Riverside, California April 3, 2016 Bruce Meyer brought this 1929 Duesenberg J The 1948 Packard Custom 8 Fastback of Erick...
Highlighting RM Sotheby’s February 3 sale during the world-famous Retromobile show week in Paris will be a rare 1955 Porsche...
Lyon Air Museum, Santa Ana, CA July 1-August 1, 2016 1937 Mercedes Benz 540K alongside a Douglas DC3. 1941 Mercedes-Benz 770K and a North American B25J Mitchell. 1961 Mercedes-Benz. 1962 Mercedes-Benz 300D Cabriolet. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Journey From Sydney to Melbourne to Tasmania in a Classic Jaguar Many years back I worked as a jackaroo, which would require no explanation in Australia, but in case you don’t know, that’s a young bloke who is working on a sheep or cattle station (farm) to gain practical experience...
Panel Beater, Collector Discovers Artistry in Aluminium Paul Pennell has been entrenched in the world of motors from a very...
Windsor, UK • September 3-4, 2016 Audrey and Martin Gruss’ 1955 Ferrari 250 GT Europa Pinin Farina Speciale Visiting car...
CSX 2000, arguably the most important modern American car and a vehicle that revolutionized the automotive world, will cross the auction block this summer as part of RM Sotheby’s flagship Monterey sale, August 19-20, in California. Offered for sale by the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust, the iconic Cobra was constructed...
Cuba’s Car Culture Celebrating the Island’s Automotive Love Affair By Tom Cotter and Bill Warner The story of how Cuba came to be trapped in an automotive timewarp is a fascinating one. For decades, the island country had enjoyed a healthy tourism trade and American outpost status, and by the...
The 1953 Turin Auto Show must have been quite a sight. It presented cars of what would become a landmark...
The winners of the Endurance Rally Association’s first Alpine Trial have reclaimed their trophy after winning the pre-war rally for the second time. Gareth Burnett and Jez Haylock won the event in their 1934 Talbot 105 Alpine, which was used in the very first Alpine Trial held in the same...
Scott Wilson, the builder, chief test pilot and leader of the Bugatti 100P Project, was killed when the prototype of...
• Ferrari of North America has announced a special Ferrari Classiche Concours d’Elegance will be held December 1-4, 2016, in conjunction...
Alfa Romeo has designed and built many desirable automobiles, in-house, during its century-plus existence, but some of its most interesting cars have been designed by independent coachbuilders—the 1931 6C 1750 by Zagato, Touring-bodied 8C 2900B of the late ’30s, several lovely Pininfarina Spider designs from the ’50s to the mid-’90s,...
The Quest for Aerodynamics One day, after learning that I own four Alfa Romeos, a young man asked me, “Why...
Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL January 24, 2016 1930 Bugatti T35B. 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic. 1949 Lea-Francis 2.5 Liter. In the...
Paris, France October 10-11, 2015 1936 Delahaye 135 S. Bugatti Type 44 Torpédo. Simca Sport that raced in the 1949 “Bol d’Or” and the 1950 “Grand Prix de Paris. This Simca “Présidence Cabriolet” was used by Général De Gaulle and was coach-built by Henri Chapron. Become a Member &...
The car that won Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. its first Royal Warrant, the magnificent 1954 Lagonda 3 Litre Drophead Coupe...
Studebaker was an innovative company. In the pre-war years, it built some of the finest and most elegant art deco cars of the period. Unlike many other independent brands, Studebaker emerged from the Second World War competing head to head with the big three in design and engineering. By the...
The 12th Annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance will take place on the weekend of April 8-10, 2016, at Ellen Browning...
1948 Delahaye 135M Cabriolet It is difficult to decide whether the Italians or the French designed the most beautiful cars in the years prior to World War II. After the war, though, the French appear to have had a decided advantage in design, possibly because their auto industry was quicker...
The 2016 Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run—the world’s longest running motoring event—will celebrate inventor Karl Benz’s 130-year-old patent,...
Alfa Romeo has produced a great number of very special cars during its 105-plus years of existence. Most of them,...
Missouri’s newest Route 66 attraction, Guy Mace’s Route 66 Car Museum, opened its doors to the public on June 15. The Museum is located at 1634 West College in Springfield, Missouri, and will be open Wednesday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. It’s near both the city’s Route...