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1989 Peugeot 405 Mi16. Edit from brochure image below, courtesy ProductionCars.com. In 1989, French automaker Peugeot debuted a new front-wheel-drive sedan in the U.S., based on a platform shared with the Citroen BX. Voted European Car of the Year in 1988 (by the largest margin in the history of voting), Read more
The info with these photos of a ski resort’s parking lot that we came across on the Vermont Landscape Change program doesn’t include a specific date or place, but they’re among a batch of photos of the Dutch Hill Ski Resort in Readsboro, so we’re gonna go with that for Read more
We’ve seen this particular Crosley-powered 1953 Bandini for sale on Hemmings.com in person a couple of times now, and can attest that it sports a mighty fine restoration, one that’s gained it entry into the Amelia Island Concours, and that it’s a mighty tiny car—basketball players need not apply. It also has Read more
The Imposter, Don and Elma Voth’s Chip Foose-built 1965 Chevrolet Impala. Lead photo courtesy Pirelli, all others courtesy Championship Auto Shows, Inc. In 2008, when Don Voth asked Chip Foose to design a 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS for his wife, Elma, his initial requests were fairly straightforward. Don wanted a Read more
1985 Penske March 85C. Photos by Mike Maez, courtesy Gooding & Company. After a disappointing 1984 season that saw Team Penske drivers finish no higher than fourth in the overall CART standings, the team began 1985 with a renewed focus on reclaiming the championship. A new March chassis, the 85C, Read more
Volkswagen Transporter production in Wolfsburg, 1950. Photos courtesy Volkswagen AG. It began with a simple idea, sketched on notebook paper by Dutch Volkswagen importer Ben Pon in 1947. Inspired by the Plattenwagen, a flatbed factory hauler built from the wartime Kuebelwagen, Pon imagined a Beetle-based bus that could meet the Read more
Photo by the author. [Editor’s Note: Richard’s column on setting up a home garage, which previously ran in the August 2005 issue of Hemmings Motor News and the December 2007 issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, include such good advice, we thought it worth running it yet again.] Setting Read more
I don’t know if I say this enough, but I’m rather impressed with those of you who chime in here on our carspotting posts every day. Your communal knowledge of both cars and the locations we highlight is impressive, and there’s no better example of the latter than in the Read more
Before they became status symbols priced on par with luxury cars (and equipped nearly as well), pickup trucks were, well, trucks. Bought by working men (and women) who needed to haul cargo on and off the beaten track, they were models of function over form, with very few frills offered Read more
Photo courtesy The Creative Workshop. The arrival of the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s and 1960s brought about many dreams of how the network would directly influence American automobiles, some rather straightforward and some borrowed from science fiction. Yet for all those dreams, only one car was ever built Read more