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Though second-generation Firebirds, constructed from 1970 to 1981, have not always been atop the list of must-have muscle cars for GM collectors, that’s been changing in recent years as younger enthusiasts begin to seek out cars from their formative years. Read more

Forty miles per gallon shouldn’t be that hard. It shouldn’t require hypermiling, drafting behind semis, super-streamlining your car, or adding a complex hybrid drive system. After all, Austin was able to get that sort of mileage decades ago with cars Read more

Ford built 6,066 Galaxie 500XL convertibles for the 1968 model year, but the Marti Report included with this 1968 Ford Galaxie 500XL convertible for sale on Hemmings.com documents that this is the only example built in this particular configuration. Factor Read more

Always look in a car’s trunk when you go to buy it. Sure, it’s not the glitziest or most glamorous part of a car – it doesn’t (or, at least, it’s not supposed to) have all the greasy bits that Read more

If Buick’s Turbo Regal was like finding out that your grandmother smoked the occasional cigarette, the Grand National was the equivalent of finding out that she ran a bordello when she wasn’t hunting down bail jumpers or cooking moonshine in Read more

As originally purchased, this 1962 Ford Falcon for sale on Hemmings.com – like pretty much every other Ford Falcon built – was considered nothing more than a daily driver, something rock simple and inexpensive and certainly not to be glorified Read more

The Sunbeam Alpine was best known on these shores as a diminutive four-cylinder roadster, though it was most appealing with a V-8 shoehorned between its narrow fenders, wearing a Sunbeam Tiger badge. When Alpine roadster production ended in 1968, the Read more

Favored for their shorter overall length (and better visibility) compared to more conventional designs, Ford’s Cab Over Engine (COE) trucks were a staple on American roads for decades, used for everything from box trucks to fire engines. We’ve seen most Read more

Qualifying at La Carrera Panamericana 2013 took place Thursday in Veracruz with the usual Policia Federal presence, as we see from Steve Berry’s photos. Judging from the day’s results, the racing will be rather competitive, with less than a minute Read more