In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17,...
The annual Italian Car Day at Brooklands is billed as the largest such gathering in the United Kingdom and the...
Like so many great automobiles of our time, the Mercedes-Benz SL series can trace its origins directly to the racetrack....
The aristocracy of automobile marques in the days before the Great Depression was comprised almost exclusively of products from European manufacturers: Hispano-Suiza, Isotta Fraschini, Minerva, Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce. American buyers who wanted the finest luxury car that money could buy inevitably chose vehicles that were imported from the Old World;...
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The California Mille, America’s salute to Italy’s most famous open road race, The Mille Miglia, returns for its 23rd year,...
Her Majesty had a number of vehicles entered in the Cartier “Style et Luxe” Royal Vehicle Concours d’Elegance at this...
Now in its 18th year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Moving Motor Show, the Cartier Style et Luxe...
Small independent shops are keystones of the automobile restoration industry, and among the more notable of these is Cavaglieri Restorations, recently relocated to a new 4,000-square-foot facility near Van Nuys airport in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. Proprietor Joey Cavaglieri’s early automotive experience came as a racing mechanic, beginning with Pete...
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VR: It was recently announced that you have been chosen to be the chief judge for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance starting with next year’s event. I would imagine that—in classic car world terms—this has to be somewhat similar to being selected from the dean of cardinals to be made...
• The Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance honored Carroll Shelby for his racing contributions and Edsel Ford for his involvement in...
• On August 17, Concorso Italiano at the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch, will feature an exclusive collection of Bertone-designed concept...
• Paris’ famed Retromobile automobile exhibition has announced that its next event, February 6–10, 2013, will pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of Roland Garros’ first crossing of the Mediterranean by air. Included in the display will be Garros’ type H “Morane” airplane and his 5-liter “Roland Garros” Bugatti. For...
• At H&H auctions, April 9 Duxford Sale, the UK auction house managed a near record price for a 1970...
• The ninth annual Classy Chassis Concours d’Elegance will return to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, Saturday and Sunday, June...
• The Branson Auto Museum has pledged to rebuild and reopen at the same location after a tornado with 130-mph winds touched down on the last day of February. Although the roof was destroyed in the twister and flying debris damaged some cars, the majority of the collection survived unscathed....
• McCormick’s Palms Springs Collector Car Auction will be held November 16-18, 2012. Among the early entries are a 1953...
• The highly acclaimed Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance, which has been held the last week of February for the past...
• Correction—In last month’s Villa d’Este Photo Gallery, the 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I “Round Door” was attributed to Rene Herzog, when in fact the car is owned by the Petersen Automotive Museum, in Los Angeles. • RM Auctions further expands its 2012 calendar with the addition of The Charlie Thomas...
VR: How did you start writing? CC: My wife had a job with the local police department working nights doing...
Driving in to the office the other morning, I was listening to a comedian on the radio. His name is...
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