Hemmings Auto Blog

Though the term “subcompact” is most often associated with imports from Japan or Germany, Crosley began building subcompact automobiles in Indiana as early as 1939. Thanks in part to a fuel economy as high as 50 MPG, Crosley was allowed to continue automobile production into 1942, after larger automakers had Read more

* If you’re into vintage Airstreams, you know the name Wally Byam. Not only was he the founder of the company, according to Men’s Journal, he also organized Airstream caravans to rather exotic places around the world: Iran, Nicaragua, Egypt, even Ethiopia. (via) * Speaking of vintage trailers, there’s a Read more

Photography by David LaChance and Jeff Koch /DRIVE, the popular automotive online video channel series, has turned its roof-mounted spotlight on one of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car‘s favorite cars, “Puttyus Maximus” and its owner and driver, Vintage Saab Club of North America president Bruce Turk. /DRIVE host Mike Spinelli recently visited Read more

Now known as Ronald Reagan National Airport, what was once Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, dates back to 1941, in pretty much the same configuration seen in this 1970 photo found on Roger Wollstadt’s Flickr page. With the snow on the ground and the packed parking lot, could it Read more

Original cars tend to look a little tired, what with decades-old paint and upholstery, but it appears this 1965 Rambler Marlin for sale on Hemmings.com, with its outstanding two-tone green paint and upholstery, has benefited from an attentive preservationist over the years. From the seller’s description: Number 1,914 built. This Read more

Images provided by RM Auctions. Of the eight white Lotus Esprits used in the filming of the 1977 James Bond flick The Spy Who Loved Me, none actually completely transformed from canyon-carving sports car to missile-launching submersible, as depicted in the film. One, however, was actually built as a (barely) Read more

Photos courtesy AMA. The motocross racer they call the GOAT – Greatest of All Time – aptly leads the list of nominees for enshrinement in this year’s class at the American Motorcycle Association’s Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio. Media coverage has assured that most people who recognize Ricky Carmichael’s Read more

If selling a beloved classic car can be a heart-wrenching experience, the opposite is also true: Buying a long-desired vehicle can be a source of joy for those passionate about cars. It can also be a source of anger, frustration and (potentially great) financial loss, as all too often the Read more

Photos courtesy Volvo. Our friend Irv Gordon will soon enter the record books again as he is currently within 3,000 miles of reaching the magic 3,000,000 mark on his 1966 Volvo 1800S. Unlike the last two million-mile milestones, which happened locally to great fanfare in New York City, this East Patchogue, Long Island, Read more

It’s not often at all that we get to see carspotting photos that our readers actually took, but such is the case with this parking lot photo that reader Chris Ivory took in 1987 at the Asda store in North West Cardiff, Wales. Chris noted that it was located just Read more