Mecum’s recent Kansas City auction, held Dec. 5-7 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Missouri, saw sales reach an...
The remarkable Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale must be counted as among the most beautiful sports car designs of the twentieth...
Celebrating 70 Years of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance The competition for a spot on the show field of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance can be fierce. Tougher still is the contest to win one’s class and go on to compete for Best of Show. Each year just one car...
The Fiat 600 Multipla, a triumph of Italian style and forerunner of all MPVs, now stars at the “Cars: Accelerating...
Why an auto manufacture would choose a motto, “Le Juste Milieu,” that means “The Happy Mean,” will remain unanswered despite...
Bicester Heritage announced the 2020 dates for its action-packed quarterly Scramble events, held at Britain’s home of historic motoring. Advanced passes for the January 5th event are now on sale at a 25% discount, available at https://bicesterheritage.co.uk/?ticket=super-scramble-tickets-3 Now coming into its 6th year, the Scramble events are open to all vehicles and enthusiasts,...
Sixty years ago, on Nov. 29, the Maserati 5000 GT, a 2+2 coupé, was presented at the Turin Motor Show...
The Alfa Romeo Caimano was a design concept executed by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign, for the 1971 Turin Motor Show....
When you think of Volkswagen you don’t often use of the word rare, but in this case, with a 1958 Karmann Ghia Lowlight Coupe, it is the right word. Volkswagen wanted to be a part of other markets. They needed something other than their ubiquitous Beetle, something with more flair,...
Mitsubishi Motors has announced that its seminal 1917 Model A has been selected by the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame...
I recently gave a talk to a collector car gathering in the Bay Area. The Q&A after these talks is...
We spotted Don Murray’s gorgeous Iso Grifo coupe at his private collection in Irvine California, and wondered what it was. It was obviously Italian, based on its styling, and obviously a high-end touring car. In fact, it looked like a Bertone-designed Ferrrari, except for its unusual rectangular hood scoop called...
As an unseasonably mild London was still shrouded by darkness, nearly 400 pioneering veteran cars, their drivers and passengers gathered...
The clocks went back by one hour last Sunday in the UK… but this coming weekend they will be going...
In September, the organizers of The Elegance at Hershey announced that they would not hold the prestigious concours in 2020. While leaving the door open for future iterations of the event, it is unclear whether the concours will return to the annual calendar. Below is the official announcement from the...
Designed by Franco Scaglione and built by Carrozzeria Sargiotto, the Lamborghini 350 GTV prototype made its debut at the 1963...
2-Liter Tourisme an honest car Without any doubt, the Ballot 2LS was a brilliant design, what with its cutting-edge technology...
1000 Miglia 2020, the 38th edition of the historical re-enactment of the race held from 1927 to 1957, will start from Brescia on May 13th returning on Saturday the 16th. At the starting line of the most important vintage car regularity race in the world, this year there will be...
Max Hoffman was a racecar driver in Europe before immigrating to the United States to avoid the Nazis. Hoffman became...
Bespoke Rallies unveiled its biggest ever calendar of classic and 4×4 rallies at the recent Goodwood Revival – the comprehensive...
An impressive line-up of classic cars celebrated the golden age of motoring as the brand new Golden Oldies display made its triumphant debut at Beaulieu’s International Autojumble on September 7th and 8th. Enthusiasts brought more than 50 historic motors from the 1920s – 1960s for the display, while 33,293 event-goers snapped up...
Fiat, one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished car companies, has been appointed as an official Manufacturer Patron to...
Italians do some great things with cars. Well, to be fair, they pretty much do everything with a great deal...
Beaulieu’s 2020 calendar of events has been announced with the world-famous Spring and International Autojumbles, Beaulieu Supercar Weekend and a range of fabulous family entertainment on the grounds of the British National Motor Museum. For an early season highlight, Spring Autojumble on May 16th-17th will gather more than 1,000 stands offering...
With concours events becoming increasingly popular and frequent, organizers of high profile events are finding it more difficult to source...
The Silverstone Auctions sale at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show has consigned a fabulous selection of Aston Martins all...
China’s first – and only – private historic vehicle museum has joined FIVA (the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens). The Sanhe Classic Car Museum (SCCM), in Chengdu, boasts a collection of some 230 historic cars, with more than 30 marques dating from the early 1900s to the 1990s. “It’s hard...
The first Japanese Grand Prix held in 1963, at Honda’s then very new facility at Suzuka, is generally recognized as...
Thirty-six Lamborghinis produced between 1964 and 1991, as well as contemporary models, took part in the second edition of the...
Before WWII, the term “sports car” was an alien phrase in the USA. There was no such thing. Returning G.I.s changed that when they came home with MG TCs. This gave America its first taste of small, nimble, four-cylinder sports cars. Enthusiasts on this side of the pond said, “Please...
