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Photo courtesy All Things Buick. Amid all the reports of southeast Michigan automotive landmarks either facing the wrecking ball or similar uncertain futures comes news that General Motors has stepped in to buy a historic former automobile factory in Flint, Michigan; however, the factory never built a GM vehicle and Read more
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT. Photos courtesy San Marino Motor Classic. Alfa Romeo has been building sports cars in Italy since 1910, and has been active in racing them (on and off) since 1911. While Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Maseratis may be priced beyond the means of most hobbyists, Alfa Romeo Read more
1993 Ford Probe GT. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. Throughout much of its existence, the Ford Mustang has been ruled by a few design imperatives: It must be rear-wheel drive, it must have the option for a V-8 engine and it must be designed, engineered and built in the United Read more
Image courtesy University of North Carolina Charlotte. A somber anniversary passed early last month. It’s been 20 years since NASCAR’s reigning Winston Cup champion, Alan Kulwicki, died in a plane crash en route to a race at Bristol, Tennessee. As the owner/driver of a one-car team, the quiet bachelor from Read more
Who was Johnny? We don’t know, but this Charles L. Franck photo from the Historic New Orleans Collection depicts his used car lot on the 1800 block of Canal Street in December 1960. A quick Google Street View check shows that the buildings – and even the tree – are Read more
It’s almost a given that a Ghia 450SS was originally owned by somebody famous – Johnny Carson reportedly bought this 1966 Ghia 450SS for sale on Hemmings.com new – so we’re more intrigued by the factory optional hardtop that comes with this car: It always seemed as though Giugiaro styled Read more
John Soneff’s 1950 Hudson Commodore 8 convertible. All photos courtesy Auctions America. Of the dozen Hudsons from the collection of auctioneer and restorer John Soneff that crossed the block this past weekend at Auctions America’s Auburn sale, 11 sold, including a highly optioned step-down 1950 Hudson Commodore 8 convertible that Read more
In late 2010, the Model A Ford Foundation, Inc. outlined a plan to raise more than $1 million to fund the construction of a 12,000-square-foot facility on the campus of the Gilmore Car Museum – located in Hickory Corners, Michigan – dedicated to the legendary Ford Model A. A ground-breaking Read more
Photo courtesy BMW. One of BMW’s famed Art Cars, the BMW M1 created by Andy Warhol in 1979, is the centerpiece of an exhibition of automobiles and motorcycles from the Munich automaker that will be on display at the Saratoga Auto Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York, through November 3, 2013. Read more
Car companies have recycled plenty of concept and show cars, but few of those concept cars have gone through as many iterations as this one. It started out as the XP-882 in 1969, one of Zora Arkus-Duntov’s mid-engine Corvette dreams, and a decade later it almost became reality, probably the Read more