last month, tragically from complications due to Covid 19. His body of work would certainly warrant significantly more detailed coverage on his illustrious career than I can offer in this column, but I believe a most fitting tribute to his career can be summarized in the...
Ferruccio Lamborghini was never content to rest on success. With the 1966 debut of the P400 concept for his Miura,...
VW cars, campers and commercials will be the motoring stars of Beaulieu’s Simply VW on Saturday June 19th, as Vee Dub...
Just days after revealing design renderings, MG has released the first official photographs of its Cyberster concept car, which will be making its debut at the Shanghai Auto Show later this month. The Cyberster – developed by the team at the MG Advanced Design Centre in London – is a...
“You’ve got to see this car!” said Robert Escalante, internationally known restorer of classic Packard automobiles. And he wouldn’t have...
After celebrating its centenary in 2020, 2021 sees the 50th Anniversary of one of Mazda’s most interesting, adaptable and successful...
In 1951, the Spanish industrial manufacturer ENASA, under the leadership of former Alfa Romeo engineer Wilfredo Ricart, debuted an exotic 8-cylinder sports car, the Pegaso Z-102, as way of broadening its brand and international prestige. Two, one-off, custom-bodied show cars were produced in 1952, one designed by Carrozzeria Touring called...
The 330 GTC was unveiled at the 1966 Geneva Salon and was an amalgam of other Ferraris. It shared its...
Watt Electric Vehicle Company (WEVC) has debuted its new, premium electric sports cars modeled after the classic Porsche 356 Coupe....
By the 1950s it was clear that Americans were in the mood for sporty cars with the right balance of style and performance. For many young people, single, married, or even with small children, a small two-seater presented a delightful relief from the lunking, heavy American cars that still seemed...
Exactly 50 years have passed since March 11, 1971, when the Geneva International Motor Show provided the backdrop for the...
Classic rally specialist Bespoke Rallies has responded to the pent-up demand for classic events by creating two brand new rallies,...
“The historic vehicle world is at last coming back to life in some places,” says Tiddo Bresters, president of FIVA (the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens or international federation of historic vehicles). “Where Covid is under control, enthusiasts are getting out on the road, expressing the wish that life will...
The MGA should have happened several years before it did. The story of why it didn’t and how it came...
The first A6G 2000, a car representative of the A6 series, built by Maserati from 1947 to 1956 and named...
In the 1950s, an ultimately failed attempt to revive the Bugatti name resulted in the creation of six Type 101 chassis, which were an evolution of the Type 57. Five of these were custom bodied by various coach builders, with the last chassis going to Ghia. Famed American designer Virgil...
