Hemmings Auto Blog

In the lowbrow and hot rod art scene, few artists of the last 20 years are more prolific or revered than Keith Weesner, whose signature style mixing noir, retrofuturism, crazy customs and hot rods, and curvy women has earned him a loyal following and extensive showings. A few hot rod Read more

As found and posted to Flickr by Jeffs4653, this photo of a bunch of cars parked in a field only came with a date of August 1970, no specific location. Scanning the license plates, we see a bunch of what appears to be black-on-cream New Jersey plates, which were indeed Read more

True, Pontiac stopped building sedan deliveries in 1953 for the U.S. market; in Canada, however, the Pontiac sedan delivery continued a little longer, as we can see from this 1956 Pontiac Pathfinder sedan delivery for sale on Hemmings.com, a car based on the same-year Chevrolet body and chassis, using a Read more

1965 Ferrari 275 GTB. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy of Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise indicated. Even vintage Ferraris can get lost in the shuffle during Monterey Car Week, and when a well-documented 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB crossed the stage at Mecum’s Monterey sale, bidding stalled at $1.8 million, which failed Read more

Photo by the author. On the global stage, the United States typically works with its allies to resolve conflicts of all sorts. Next year, however, the United States will have no allies to rely on as it takes on every other auto-producing country on its own in the third annual Read more

Outside Ogunquit, Maine, during the 2014 Hagerty Trophy Run. Photo by author. The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty is arguably the quintessential vintage car rally. First run in 1983, it was conceived as a time/distance/endurance rally across the country. Over time it grew to include five divisions Read more

1964 Buick Riviera. Photo by author. All of us have our favorite cars–cars we’ve known, cars we’ve owned, cars we’ve loved, cars we wish we could own. But what were the most influential cars in your life, good or bad, and why? What cars shaped your outlook on things automotive? Read more

Reader and frequent commenter Stéphane Dumas spotted this circa 1960s photo of Cape Town, South Africa’s Adderley Street where it intersects with Strand Street on the blog of a Cape Town resident who noted that the Cape Town Heritage Council is to thank for keeping most of the buildings along Read more

Sure, big-block V-8s get all sorts of attention and make lots of noise and fury, but small-block V-8s have their place, too, especially for those folks who don’t care for big-block cars’ higher purchase price, poorer fuel mileage, and generally worse everyday driveability. This four-speed, 360-powered 1974 Plymouth Road Runner Read more

Photo by Marc Bochy. General Motors didn’t build its Futurliners to sell to the general public. It didn’t build them to race. It didn’t build them for the military. It didn’t build them as design studies or as concepts designed to embody the future of transportation. General Motors didn’t build Read more