Hemmings Auto Blog

Pre-restoration: Only the astute would notice the Toronado wheels. Photos by Jeff Koch, unless otherwise noted. It’s human nature to want what we can’t have. While those weaned on a steady diet of front-engine, rear-wheel-drive cars lament the proliferation of front-wheel drive, there was a time when front-drive was seen Read more

Photo courtesy Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. For only the third time in its history, the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in Florida has a new chief judge, someone very close to our hearts here at Hemmings. It’s our own David Schultz, longtime columnist for Hemmings Classic Car, and also the current Read more

Like Raymond Loewy, Brooks Stevens was not primarily an auto designer. Rather, as one of the founding members of the Society of Industrial Designers, he applied his talents to any industrial product that came his way – tractors, clothes dryers, radios, locomotives, outboard motors – and, as Glenn Adamson pointed Read more

Our own Steve Berry, a La Carrera Panamericana veteran, is down in Mexico for this year’s 26th annual running of the modern era’s version of the race and has promised – depending on Internet availability along this year’s race route – some coverage for us, beginning with yesterday’s tech inspections Read more

Why exactly photographer Woody Grimes went around to various locations in Rutland, Vermont, on March 28, 1972, to take dozens of photographs, we don’t know. Perhaps a survey of road and traffic conditions, perhaps just to document his town, perhaps just to burn a roll of film. Whatever the case, Read more

Out of 31,987 Barracudas built by Plymouth in 1969, only 1,442 were of the open-air variety. That alone should be enough to make this 1969 Plymouth Barracuda convertible for sale on Hemmings.com a desirable car, as chances are good you’ll be the only example at your local car show. Under Read more

Photos courtesy Paul Tacy. Paul Tacy wasn’t even sure he had the right place. The Adirondacks are full of long-forgotten barns, garages, and other structures, and nothing on the outside of this particular white ramshackle shed gave a clue as to what lay within. A no-trespassing sign tacked to the Read more

Four abreast at Stateline. Photo courtesy Bill Ladabouche. There’s no need to discuss only turkey, football and Christmas shopping over Thanksgiving. Every year during the holiday weekend, the Saratoga Automobile Museum presents Lost Speedways, a discussion and recounting of motorsports facilities long gone from that region’s scene. Experts on hand Read more

1991 Saturn SL sedan. Photos courtesy GM Media Archives. By the early 1980s, General Motors had finally begun to accept that its small car lineup wasn’t particularly competitive with models from Japanese brands like Honda and Toyota. Rebadging cars manufactured by partners Isuzu and Suzuki offered buyers variety, but at Read more

As far as we can tell, Eugeni Forcano was more interested in fashion and documenting Catalonian life than cars, but as we see from these two photos we came across recently, cars did at least occasionally figure into his work. Above, a 1963 photo without much context (presumably taken in Read more