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I could’ve sworn I’ve run this L.A. highway scene before, but perhaps not. Even if I did, we’ve seen so many new readers since then that it’ll be new to them nevertheless. The full photo, which we came across over at Truque, shows the highway signs that should help pinpoint Read more
Shown as a concept at the 1985 Frankfurt Auto Show, the production Porsche 944S2 cabriolet would take until 1989 to hit the market. By then, the contract for assembly was handed off from Baur to the American Sunroof Company (ASC), which set up shop in Heilbronn, Germany, just to build Read more
Photo courtesy GM Media. Though an icon of American performance, the Chevrolet Corvette hasn’t always had a secure place in the General’s lineup. Most Corvette historians and enthusiasts already know that it faced cancellation multiple times early in existence, but the story of another potential death knell is just now Read more
Candidates for the 2015 “People’s Choice” demo day at the Simeone Museum. Photo courtesy Simeone Museum. At most car museums, visitors can only imagine what it’s like to hear the exhibits run, or to see them driven even at modest speeds. The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, however, Read more
Title sounds dangerous. What could it mean? All photos are frame grabs from video below. Of the numerous “low shot of approaching train” sequences that Jam Handy ordered up, this is an impressive one. We can only surmise that such plum assignments were handed off to rookie camera operators as Read more
All images courtesy of BMW of North America. In the northern part of the country, you’d be hard pressed to find any luxury car that is not equipped with all-wheel drive today, save for a few GTs or coupes – though more and more of those have the four-wheel traction Read more
Reader John Shea recently sent us a couple carspotting photos along with all the relevant info to go along with them. Take it away, John: “(They were) taken by Carl Brown, location Gainesville GA. May 25/26 1957 #36 is Joe Sheppard in the Lotus Eleven that won its class at Read more
For one of the better-known of Edsel Ford’s series of speedsters, it’s rather amazing there’s just one replica of it (that we know of) running around, the Italian-built 1934 Ford that we featured earlier this year and that is now for sale on Hemmings.com. The one-of-a-kind replica of a one-of-a-kind Read more
Boyd Coddington’s The French Connection. Photo by author. Boyd Coddington may well have been the man who brought hot-rodding into the living rooms of Middle America, via his successful TLC television series American Hot Rod. Before his untimely 2008 death, Coddington was growing ever more determined to take the hobby Read more
Fancy getting into supercar production, but want a bit of a head start? CA Global Partners, as we reported briefly in our piece about Saleen Automotive’s current financial difficulties, currently has an open, online auction for the remainder of the assets from a previous iteration of a company once headed Read more