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Porsche Type 901 Prototype. Photo by Michael Furman, courtesy North Carolina Museum of Art. Porsche automobiles will be the celebrated art form at a new exhibit entitled Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed, opening at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) this autumn. Not only is it the first automotive Read more
Ask most casual fans of racing to name the pioneering women of motorsports, and the answers will generally include Denise McCluggage, Lyn St. James and Janet Guthrie. While it’s true that these women opened doors for others to follow, one figure rarely mentioned in discussion of women racers much preferred Read more
[Editor’s Note: As is becoming custom around here, we’re welcoming a new member of the Hemmings Motor News editorial staff with a story about a car he once owned. So say hello to Tom DeMauro, our newest senior editor, who will primarily be writing for Hemmings Muscle Machines and Hemmings Read more
When trying to track down the exact locations of some of the photos used in our carspotting series, we’re usually beholden to more or less temporary structures such as buildings, bridges, and even roads. Today’s carspotting photo, a postcard image of Sedona, Arizona, posted to Flickr by it’s better than Read more
Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. Long derided both for their styling and for their badge-engineered origins, the so-called “Packardbakers” of 1957 and 1958 – the last vehicles to wear the marque’s name – were long considered outcasts, particularly from the hexagon tribe. However, the appearance of a pair Read more
Photos courtesy Ironstone Concours d’Elegance. Where’s Murphys, California? It’s in Calaveras County, closer to the Nevada border and the Yosemite foothills than the Pacific coast. It’s a onetime mining town, named for members of the first party who arrived by wagons to pursue gold at Sutter’s Mill before California was Read more
1982 Chevrolet Citation X-11 three-door hatchback. All photos courtesy GM Media Archives. Chevrolet’s X-bodied Citation compact, launched as a 1980 model, had all the makings of a potential sales hit for General Motors. Not only did the Citation offer a variety of body styles (including a two-door notchback, a three-door Read more
This 1971 Morgan Plus 8 for sale on Hemmings.com was first shown at the 1971 Earls Court Motorcar Show before being imported into the United States aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2. Its first owner was Anatoly “Toly” Arutunoff, who raced with the likes of Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, Read more
As one of Sweden’s top coachbuilders – if not its only top coachbuilder – Nordbergs did indeed provide bodies for Volvos, but it also built ambulance and other utility bodies, and it made bodies for a number of imported cars, including a run of a few dozen Buicks. This Nordbergs-built Read more
While it’s neat to see the engineering that goes into the extreme Jeeps and rock buggies, the basic Jeep was more than capable of getting around in most off-road situations in relatively stock form, as this 1969 Jeep CJ-5 for sale on Hemmings.com has remained. Of course, it appears to Read more