Hemmings Auto Blog

English-written books on French automobiles are far and few between, with those on French racing cars even rarer. I don’t recall where I bought my copy of Blue Blood, by author Serge Bellu, although most probably it was back in the 1980s at the Albion Scott automotive book store on Read more

Despite the fact that we’ve only seen this photo on French and Czech car forums, in discussions equivalent to the H.A.M.B.’s Photos from days gone by thread, and with no identifying information other than the year, 1965, we’re fairly confident that the photo was taken in the northern United States Read more

We’re guessing that, barring some catastrophe of epic proportions or a bunch of auto execs absolutely losing their minds, General Motors will more than likely hold on to the real Buick Y-Job concept car for the foreseeable future. Which is why some unnamed builder went ahead and built this tribute Read more

1970 BMW ALPINA 2002ti. Photos courtesy of BMW North America. The fate of most production-based race cars has long been a cycle of race, crash, repair and repeat, until such time that the chassis is weakened beyond reasonable repair, and the car’s primary value is its scrap metal. There are Read more

Danny Thompson with Challenger II at Bonneville, August 2014. Photo by Holly Martin/Peter Vincent, courtesy Thompson LSR. As any Bonneville Salt Flats racer can attest, building a car fast enough to set a record and making it to the salt is only half the battle. After days of heavy rain Read more

Photos by author. Every day should be “Take Your Kid to a Vintage Rally Day.” Okay, that’s not a real holiday—not that any “take your kid to anything” day is any more real than we make it, but this past weekend, I took my son, Santiago, to the Fifth Annual Read more

An aerial view of GM’s Milford Proving Ground. Photos courtesy GM Media Archive. Despite taking their lumps a few years ago when the floor fell out of the economy, General Motors continues to rank as one of the world’s biggest spenders on research and development across all industries. And GM Read more

It looks like Roger Higgins photographed quite a few celebrities and other VIPs during his time shooting for the New York World-Telegram, so what exactly he was doing out on Long Island taking pictures of the shopping center along the Hempstead Bethpage Turnpike in Levittown, we could only guess. Nevertheless, Read more

  The Triumph Stag should have been a major success for British Leyland. Beautifully styled by Giovanni Michelotti, powered by a V-8 engine and available with a four-speed manual or an automatic, it should have been a serious rival for Mercedes-Benz’s SLs. But, as was sadly typical for BL in Read more

The Front Street Garage, Galena, Kansas. Photo by Ed Klein. Route 66 has been undergoing a bit of a renaissance as of late. While the most famous road in America has been in a steady state of stagnation practically ever since President Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway Act in 1956, Read more