NEC, Birmingham, UK March 5-6 De Tomaso Pantera (Silverstone Auctions) Humber Pullman Rolls-Royce 20hp Horsfield Tourer Shirley MkII Become...
A pair of cars that have spent decades obscured by greenery—one in a hedge and the other in the lee...
The 12th Annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance took place on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Southern California enclave of the same name in mid-April, crowning winners in some 18 classes and selecting the French Curves Class-winning 1936 Delahaye 135 Competition Disappearing Top Convertible owned by Ken and...
The People The two people critical to the development of Tatra’s most significant automobiles, including the subject of this profile,...
The DB2 was a grand success, but Aston Martin wanted to entice more people to its creations. In 1953, AM launched its second car, at the Earls Court Motor Show, with the company’s savior’s initials: the DB2/4. Other than a modification to the chassis and a smaller fuel tank to...
Societa Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori was an aftermarket company that produced parts to “hot rod” Fiats. The company was started...
The 1953 Turin Auto Show must have been quite a sight. It presented cars of what would become a landmark...
Mecum Auctions’ annual Denver sale sent 611 vehicles across the auction block in early July, with 402 of the classic and collector cars hammering sold. Total sales reached more than $11 million, led by a superb R-Code 427-engined 1963 Ford Galaxie 500XL that gaveled for $155,000. For a list of...
When Carroll Shelby hung up his racing helmet, in 1959, for health reasons, he had to come up with a...
The Apollo GT was the brainchild of engineer Milt Brown and his partner Newt Davis. The youthful entrepreneurs envisioned a...
In 1957, the folks in Coventry were making plans for the replacement of the XK150. A small 2/3-scale aluminum prototype was tested. This was E1A. Norman Dewis was the test driver, putting this early design through its paces. The eventual look of the E-Type was already evident in this early...
On August 11, 1881, Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan was born to Florence and the Reverend Prebendary Henry George Morgan, in the...
Alfa Romeo has designed and built many desirable automobiles, in-house, during its century-plus existence, but some of its most interesting...
Alfa Romeo has produced a great number of very special cars during its 105-plus years of existence. Most of them, though, started life as bare chassis, where coachbuilders like Touring, Ghia, Zagato, and Vignale put incredible bodies on them. Once in a while, Alfa did a special limited production model....
Jean Rédélé loved cars! His father was a dealer. In 1946, he took over from his father and became the...
The Bavarian Motor Works was established in 1916. Originally building aircraft engines, at the end of World War I, they...
When West Coaster Johnny Von Neumann went to the mighty Max Hoffman and asked him for an inexpensive, bare-bones, open sports car—something for sun and fun—Max got him something special. In late 1954, Max introduced America to the 356 Speedster. A stripped down, low-price sports car, it could be driven...
The success of the first Myanmar Burma Road Classic, in 2014, made this second edition even more special. The idea...
A 1928 Isotta Fraschini 8ASS owned by Peter Boyle of Oil City, Pennsylvania, captured Best in Show honors at the...
The Palm Beach Cavallino Classic 25 took place in Palm Beach, Florida, on the weekend of January 20-24, celebrating automotive excellence for owners and enthusiasts of Ferraris and other fine Italian machinery. The event featured two days of track action at Palm Beach International Raceway and two days of concours...
Auburn, Indiana September 1-3, 2015 A Cord leads a 1934 Auburn as the tour makes its way to the ACD...
Timing is everything, and Graham’s great automobiles are a proof—unfortunately. That’s because, despite the fact that their company made great cars, the Graham brothers got into the business at the worst possible time. As a result, most of us have never even seen a Graham. My experience with Grahams was...
The history and intrigue of the sprawling Doheney Estate—known by most as Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California—makes any visit...
The Alfa Romeo Owners Club will hold its annual National Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning on June 15. Alfa Romeo...
Sydney, Australia • August 28, 2016 Pre-WW2 Morris 8 Sunbeams on display Austin 7 with a “slightly larger” Sunbeam behind Riley Red-Wings Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes...
Sometimes, when asked for a list of significant cars, a marque can be overlooked. It is seldom because the marque...
During Amelia Island’s trio of collector car auctions in conjunction with the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, 27 cars fetched more...
Amelia Island, Florida March 13, 2016 The 1954 Pegaso Z-102B of Phil Mulacek 1950 Mercury Ultra Modern, Rick D’Louhy Donald Lacer’s 1951 Studebaker Manta Ray, a limited production car Alfa Romeo’s display included this majestic 8C The 1962 Porsche Covington Tiburon of Geoffrey B. Hacker 1958 BMW 503 Series II...