As you’ll see, throughout both sides of the magazine, this month we recognize and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s...
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Bonhams has announced that it has been commissioned to sell a recently discovered 1928 Mercedes-Benz 26/120/180 ‘S’ Type Sports Tourer, which has been in the same family ownership from new. It is expected to sell for more than £1.5m at Bonhams’ Goowood Revival sale on September 15. The legendary “Kompressor”...
The Lotus Elan was launched in October 1962 at the British Motorshow, making next month the car’s 50th anniversary. The...
Nearly a decade after it had stunned the world with the original 300 SL, Mercedes-Benz faced the daunting task of...
2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 Photo: Mercedes-Benz 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 While the 300 SL of the 1950s was unquestioningly a sports car and the seed of the now 60-year-old SL line, some would argue that in later years the SL roadster drifted away from its sport car roots. Over time, the SL...
The story of the production model 300 SL really picks up where our story about the W194 Le Mans racecar...
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Celebrating its 20th year, the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance, to be held September 16, will feature classic French coachwork with the theme “French Curves.” The 2012 marque will be Delahaye, the French automobile company that manufactured some of the most luxurious and elegant automobiles from the classic era. The Exhibition...
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In the world of classic cars, we’ve grown accustomed to the fact that if you want to restore a historic...
Classic Motorcar Auctions LLC will hold their 3rd annual Grande Salon Auction Sept. 15-16, 2012 during the Glenmoor Gathering event at the historic Glenmoor Country Club in Canton, Ohio. The Grande Salon Auction will feature more than 150 antique, classic and sports cars as well as various automotive memorabilia up...
Gooding & Company has announced that it will present the impressive Ferrari collection of Sherman M. Wolf at its Pebble...
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17,...
Italy and the world lost one of the most accomplished stylists of all time in early July, when Sergio Pininfarina died after a long illness. He was born Sergio Farina in 1926, the son of Battista “Pinin” Farina who founded the family’s body styling business on May 22, 1930. Such...
• Correction—In last month’s Villa d’Este Photo Gallery, the 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I “Round Door” was attributed to Rene Herzog,...
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For the 12th year, Paris’s Parc des Expositions at Le Bourget, will play host on October 13–14, to Automédon, an...
This past July, Britain’s Beaulieu could have been mistaken for one of its French counterparts, as around 200 French vehicles...
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Like so many great automobiles of our time, the Mercedes-Benz SL series can trace its origins directly to the racetrack....
The classic car community lost one of its great champions on July 3, when Martin Swig passed away as a...
Leading the exceptional roster of “Rennsport” Porsches recently consigned to RM’s August 17–18, Monterey sale is an extraordinary, well-documented 1971 Porsche 917/10 Spyder Can-Am racecar (chassis 917/10-002). Raced in period by Jo Siffert, the car on offer is widely considered one of the greatest sports racing cars ever built. Initially...