This year saw the seventh running of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, an event that was open to cars...
In 1959, Buick introduced the Invicta line of full-size sedans, as an evolution of the Buick Century married to a...
The Sacramento Autorama, one of the world’s longest running indoor car shows, hosted over 500 world-class custom vehicles and handed out over 400 individual awards during its awards ceremony on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds in Sacramento, California. The most prestigious of these awards was the...
The 2020 Geneva Motor Show has been cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. Swiss officials have decreed that...
The Ford Bronco is the product of legendary talent, from the teams who won the Baja 1000 to the collectors...
Fitting that a classic car show is staged at a classic venue and with its move from London’s Millennium Excel centre to the Victorian splendor of Olympia, the London Classic Car Show has achieved just that. Situated in Kensington, home to London’s “Smart Set”, Olympia with its arched spans of...
Charles Kettering, one time head of research at General Motors, once said: “People are very open-minded about new things –...
Aston Martin this year celebrates the creation of one of its most famous model designations, as the Vantage family of...
Thanks to the local newspaper, I learned about Bug-a-Palüza. It is an annual event that draws VWs of all types from far and wide. I don’t know how many VWs were in attendance, but they advertised that the first 300 entrants would receive goody bags! It is likely that many...
In 1976, I was playing catch with my friend on the front lawn of his house. In the distance we...
The 25th Anniversary edition of the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance has been canceled due to coronavirus health concerns, Hagerty announced today....
Cool Cars for Kids, Inc. announced today that due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and an abundance of caution it is cancelling its annual signature fundraising event – the upcoming Fourth Annual Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance on April 24-25, 2020. “The paramount mission of Cool Cars for Kids is to ensure...
Organizers of the Mille Miglia Retrospective have announced that this year’s event, which was scheduled to be held in its...
For enthusiasts looking for digital entertainment while practicing social distancing, the Petersen Automotive Museum will stream Vault tours during its...
Bespoke Rallies has announced the running of a 25-day 5,763-km adventure in Tasmania and Victoria state, Australia, this November. Named after the now extinct marsupial that roamed Tasmania as recently as the 1930s, Tiger Tasmania is for pre-1985 cars. It combines 11 days of unrivalled driving on many of the...
There have been a number of British manufacturers who have taken their smaller, less powerful motors out of their sports...
The New York City Concours (TNYCC) has reconfirmed Saturday, September 19, 2020, as the date for its Second Annual event. Following...
Long, long ago (50 years) in a city far, far away (Butte, Montana), I bought a racecar from Evel Knievel’s father. Bob Knievel was an amateur racer and car dealer. He dealt mostly in used cars, but he had one line of new cars, Siata. The only car Siata was...
One of many styling experiments built for day-to-day use by GM styling Chief Bill Mitchell, the XP-700 was built on...
The record-breaking Volkswagen Transporter has celebrated its 70th birthday, making it the world’s longest production run for a commercial vehicle....
The 25th Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance has announced that the concours scheduled for May 2-3, 2020 has been rescheduled, as has the 11th Annual Uncorked preview event due to the health threat from the Coronavirus. The Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance weekend-long, nationally acclaimed classic car and vintage...
The first thing one might ask about this car is what is it? The simple answer is its a Thing....
The Luftgekühlt gathering of the air-cooled Porsche faithful has been rescheduled for November 1, 2020. In the Porsche vernacular, Luftgekühlt...
When I moved to Tennessee a few years ago, one of the first things I did was look for a British car club. I have a split personality when it comes to cars – I prefer Italian and British automobiles. The club I found, Southern British Car Club (SBCC) is...
Built to showcase Vauxhall’s design innovation and autonomy in the mid-’60s, the XVR project was managed by the legendary Wayne...
With the Type 41 Royale, in 1926, Bugatti presented the strongest, largest and most luxurious automobile in the world, characterized...
In 1972, I was 10-years old when my dad drove home in a tiny little black convertible. I’d never seen anything like it. American cars were giant hulks with trunks that could swallow a Mini-Cooper and front bench seats that could double as living room sofas. Our 1952 Crosley Super...
Although the Petersen Automotive Museum remains closed to the public due to COVID-19, the museum will continue its eight-year tradition...
He simply adored Bugatti: Fritz Schlumpf had to own as many of the 30 vehicles as possible because he wanted...
Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 in the UK, the Directors of Salon Privé have taken a pragmatic decision to move the 2020 edition back by three weeks, with the event now taking place from Wednesday September 23rd to Saturday the 26th. According to the organizers, “Now in its...