When Mazda set out to design its MX-5 Miata in the late 1980s, superior handling was one of the two-seat roadster’s design goals. While the car was benchmarked against numerous sports cars during its development, one of the cars used Read more
Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna were vicious competitors on the track, never afraid to do whatever it took to outperform the other. It turns out that competitive spirit extended to the commercial side as well, though when it comes to Read more
* Friend of Hemmings Geoff Hacker, who is putting together the Fifties Fiberglass display at this year’s Hemmings Concours d’Elegance, recently obtained another cool car, the Leo Lyons Mercury. There’s more in Kustomrama and on Custom Car Chronicle. * There Read more
On it’s surface, James Finch’s perennial midpack Phoenix Racing NASCAR operation wasn’t anything special. With just one Sprint Cup win to it’s name and not one full season with a single driver in it’s history, Finch’s program never really left Read more
Source: Worldcarfans: Bentley Related posts: Bentley Mulsanne Le Mans Edition headed to Pebble Beach Bentley’s Future Includes New Continental Series, SUV and Possibly Mulsanne Convertible Bugatti Galibier could be axed – report Bentley Continental GT V8 S revealed with 521 Read more
Filed under: Classics, Convertible, Budget, Europe, Videos In the 1950s and 1960s, America was filled with big, V8-powered land yachts, with brutal straight-line speed and questionable handling. Europe, on the other hand, was filled with interesting, characterful superminis like this Read more
Source: Carscoops Related posts: Jay Leno Shows Off the Latest And Greatest Porsche 356, a 1963 Carrera 2 US-Bound VW and Audi Diesel Models to Get Next-Gen Engine in 2014 Report Says Front-Wheel Drive BMW Z2 Is Bound for 2016 Read more
Postal employees have had a number of motorized vehicles at their disposal over the decades, but perhaps none so cartoonish as the mid-1950s Fageols. Unlike today’s stark and angular Grummans, the Fageols looked like overinflated balloons on four wheels, and Read more
Heyyyy, boo boo. I see a pic-a-nic-a basket a-ripe for pickin’. What say you and me check it out? While we see plenty of 1960s photos of people feeding bears from their cars in Yellowstone National Park, like the couple Read more
Somehow this triple-brown 1972 Mercury Marquis Brougham pillared hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com made it through the last few decades without being parted out for its 429 drivetrain. We’d have to guess that’s because it has less than 29,000 miles Read more