Hemmings Auto Blog

While we recently argued that many of the cars we see in these Las Vegas carspotting scenes may very well be rentals, here we see at least a couple cars that we know for sure drove into town for the Fremont Street neon spectacle, based on their license plates. As Read more

Bruce McLaren at Le Mans in 1967. Photo courtesy Ford Motorsports. As a manufacturer of racing cars, McLaren has enjoyed amazing success in Can-Am, Formula 1 and even sports car racing. Its history is one of innovation and engineering triumph, led in its early days by founder Bruce McLaren. Like Read more

1932 Auburn boattail speedster. Auburn photos by Bob Gassen, courtesy LeMay—America’s Car Museum. The black-with-orange-trim 1932 Auburn boattail speedster now owned by Bruce Wanta of Bellevue, Washington, is no stranger to the show field. In addition to its CCCA Senior status, the shapely Auburn earned a People’s Choice award at Read more

Designer Raymond Loewy (left) and Studebaker president Sherwood Egbert admire a prototype of the 1963 Avanti. Photos courtesy Fred Fox. Editor’s note: This article, written by Fred Fox, highlights a marque featured at this year’s Ironstone Concours d’Elegance. The concours takes place on Saturday, September 26, at the Ironstone Winery Read more

Photos by David LaChance. Janis Joplin may have expressed her desire for a Mer-ced-es Benz in song, but it was a 1965 Porsche 356C cabriolet that graced her driveway. Perhaps the most recognizable car in rock and roll history, the psychedelic-liveried convertible will be offered for sale by the Joplin Read more

Beetles? Non! Most 1960s carspotting photos, from almost anywhere in the world, you’d expect to see a VW or two, but this is France, specifically Lyon, and you’re lucky to see much that’s not French in these two photos that Ran When Parked recently ran, courtesy the city of Lyon’s Read more

No, you probably won’t get invited to a Korean War re-enactment in this 1952 Willys M38 for sale on Hemmings.com, a military Jeep that’s been modified here and there to the seller’s wishes and needs. But if it weren’t for those modifications, it’s not likely this Willys would still be Read more

Photos courtesy Walter Miller. The elimination of the Datsun name in the United States in the early 1980s may have caused years of confusion, but it wasn’t the first time Nissan couldn’t keep its names straight. Nearly 20 years earlier, the company first tried to sell its Cedric in North Read more

Thanks to author, photographer, blog master and motorcycling enthusiast Paul D’Orleans, a special screening of the movie Easy Rider will open the third-annual Motorcycle Film Festival in New York City on September 23. We say special because two of the original chopper builders for the movie will be in attendance Read more

The Chaparral 2E at The Petroleum Museum. Photo by Oldwizzard. This weekend, September 17-19, the Tudor United SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship descend on the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, for the 2015 Lone Star Le Mans. Joining them, at least for exhibition laps on Read more