The 2012 Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance will include major international names in automotive collecting and racing...
Starting in 1954, Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo launched a series of small, affordable sports cars based around its all-alloy, 1300-cc,...
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Her Majesty had a number of vehicles entered in the Cartier “Style et Luxe” Royal Vehicle Concours d’Elegance at this...
Chopard Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Chronograph Produced in honor of the prestigious Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, this 42.4-mm mechanical, self-winding chronograph is water resistant to 50 meters and features an exhibition back, sapphire crystal and perforated Barenia leather strap. Also offered is a limited edition version (500 examples)...
Two Citroën Traction Avants at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, examples of fairly mild French styling of the Deco era....
The history of Automobili Lamborghini is one that almost parallels the success of post-World War II Italy itself, and is...
Sir William Lyons, founder of the Jaguar car company, knew, as domestic car production returned to the UK, after World War II, that it would be a fast race for the hearts and minds of car enthusiasts around the world. Lyons also knew that while Jaguar—and in its earlier iterations...
• McCormick’s Palms Springs Collector Car Auction will be held November 16-18, 2012. Among the early entries are a 1953...
A special panel of “Junior Judges” organized by Hagerty Insurance made their way to the UK’s Cholmondley Castle on Sept...
The 10th annual The Quail—A Motorsports Gathering, proved another resounding success with a sellout crowd of 3,000 guests in attendance to view 180 specially selected automobiles and motorcycles. This year, The Quail paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of Iso Automobili, with Piero Rivolta, author, former managing director and designer...
Pantofola d’Oro, Ascoli Piceno LS For over 125 years, the Lazzarini family of Italy has been hand crafting shoes, including...
When Enzo Ferrari began building cars under his own name in 1947 he built racecars, satisfying a pent up desire...
To anyone interested in automotive history, the late 1940s and early ‘50s was a fascinating period of time, especially in the UK. With Britain still suffering the effects of an extremely costly war, it wasn’t until July 1954 when all rationing came to an end. Mostly the rationing affected foodstuffs...
Photo: Mike Jiggle Driving through a typical English village, passing 18th century period cottages, the Norman-towered church, the post office...
• Paris’ famed Retromobile automobile exhibition has announced that its next event, February 6–10, 2013, will pay tribute to the...
Ferrari’s record-breaking parade of 964 cars at Ferrari Racing Days at Silverstone on Saturday, September 15, has now been confirmed as an official Guinness World Record. Having previously set a record of 385 cars at Silverstone in 2007, the record then transferred to Japan in 2008 when Ferrari owners there...
Trans World Historic Rallying has announced the return of the epic London to Sydney Marathon Rally, last run in 2004,...
HERO, the Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation, and the CRA, the Classic Rally Association, have joined forces to become one of...
The Chubb Insurance Concours d’Elégance judging day at Salon Privé London marked the close of the Luxury Super Car Show, with a fabulous line up of 111 cars and bikes shortlisted down to 39 Concours prize winners for 2012. Leading the winners with the coveted “Best of Show” prize was...
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OPTIMA Chargers Digital 1200 12V Performance Battery Charger The OPTIMA Chargers Digital 1200 12V Performance Battery Charger enhances the performance of OPTIMA and other AGM batteries, recovers deeply discharged batteries and extends battery life. It also features a full text LCD display for charging, maintaining and fault mode indication. With...
Photo: David Gooley One glance at a late 1937, ‘38 or ‘39 Darl’mat 402 Special Sport tells you it’s classic...
1952 Lancia Aurelia B50Photo: Peter Collins On a rare sunny day in late spring, on empty roads in Wiltshire, this...
• RM Auctions announced that its annual London Battersea sale generated £14,266,030 ($23,039,638) in sales with 84 percent of total lots sold. The top performer of the sale was a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta “Tour de France”, which sold for a strong £1,960,000. Second highest lot sold was...
On October 23, H&H Auctions sold the 1922 Brough Superior SS80 known as “Old Bill” for £291,200 Grossing nearly £4...
Glorious sunshine, soaring temperatures and packed event fields combined to make this year’s Beaulieu Autojumble, held on September 8-9, one...
Sicily. Discuss. Well, it’s an island, it has, shall we say, a fearsome reputation and it was once home to probably the greatest race in the world. After four days of covering the Eco Targa Florio, or Targa Classic, organized ably by MAC, the same people who now run the...