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1956 Aston Martin DB2/4 MkII Supersonic. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. To its many residents, New York City is the cultural center of the universe. There are few other cities on the planet that offer up as many museums, galleries and auction houses, yet those interested in acquiring Read more
1988 Ford Bronco II XL Sport. All images courtesy OldCarBrochures.com. In today’s automotive marketplace, compact SUVs and crossovers are among the best selling vehicles, with each and every manufacturer striving to add more content year after year to attract retail customers. This wasn’t always the case, and the compact utility Read more
The current Harley-Davison V-Rod is not the first time that Milwaukee’s most revered motorcycle brand has deviated from its primary cruiser and touring bike mission. In 1977, designer Willie G. Davidson penned the XLCR, Harley-Davidson’s response to the growing cafe racer and sport bike trend among European and Japanese brands. Read more
As an Elwood Engel-designed car, it’s no surprise the 1967 Imperial Crown Coupe shared some design language with the contemporary Continentals, though it did have a character all its own. Josiah Work explored that character, along with what set Imperials apart from the lesser Chrysler Corporation brands, in his article Read more
Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser models have climbed in value in recent years, with auction prices approaching the unbelievable. While these trucks are renowned the world over for their go-anywhere capabilities, most examples were seen as disposable implements, thoroughly used up and then discarded in a nearby field with an optimistic Read more
* Reason No. 1,684 to love Australia: This video that Street Legal TV found this week of a Ford Falxon XY GT tearing up some off-road rally courses. * The guy behind the BMW Isetta blog found this photo of his father selling foreign cars around 1960 in Kansas City. Read more
Success comes from owning your niche, no matter how minimal or obscure that niche is. Tim Mings of Merciless Mings – who helped us out with our Honda N600 Buyer’s Guide in the October 2012 issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car – owns the Honda 600 niche, having established Read more
Most of C. William Brubaker’s photos of Chicago have been sidewalk shots, taken from a pedestrian’s perspective, but these two 1969 photos appear to come from a motorist’s perspective. Above, North Lake Shore Drive just south of the Oak Street Beach, and below, the railroad tracks that cross West 87th Read more
The rare opportunity with this 1979 Checker Marathon for sale on Hemmings.com isn’t necessarily to obtain an all-original and apparently rust-free civilian Checker, rather to sit down with the car’s original owner and find out why he or she decided to buy a Marathon over the more conventional cars then Read more
Austin-Healey NOJ 392 heads to auction at Goodwood. All photos courtesy Bonhams. At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, Bonhams will sell an Austin-Healey factory racer with a competition history that includes the 1953 Mille Miglia and the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it finished 12th overall Read more