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We consider them legends today, but the people racing at Bonneville in the early 1950s were for the most part just regular guys looking to go fast. Fortunately, a couple enthusiasts went out there with some color film and a camera in hand and 60-something years later posted that footage Read more
In 1982, Pontiac debuted an all-new Firebird with a radical aerodynamic shape, the first significant redesign of the model in 13 years. Not content with the car’s already slippery shape, in 1984 the automaker introduced an aero kit that lowered the car’s coefficient of drag to a claimed 0.299, the Read more
We mentioned it briefly in the story about the Amelia Island Concours’s vintage trophy class, but the 1937 Cord that won the Stevens Challenge Trophy has already been hanging out with that piece of hardware at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, we recently found out through the National Automobile Museum. Read more
1958 Chevrolet Bel Air Impala Convertible. Photos courtesy General Motors. Chevrolet’s Impala has been around for a long, long time. Debuting in 1957 as a 1958 model, the Impala soldiered on (in its first life) from 1958 through 1985, evolving to include convertible, hardtop, coupe, sedan and even station wagon Read more
Let’s be honest: Back in the 1950s, no one bought panel vans as daily drivers. Instead, they were generally snapped up by plumbers, electricians, painters, carpenters and business owners needing a reliable local delivery vehicle. Most were worked to death and towed to the local junkyard for scrap value, which Read more
Photos courtesy of Historics at Brooklands. A two-seat convertible sports car hardly seems like a sensible choice for police work, but from the 1930s into the 1960s, British automaker MG provided a variety of vehicles to police agencies throughout England. While some were sedans, TA, TB, TC, MG A and Read more
Dan Gurney driving a Shelby Cobra at Sebring in 1963. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. Today, Sebring International Raceway is best known for the 12-hour endurance race held each March, but in 1941 the remote plot of land in the swamps of central Florida was initially developed as a bomber Read more
Land speed record setter, Jack Costella and Nebulous Theorem VI. All photos courtesy of Alexandra Lier. Alexandra Lier is an internationally award-winning professional freelance photographer and creative director living in Hamburg, Germany, who has been capturing Bonneville Speed Week with her lens since 1999. While she often works with major automobile Read more
The author, and a happy passenger, at speed in the SRT Viper GTC. Photos by Kate Ernst unless otherwise noted. Many of us who earn a living writing about automobiles once had visions of racing professionally, only to learn that our skill sets (or our bank accounts) didn’t measure up Read more
Many thanks to the folks who, knowing of my penchant for Seventies Jeep and AMC products, tipped me to this 1972 AMC Matador two-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com. However, those same people also know that my garage is full of said Seventies Jeep and AMC products, so perhaps the people Read more