Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
1944 Willys MB. Photo courtesy FCA. Opening in May of 2016 at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Early Off-Roaders will pay tribute to the trucks (and cars) that gave rise to today’s ubiquitous SUVs. Coming in a year that marks the 75th anniversary of the Jeep and the 50th Read more
A sample of Ford’s Car Buying series; image by the author Buying a new car is an art form. At least it seems that way to me, having watched my father hammer out more than a few deals over the years. On more than one occasion, I wondered how–with an Read more
Text by Jeff Koch; photography by Jeff Koch and Thomas A. DeMauro. At BMW, evolution is a way of life. Three decades separate the first 2002s and the last of the still-ubiquitous E30-generation 3-series, but over the years (and three generations), the brief has been remarkably constant: small, solid, sporting, Read more
While the term “restomod” generally conjures up images of Camaros and Mustangs infused with modern crate engines, it can be applied to automobiles of foreign origin, too. Take this 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV, for sale on Hemmings.com, for example: In place of the original 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, equipped with SPICA Read more
Text by Mike Bumbeck, photos by Jim Donnelly. Comparing a Lincoln to a Cadillac might seem like the sensible association to make, given their respective reputations for elegance. However, the threat to Lincoln in the early Fifties didn’t come from the top of the line, but rather from the Oldsmobile Read more
Text by Mike McNessor. Photos by Jeff Koch, restoration photos courtesy Evan Gavrilles. Some kids are drawn to sports. Others, fashion or music. For Evan Gavrilles and the rest of us, it was–is–muscle cars. “I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts called Medfield and all of my Read more
The (presumably abandoned) Litchfield Garage in Rio, Illinois. Photo by Pete Zarria. Have you ever run a successful auto repair business? Are you good with people? Do you think you have what it takes to be a star on the small screen? Want to add Fast and Loud’s Richard Rawlings Read more
Introduced in 1957, the Lotus Seven was essentially a motorcycle on four wheels, perhaps the best illustration of Colin Chapman’s philosophy of “adding lightness.” Though production ended in 1972, the Lotus Seven lives on through a host of available replicas, a testament to the entertainment value of an automobile pared Read more
Brief glimpse of racing at El Mirage in 1946 that Mac’s Motor City Garage posted this week, but it includes some rather noteworthy cars in the hot rodding pantheon. See how many you can name. * For those of us who would love to see Australia but dread the 24 Read more
Two things about the late David Bowie. Yes, he designed a chrome Mini for BMW for the 40th anniversary of the marque in 1998-1999. Torch had a pretty good writeup on that over at Jalopnik this week. And no, contrary to a meme that went around this week based on Read more