When John Sanderson, a pupil of the famous English landscape architect Lancelot “Capability” Brown, initially laid out the Claydon Estate...
More than 450 of the world’s most prestigious supercars rumbled onto the grounds of Britain’s National Motor Museum on August 20-21,...
Sixty-one cars were sold for more than $1 million during the various auctions held as part of August’s Monterrey Classic Car Week, but while the top end of the market continues to look good, some erosion is appearing at the lower echelons. Of the major houses, Gooding & Co. topped...
The Apollo GT was the brainchild of engineer Milt Brown and his partner Newt Davis. The youthful entrepreneurs envisioned a...
Pebble Beach, CA August 21, 2016 1938 Delahaye 165 Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet owned by the Robert M. Lee Automobile...
Monterey, CA August 17, 2016 James Hetfield’s amazing Aquarius Jet planes and Ferraris Stunning Studebaker Woody Hot Rod 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 most ads, lets you...
Carmel, CA August 16, 2016 Mike and Jo Heffernan’s 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB Best of Show winner was Steve Marini’s...
Carmel, CA August 15, 2016 Unusual 1964 Mazda R360 Coupe owned by Michael and Barbara Malamut The Shelby Cobra pit....
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 Bugatti name is widely known in the automotive world for the selection of exquisite roadcars and racecars produced by...
Toyota 2000 GT In the world of collectable vintage sports cars, well-known names come to mind: Ferrari, Porsche, Jaguar, and many...
The Quest for Aerodynamics One day, after learning that I own four Alfa Romeos, a young man asked me, “Why Alfa Romeo? Why do you like Alfas so much?” Difficult to answer the question at first thought. However, I tried to explain the memory the cars evoke in me—to a...
What does the recent sale of “unobtanium” tell us abou the market as a whole? I’ve literally just walked in...
Tom Malloy: Vintage Racer, Collector VR: Let’s start off at the very beginning, can you tell me a little bit about...
• Classic Motor Cars Ltd., a successful classic car restoration company in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, UK, which last year turned over £5.2 million, has been given to the staff by its owner. CMC employs more than 60 staff and has restored some of the world’s most important cars including many famous...
VR’s European team will be on parade for a fourth consecutive year at the NEC Classic Motor Show, November 11-13....
Scott Wilson, the builder, chief test pilot and leader of the Bugatti 100P Project, was killed when the prototype of...
The 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C “Goutte d’Eau” owned by Peter and Merle Mullin has won the inaugural Peninsula Classics Best of the Best award, which was presented in Carmel, California. The prize, judged by a panel of nearly two dozen notable experts from all aspects of the motoring industry, evaluated the...
Since first offering its wares to the automotive public, Lancia has excelled at engineering some of the most technically advanced...
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...
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...
Bugatti 57 – The Last French Bugatti – Classic Reprint By Barrie Price The magnificent Type 57 was the final flowering of the genius of Ettore Bugatti and Jean Bugatti, and was the last truly new model from the Bugatti factory in Molsheim, France. Conceived as a fast, luxurious and...