Ads from the author’s collection. [As you read this, the June 2014 issue of Hemmings Motor News has just hit the newsstand, and in it is a story about acquiring vintage 8-track tapes for display or to actually use in Read more
Mmmm, Alaskan salmon. Funny that the citizens of Juneau, Alaska, put that Salmon Derby sign where they did, at the intersection of Franklin and Front, where cars immediately had to start swimming upstream, as it were, to climb the Franklin Read more
Filed under: Coupe, Government/Legal, Safety, Hyundai A Montana jury has levied a $248 million ruling against Hyundai in the case of a crash that killed two occupants in July 2011. The automaker plans to appeal the ruling. Cousins Trevor and Read more
Filed under: Volkswagen The Volkswagen brand sold 407,704 cars last year, a 6.95-percent decline compared to 2012, and it’s down a further 8.36 percent through the end of April 2014 compared to this time last year. In order to to Read more
There’s plenty of reasons to not have those cloying stick-figure family stickers in your window: they’re insipid, dorky, and kind of saccharine. But you know what they’re not? Dangerous. Even though fear-mongering local news stations want you to think so. Read more
If you were to ask me, "What is the quintessential California car?" I would say the Toyota Prius. They are popular among among the environmentally conscious Hollywood set, in addition to your average buyer. However, yesterday the LA Times reported Read more
No clutching, no shifting, no problem, right? Automatic transmissions have become more than just ubiquitous in recent decades – they’ve become all but the only transmission available in newer cars. But it took decades of development and a number of Read more
1965 Sunbeam Tiger Mk 1. Photos courtesy Auctions America. Touted for its versatility with ad copy that read, “Drag it! Race it! Swing with it!,” the Sunbeam Tiger followed the formula – made familiar by the Allard and Cobra – Read more
One of the Briggs Cunningham Jaguar Lightweight E-types, raced at Le Mans in 1963. Photo courtesy Blackhawk Automotive Museum. The 1963 Jaguar Lightweight E-type was Coventry’s response to the dominance of Maserati’s Tipo 151/1 and Ferrari’s 250 GTO in sports Read more
All classic car original air conditioning systems were filled with dichlorodifluoromethane or R-12/CFC-12 Freon. Even newer cars used the standard R-12 until the EPA, under section 609, in an attempt to reduce atmospheric ozone depletion, mandated that manufacturers phase out Read more