The ’84 Manx Rally is still interesting for the variety of cars up for contention. There’s an Audi Quattro, sure, but there’s everything else from an AE86 Corolla, a couple Opel Mantas, and a V8 Rover Vitesse. I’m not sure Read more
Say, if you’ve ever driven a Fiat 500 Abarth and thought "This engine is a ton of fun, but it would be even better in a small, lightweight, rear-wheel drive application" then get excited! Alfa Romeo may make your dreams Read more
Filed under: Etc. We’re almost ready to record Episode #369 of the Autoblog Podcast! You can check out the topics below, add your own to the Q&A and join us live via UStream, as well. Keep reading for our embedded Read more
My grandfather’s Oakland Pontiac dealership, sometime in the 1930s. Photos courtesy Kurt Ernst. Fate or free will? Depending upon who one asks, a path in life is either predetermined long before birth, or the product of environment, upbringing and education. Read more
Troy Ladd’s company, Hollywood Hot Rods, has attained a high profile over the past few years. Think of Ladd’s own “Respect Tradition” ’32 roadster, STREET RODDER magazine’s Road Tour ’40 Ford, or the Mustang HHR built for Ford that debuted Read more
While this photo of a stack-’em-up car park has been making its rounds on the various car forums out there with no contextual information, it’s not hard to google the Modish Building and discover that (as Vintage Portland pointed out) Read more
With what looks to be a very nice restoration likely done by the seller’s father, this 1948 Buick Super convertible for sale on Hemmings.com indeed would not be out of place on a show field, as the seller asserts, but Read more
Le Monstre, Briggs Cunningham’s Cadillac-based sports racer, is part of The Revs Institute collection. Photo provided by The Revs Institute. While the Collier Automotive Museum was among the finest automotive museums on American soil and perhaps one of the top Read more
All images by Syd Mead. If you’ve ever seen Blade Runner, Tron, Aliens, Elysium, or any number of other science fiction movies, you’ve seen the work of futurist Syd Mead, but Mead never set out to lend his talents to Read more