Hemmings Auto Blog

Because what really says “young” better than silent-movie motifs, suits of armor, and a powder-blue Oldsmobile?

While it may be hard to recall the fun of throttling your favorite classic down a winding road while listening to the tires and engine sing in the midst of the ongoing snowpocalypse, there is indoor motor racing that can be run in the comfort of that living room that’s Read more

Our friend David Greenlees has been hard at work these last couple of months carving out a little home for him and all his other friends on the Internet, a place for them all to post their extensive automotive photography collections. David and his friends have already done an excellent Read more

Hey there, you with the unrestored Italian car: Concorso Italiano wants you. This year’s edition of the festival of all things Italian in Monterey, California, will feature a display of all-original and barn-find Italian cars from 1973 and earlier. “Concorso Italiano has a long history of recognizing great Italian cars Read more

As much as has been said over the last few years about the Bloodhound SSC, the car proposed by a British team to not only eclipse the current ultimate land-speed record, but obliterate it by running 1,000 MPH, the car itself has only existed in engineering drawings, computer-generated concept sketches, Read more

1960 and ’59 Triumph 120s upcoming at Mecum Between their recent Kissimmee success and continuing efforts at Monterey, we’ve been guessing around the Hemmings offices about what Mecum’s next move would be. Would they muscle (ha) their way into Scottsdale? Stake out another concours as their own? Acquire another auction Read more

Officially, Mecum Auctions‘ annual Kissimmee, Florida, sale is a wrap and the final numbers are interesting. During the five-day sale, a total of 1,500 automotive/truck/motorcycle/boat lots crossed the block, of which 73 percent sold for a total of $39.9 million; a week ago, it was estimated that the total sales Read more

While we here in the Northeast spent all weekend chipping ice dams off our roofs, Retromobile debuted a new, shorter format for France’s best-known and largest indoor old-car event. Fortunately, our friend Kit Foster made the trip and reported on the Squire we wrote about last week (let’s call it Read more

Clamshell! Fins! Roof rack! Rally-type wheels! I probably shouldn’t forward this 1976 Buick Estate Wagon to Litwin, because he’ll go raid his savings account and drag me on a road trip to California to buy it. Then again, maybe it’s high time I got out of Vermont for a few Read more

My mother has always referred to Karmann Ghias as “pickles.” I have no idea how that nickname ever came about, but in honor of her birthday today, let’s take a look at this pickle 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia out of Claremont, California. From the seller’s description: This car has been Read more