Few motoring experiences can compare to the exhilaration of driving a convertible sports car. The open road before you, the...
Midlands classic motoring manufacturer RBW EV Classic Cars has revealed the pre-production model of its electric classic roadster, clothed in...
A 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe eight-passenger station wagon’s doors are big, so climbing in is easy. The bench seats are covered in leatherette, a leather-like plastic-coated fabric designed to be tough and long lasting. The interior is roomy and handsome, though somewhat curious in that – though rich real wood...
On October 14, Savannah’s Everard Auctions will go back to the future with an online-only boutique auction of wildly imaginative...
In 1953, Chrysler’s famed design chief, Virgil Exner entered into a partnership with the Italian styling house Ghia to produce...
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...
In 1896, in Suresnes a western suburb of Paris, Alexandre Darracq started his business, A Darracg & Cie. His business...
50 years ago, the legendary ŠKODA 110 R Coupé celebrated its trade fair premiere in Brno, Czech Republic. The elegant...
MOKE International Limited has announced the return of one of Britain’s quirkiest automotive icons. UK customers can now order one of 56 limited edition MOKEs, an allocation selected to signify the number of years since the Mini MOKE first appeared in Britain in 1964. Order books also open for MOKEs...
What better way for petrol-heads to reignite their passion than with a feast of more than 500 fabulous classic cars...
I love good pesto. It has all the right ingredients for a wonderful meal. Cheese, basil, olive oil, all ground...
Jaguar Classic will create six matched pairs of E-types to celebrate the iconic sports car’s 60th anniversary in 2021—named the E-type 60 Collection. Each pair of E-type 60 Edition cars pay tribute to two of the oldest and most famous Jaguar E-types of all: ‘9600 HP’ and ‘77 RW’, which...
It’s been a long Covid gap but on the 19th of August 2020 the London Concours became the first major...
We had spent the previous evening at Justin Marshall and his wife Shirley’s spectacular hilltop home overlooking their winery in...
The Swiss Aigle offshoot of Italian Carrozzeria Ghia bodied this 1949 Delahaye 135MS Coupé in a sleek, all enveloping body that featured wheel spats that could be raised and lowered by pulling a lever to facilitate tire changes. The car made its debut at the 1950 Geneva Motor Salon....
I bought both a Volkswagen Type 1 and a Morris Minor more than 20 years ago when we started...
Isothermos was a manufacture of refrigeration units before WWII. The company was founded in Genoa, in 1939, but was moved...
Organizing a classic car rally is a demanding affair at the best of times, to which the pandemic has inevitably added a further layer of challenges. Nevertheless, Bespoke Rallies has now obtained permission to run its popular Highland 1000 Scottish touring rally from September 23-27, making it the first post-lockdown...
The London Concours crowned a stunning Ferrari 330 GTS as its ‘Best in Show’, following another enormously successful event. The HAC...
For the first time in its 72-year history, a selection of cars from Vauxhall Heritage’s famous collection will be on...
My friend had done well that year. He was quite a bit older, but we’d bonded over cars, especially as I was starting my second year at Art Center training to be a car designer. One evening he pulled up to my apartment in his brand-new Ferrari Testarossa, I was...
Lotus is launching a new Certificate of Provenance programme, revealing the first recipient as a stunning and celebrated Turbo Esprit...
Years ago, a friend and I were in an old Dodge plumber’s van on our way to the Pebble Beach...
Independent automotive designer Bill Flajole worked on a number of important designs, including the Nash Metropolitan, before turning his attention to reimagining the Jaguar XK120. In 1955, Flajole mated his custom, fastback fiberglass body with a 1953 XK120M, high performance chassis and running gear to give birth to the the...
William Morrison1855-1927 [dropcap]T[/dropcap]hough Detroit is world-famous as the capital of American auto production, when it comes to electric cars, Des...
The Royal Automobile Club has announced that the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run will be going ahead...
It was a wet start this morning from Cortina D’Ampezzo for the crews of the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti 2020. The cars left the Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel to parade through Corso Italia, in the heart of the Queen of the Dolomites, this year without the usual crowds, due to...
The 13th Traversée de Paris (Summer Crossing of Paris) will take place on Sunday August 30, bringing together 600 vehicles (cars,...
The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud series was produced between 1955 and 1966 with a production run of 7,372 units. The first...
Beaulieu has released a revised calendar with a record number of 14 Simply rallies taking part in a star-studded line up of marque celebrations in the parkland surrounding the British National Motor Museum. The COVID-19 pandemic halted the 2020 program when the attraction had to close its doors to visitors...
