So which is easier to maintain: an all-original car or a car sporting an older restoration? All depends on the quality of the restoration, we suppose. This Aztec Green 1948 Buick Roadmaster for sale on Hemmings.com went through a restoration Read more
In the fall of 1962, a new Dodge dealership opened at the intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Spaulding Avenue in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, owned by a 28-year old entrepreneur named Norman Kraus, or “Mr. Norm” to his Read more
1955 Jaguar D-type. Photo by Tim Scott, courtesy RM Auctions. Business mogul and former British House of Lords member Irvine Laidlaw doesn’t view himself as a car collector. Instead, Laidlaw considers himself a car enthusiast, saying, “I want to exercise Read more
A 1981 Volkswagen Pickup Sportruck. Image by John Lloyd. Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s, compact pickup trucks were a popular sight on the streets of American cities. Chevrolet’s LUV (which reportedly stood for Light Utility Vehicle), a rebadged Read more
Filed under: Car Buying, Earnings/Financials, Diesel It’s cheaper to drive a diesel-powered vehicle than a gas-powered vehicle over the course of three to five years, according to a new study commissioned by Robert Bosch LLC – a company that makes Read more
Earth’s most popular car show about three middle-aged men debuted its 20th season today, and it looks like everything’s back on form. You can either wait a week to watch it on BBC America, or, if you’ve managed to procure Read more
Welcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past. Read more…
Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedan, Technology, Audi, Luxury Audi has just released details about its new Matrix LED headlamps, but just as illuminating as the new lighting technology is confirmation that the next A8 will appear “on the market at Read more
When Dodge introduced the Li’l Red Express Truck in 1978, no one really understood the concept of a “muscle pickup truck.” What enthusiasts soon figured out, however, is that trucks weren’t saddled with the same emission control regulations as cars, Read more
All the hoopla surrounding the 60th anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette boils down to today; according to General Motors, the first Corvettes went into production on Tuesday, June 30, 1953, in the Flint, Michigan, assembly plant (using bodies produced by Read more