“100 miles per hour speed with 100 percent comfort and docility.” This proclamation was made in an advertisement that appeared...
Auto Union’s Wanderer brand constructed three, Ferdinand Porsche designed, aluminum-bodied W25K roadsters for the 1938 Liege-Rome-Liege rally. Equipped with inline,...
In 1962, Alfa Romeo came out with a new machine, the Giulia. It was actually a series of machines. There was the Alfa Giulia Super (sedan), as well as the Sprint, Sprint Speciale and Spider. They were uprated versions of the earlier Giulietta, with an enlarged engine and slightly longer...
In the mid 1990s, I had the pleasure of spending the day with Carroll Shelby. After walking through his LA...
On the beautiful sun-filled street of 72nd and Madison Avenue, The New York City Concours Exhibition (TNYCC), sponsored by Hispano...
Photo Gallery from the August 28, 2022, San Marino Motor Classic in San Marino, CA....
The Detroit Concours d’Elegance is a celebration of both the city and the automotive culture that has defined it for...
Debuted at the 1968 New York Auto Show, the Astro II (eXperimental Project 880) was General Motors’ first, real foray...
Photo Gallery from the Aug. 20, 2022, Concorso Italiano, in Monterey, California....
Just after midnight, in February 1973, there was a battle being waged on a Daytona Beach, Florida race track. All...
A unique Duesenberg reprised its early role as Concours winner by taking the top prize at the Pebble Beach Concours...
Bonnie Menapace (nee Hemsley – yes, she’s my daughter) got her first Alfa for her 16th birthday. It was a used, yellow 1979 Alfa Spider Veloce, which she still has. Andy Menapace got to share that Alfa Spider when he married Bonnie, and he got to learn how to change...
The Steelers Wheel 1973 pop tune “Stuck in the Middle with You” could very well have been the theme song...
Aston Martin has chosen the 2022 Monterey Car Week to unveil the spectacular DBR22 for the first time: A V12-engined,...
Photo Gallery from the June 19, 2022, Rodeo Drive Concours, Beverly Hills, CA....
The Arizona Concours d’Elegance is seeking spectacular automobiles for the much-admired show and competition, which returns on January 22, 2023,...
Singer-songwriter Carol Connors once bet Carroll Shelby that if she wrote him a hit song, he’d give her a Cobra....
One of three experimental aerodynamic prototypes built for the 1940 war-affected Mille Miglia, this unique 328 was designed by Wunibald Kamm. After World War II, this car would be crashed and destroyed in 1953....
On July 21, top automotive executives and VIPs gathered at The Icon, on the Detroit waterfront, to celebrate the induction...
The Triumph Motor Company was a manufacturer started by two partners from Germany building bicycles under the trade name Triumph....
The names of the great marques roll off the tongue like poetry—Porsche, Jaguar, Maserati, Mercedes, Rolls-Royce and, of course, Ferrari. And, the best of these manufacturers reserve a special model name for their most significant cars. Think Carrera GT, Silver Ghost, SSK and Ghibli and you need no further description...
The end of the century was a big deal. Now that more than two decades have passed, it’s quaint to...
In 1966, Lamborghini shook the automotive establishment when it mounted is powerful V12 engine transversally, in a rear-mid position, on...
Photo Gallery from the Jun 26th, 2022, Hillsborough Concours....
Next year marks the 100th anniversary of Joseph Figoni’s coachbuilding firm, and as such the Pebble Beach Concours has announced...
1966 Pininfarina Ferrari 365P Berlinetta Speciale Designed by Pininfarina as a Ferrari concept car, the 365P Berlinetta Speciale utilized a...
There are certain cars made notable by television. The Beverley Hillbillie’s truck, The Munster Mobile, Honey West’s Cobra. Then there was the one car that became an iconic ’80s machine, driven by a guy with a great mustache and a series of Hawian shirts. That was Tom Selleck as Thomas...
The Peninsula Hotels has announced its eight finalists for its preeminent honor, The Peninsula Classics 2021 Best of the Best...
It’s that time of year. When we celebrate that hallmark of Americana, Father’s Day. Get out the smoker, grill some...
The spectacular Mercedes-Benz 540K represented the zenith of pre-war accomplishments by the Stuttgart-based firm in the pre-war era. It is considered by many to be both a technical marvel and a styling masterpiece. An evolution of the brilliantly engineered 500K, whose independently suspended chassis it shared, the 540K was powered...
