Nearly a decade after it had stunned the world with the original 300 SL, Mercedes-Benz faced the daunting task of...
The Lotus Elan was launched in October 1962 at the British Motorshow, making next month the car’s 50th anniversary. The...
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17, when the annual Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance celebrated their “THE BRITISH ARE COMING!” theme, with over 30,000 people in attendance. As the 2012 featured marque, Aston Martin was the centerpiece...
Like so many great automobiles of our time, the Mercedes-Benz SL series can trace its origins directly to the racetrack....
• Correction—In last month’s Villa d’Este Photo Gallery, the 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I “Round Door” was attributed to Rene Herzog,...
May 6, 2012 Pasadena, California Each Spring, the Ferrari Club of America’s Southwest Region holds a free to the public concours on “Old Town” Pasadena’s Colorado Blvd. 150 Ferraris were allowed to participate, but only Ferraris built before 1999 were eligible for FCA judging....
As you’ll see, throughout both sides of the magazine, this month we recognize and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s...
Classic Motorcar Auctions LLC will hold their 3rd annual Grande Salon Auction Sept. 15-16, 2012 during the Glenmoor Gathering event...
June 16, 2012 Rockingham Castle, UK...
May 20, 2012 • Lakeside Park Motor Sport Complex May 20 was Australian Motoring Heritage Day and over 8,000 spectators...
The classic car community lost one of its great champions on July 3, when Martin Swig passed away as a...
June 16-17, 2012 North Little Rock, Arkansas Mecum Auction’s Salmon Brothers Collection sale in North Little Rock, Ark. saw total gross sales for the one-day special auction top $6.95 million with a sell-through rate of 100%. The top seller of the auction was an AACA winning 1934 Cadillac Fleetwood V12...
In the world of classic cars, we’ve grown accustomed to the fact that if you want to restore a historic...
Celebrating its 20th year, the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance, to be held September 16, will feature classic French coachwork with the theme “French Curves.” The 2012 marque will be Delahaye, the French automobile company that manufactured some of the most luxurious and elegant automobiles from the classic era. The Exhibition...
For the 12th year, Paris’s Parc des Expositions at Le Bourget, will play host on October 13–14, to Automédon, an...
Leading the exceptional roster of “Rennsport” Porsches recently consigned to RM’s August 17–18, Monterey sale is an extraordinary, well-documented 1971...
May 11–12, 2012 Monte Carlo, Monaco RM’s biennial, two-day auction, held the same weekend as the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, sold a remarkable $43 million worth of rare automobiles, with an 86% sell through rate. With Feraris featuring prominently, the sale lifted the gavel on 22 different examples spanning over...
June 12, 2012 San Marino, California A new concours debuted on the sprawling main lawn of Lacy Park in sunny...
Italy and the world lost one of the most accomplished stylists of all time in early July, when Sergio Pininfarina...
2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 While the 300 SL of the 1950s was unquestioningly a sports car and the seed of the now 60-year-old SL line, some would argue that in later years the SL roadster drifted away from its sport car roots. Over time, the SL roadster became more luxurious and...
This past July, Britain’s Beaulieu could have been mistaken for one of its French counterparts, as around 200 French vehicles...
Bonhams has announced that it has been commissioned to sell a recently discovered 1928 Mercedes-Benz 26/120/180 ‘S’ Type Sports Tourer,...
The story of the production model 300 SL really picks up where our story about the W194 Le Mans racecar ends. After a highly successful 1952 racing season where the W194 “Gullwing” won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Carrera Panamericana, the entire sports car program was closed,...
Gooding & Company has announced that it will present the impressive Ferrari collection of Sherman M. Wolf at its Pebble...
