1953 Chrysler Ghia Special Coupe. Photo by Franck Sicre, courtesy RM Auctions. Chrysler’s Ghia-built show cars of the early 1950 demonstrated the potential of a marriage between Italian coachbuilding (influenced by Virgil Exner’s designs) and American engineering. Chrysler only had Read more
The Indy 500 is next weekend. Personally, it’s my favorite race of the year and I wouldn’t miss it for the world. But since 1996, the popularity trajectory has been the opposite of positive. How can we rectify that? Read Read more
There are Top Gear franchises all over the world, from America to Hong Kong. Which one is the worst? Read more…
Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Dodge, Ford, Celebrities, TV/Movies Recreating the famous chase scene from Bullitt has become almost an art form in its own right. We’ve seen it done in a music video, with scale models and even Read more
Filed under: Spy Photos, Performance, Hatchback, Honda Honda’s upcoming Civic Type R is one of our most anticipated models of the next year – and we probably won’t even get it in North America. And yet, each time we see Read more
The biomechanical themes in the work of artist and designer H.R. Giger – who died Monday at the age of 74 – suited science fiction well. One of his most enduring creations, the xenomorph from the Ridley Scott movie Alien, Read more
Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If Harry A. Miller and the Duesenberg brothers were the first geniuses of the front-engine American championship racing car, then Abraham Jacob Watson – the other icon of Indianapolis racing who went by the initials Read more
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Where’s the barkers? Where’s the lifestyle booths? Where’s the booze? Okay, so maybe this photo of an auto auction taken in November 1959, courtesy the Library of Virginia, doesn’t exactly depict a predecessor to modern-day collector car auctions, but it Read more