Hemmings Auto Blog

Tom (left) and Ray Magliozzi. Photo courtesy Car Talk. Death is inevitable for us all, but truly living is not. When we pause at the end of the year to remember the fellow car guys and the shapers of the old car hobby who died at the end of the Read more

In honor of “low” gas prices (at least as I type this) here’s a nostalgic ad from the Minneapolis Star that ran in October of 1948. The fatter wallet is always a good advertising hook and Packard opted to go the mpg route in this ad. These bathtub beauties were Read more

If you’ve been paying attention to our Four-Links over the years, you should be able to recognize some of the Brazil-specific vehicles in these two photos of Sao Paulo – above, of the Shopping Center Iguatemi, now much expanded; and below, of the Avenida Nove de Julho, now much more Read more

Not every car that raced in the SCCA’s Trans-Am series was entered by a manufacturer, despite the lion’s share of Trans-Am coverage and historical articles focusing on the manufacturers’ involvement in the series in the late 1960s. Take, for instance, this privateer 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 for sale on Hemmings.com, Read more

A 1969 VW Karmann Ghia, with a 350 V-8 in its trunk, at the Zephyhills AutoFest. Photo by amateur photography by Michael. When Winter AutoFest begins Feb. 19 in Zephyrhills, Florida, not far from Tampa, it will mark the end of a long era. Carlisle Events, which has run the Read more

Futurliner No. 11. Photo courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Auctions! Mayhem! Rusty cars! This past year, it seemed that the collector car scene got more mainstream media attention than ever before, and all it took was cubic dollars, cars left to rot, and one geological phenomenon. So, of course, many of those same Read more

Not only does this post mark the last SIA Flashback for the year, it also marks the last of the series, with a look at Arch Brown and Bud Juneau’s article on the 1958 Pontiac Bonneville from SIA #201, June 2004, the last issue of the magazine before it became Read more

Before we get into the car, I’d like to point out that the ad for this 1955 Chrysler C-300 for sale on Hemmings.com is the type of ad that sells cars: lengthy description, illustrative and good-sized photos, and a short video that shows the car running and gives a quick Read more

* Crossing a cartoonish 1960s show rod and a shorty VW Type 2 may seem completely and utterly insane, but the end result, which Slammed Sixty posted this week (but the details on which we know nothing about), seems to work. Looking forward to seeing this one done. * Over Read more

All brochure images from the collection of Mark J. McCourt Volkswagen did a genius thing when it decided to proceed with building the Concept 1 show car in the early 1990s: it tapped into an incredibly deep and emotional font of goodwill that was shared by millions of people around Read more