In 1896, in Suresnes a western suburb of Paris, Alexandre Darracq started his business, A Darracg & Cie. His business...
50 years ago, the legendary ŠKODA 110 R Coupé celebrated its trade fair premiere in Brno, Czech Republic. The elegant...
MOKE International Limited has announced the return of one of Britain’s quirkiest automotive icons. UK customers can now order one of 56 limited edition MOKEs, an allocation selected to signify the number of years since the Mini MOKE first appeared in Britain in 1964. Order books also open for MOKEs...
What better way for petrol-heads to reignite their passion than with a feast of more than 500 fabulous classic cars...
I love good pesto. It has all the right ingredients for a wonderful meal. Cheese, basil, olive oil, all ground...
Jaguar Classic will create six matched pairs of E-types to celebrate the iconic sports car’s 60th anniversary in 2021—named the E-type 60 Collection. Each pair of E-type 60 Edition cars pay tribute to two of the oldest and most famous Jaguar E-types of all: ‘9600 HP’ and ‘77 RW’, which...
The 4th annual Catskill Conquest Rally commemorating the 1903 Automobile Endurance Run will take place on Saturday, September 26, 2020,...
It’s been a long Covid gap but on the 19th of August 2020 the London Concours became the first major...
We had spent the previous evening at Justin Marshall and his wife Shirley’s spectacular hilltop home overlooking their winery in Paso Robles, California. It was a warm beautiful summer night. We sipped a bit of Marshall’s award-winning wine, took in the incomparable view with the Pacific Ocean in the distance,...
The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), the world’s largest organization of its kind, held its annual Grand Nationals in...
The Swiss Aigle offshoot of Italian Carrozzeria Ghia bodied this 1949 Delahaye 135MS Coupé in a sleek, all enveloping body...
I bought both a Volkswagen Type 1 and a Morris Minor more than 20 years ago when we started coming to New Zealand to escape the winter months in the United States. I acquired the 1966 Morris convertible first, and it turned out to be a big mistake. One...
Isothermos was a manufacture of refrigeration units before WWII. The company was founded in Genoa, in 1939, but was moved...
Organizing a classic car rally is a demanding affair at the best of times, to which the pandemic has inevitably...
The London Concours crowned a stunning Ferrari 330 GTS as its ‘Best in Show’, following another enormously successful event. The HAC Artillery Gardens, a five-acre oasis of green close to Bank, in London, played host to a world-class collection of vehicles, covering million-pound Aston Martins, vintage Hot Rods and a display...
For the first time in its 72-year history, a selection of cars from Vauxhall Heritage’s famous collection will be on...
The Greenbrier Concours d’Elegance, which was moved from its traditional May spot on the calendar to September in light of...
My friend had done well that year. He was quite a bit older, but we’d bonded over cars, especially as I was starting my second year at Art Center training to be a car designer. One evening he pulled up to my apartment in his brand-new Ferrari Testarossa, I was...
Lotus is launching a new Certificate of Provenance programme, revealing the first recipient as a stunning and celebrated Turbo Esprit...
Years ago, a friend and I were in an old Dodge plumber’s van on our way to the Pebble Beach...
Independent automotive designer Bill Flajole worked on a number of important designs, including the Nash Metropolitan, before turning his attention to reimagining the Jaguar XK120. In 1955, Flajole mated his custom, fastback fiberglass body with a 1953 XK120M, high performance chassis and running gear to give birth to the the...
William Morrison1855-1927 [dropcap]T[/dropcap]hough Detroit is world-famous as the capital of American auto production, when it comes to electric cars, Des...
The Royal Automobile Club has announced that the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run will be going ahead...
It was a wet start this morning from Cortina D’Ampezzo for the crews of the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti 2020. The cars left the Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel to parade through Corso Italia, in the heart of the Queen of the Dolomites, this year without the usual crowds, due to...
The 13th Traversée de Paris (Summer Crossing of Paris) will take place on Sunday August 30, bringing together 600 vehicles (cars,...
The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud series was produced between 1955 and 1966 with a production run of 7,372 units. The first...
Beaulieu has released a revised calendar with a record number of 14 Simply rallies taking part in a star-studded line up of marque celebrations in the parkland surrounding the British National Motor Museum. The COVID-19 pandemic halted the 2020 program when the attraction had to close its doors to visitors...
Mention Lamborghini to any vintage enthusiast and the conversation will likely focus on the Countach or Miura. Of course, these...
The Morgan Motor Company has this week finished production of its last-ever steel chassis car to be built. The momentous...
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