Hemmings Auto Blog

It’s that time of year again. Mall time. The pushing, the shoving, the crass displays of commercial greed. But we can be thankful for one thing, at least – that malls have been around long enough to provide us with some great carspotting photos decades down the road. Speaking of Read more

Alfa Romeo purists may object, but this 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 for sale on Hemmings.com seems to offer up an ideal blend of both performance and style. Updates to the car’s exterior include aftermarket wheels, a new grille and a repaint in the car’s original shade of red. Inside, Read more

Photos by the author. Sometimes a six-figure car just isn’t good enough. Though the 1967 Chevrolet Camaro GM Styling exercise known as the Cherokee sold at auction a couple years back for more than $350,000, its new owners still thought it needed a freshening that ultimately lasted two years and Read more

Photo courtesy Bahamas Speed Week. Decades ago, it was a welcome winter interlude on the global sports car scene, and now, Nassau is back in a very big way. The four-day Bahamas Speed Week Revival returns for its third annual gathering next month with a significantly expanded program that now Read more

Photos courtesy Jim Benjaminson. We were recently contacted by Plymouth Owners Club historian and author Jim Benjaminson with a special request for the Hemmings Nation. Jim wrote us regarding the Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition of 1940-1941, a topic on which he’s studied in great detail. It was Jim who wrote a detailed Read more

Okay, okay, one more Virgil Exner-related post, then we’re done for now. Exactly how well Exner knew Briggs Cunningham, we can only guess. Peter Grist, in his biography Virgil Exner: Visioneer, noted that the two had been friends since 1944, likely thanks to their common interest in auto racing and Read more

Why exactly David Falconer – whose photos in and around Portland, Oregon, pretty well documented the 1973 fuel shortage – paused in May 1973 in the tiny town of Cathlamet, Washington, to take this photo for the EPA’s Documerica project, we’re not sure, but from the modern-day street view, it Read more

Love them or hate them, Porsche 911s are among the most iconic sports cars the world has ever seen. Perhaps that’s due to their longevity; after all, the car has soldiered on in the same basic shape (with mechanical changes, of course) for five decades. Those looking to buy their Read more

Tucker 48 #1026. Photo by David LaChance. Years in the works, the AACA Museum’s planning on the new permanent home for David Cammack’s Tucker collection kicked into high gear earlier this year when the collection made its way from Alexandria, Virginia, to Hershey, Pennsylvania, following Cammack’s death. This week, the Read more

1953 Hudson Hornet Convertible Brougham. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Hudson is not a manufacturer that generally appears in the top 10 listings at contemporary automotive auctions. While the top-dollar sales list from Mecum’s Anaheim auction included the usual suspects (Ford GTs, a high-end muscle car or two and a vehicle Read more