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While nobody would consider the Bugatti EB110 a plebeian sort of car, this 1994 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport almost makes a regular EB110 GT seem common by comparison, with about 100 more horses, performance potential that would still put it neck and neck with today’s supercars and the sort of Read more
We have to congratulate one of our favorite former HCC Auto Art profilees, graphic artist JoepeP (AKA Joe Pepitone), as he has created yet another visual masterpiece for an intriguing new Concours event. Well, the Utah Concours d’Elegance is not a new event, per se, this being its 39th annual happening, but it is Read more
We’ve spent a fair amount of time reexamining the popular (and not so popular) boulevard cruisers, economy cars of the early Eighties, a smattering of imports and muscle cars for the days of yore. It’s time that Jeep gets some ink in this column. The pair of ads were regular Read more
Today, August 3, is the 90th birthday of Norman Dewis, whose 33-year career as chief test development engineer has made him one of the most important figures in the success of Jaguar. Dewis did it all: He rode with Sir Stirling Moss in a C-Type in the 1952 Mille Miglia; Read more
We’ve already told you that you can never tell what kind of wonderful stuff comes into our offices courtesy of the Hemmings Nation. Here’s another example, which further goes to prove that you never know what you’ll find buried in the files and other debris on my desk. Early this Read more
At first glance, this 1975 MG BGT for sale on Hemmings.com looks like a rather clean rubber-bumper example, which is already fairly uncommon here in the States. Then you see that the seller swapped in an 215-cu.in. V-8 stroked to 266 cubic inches and fitted with all sorts of chrome Read more
Canadian cars tend to receive little serious consideration by American classic car writers. For example, to the best of my knowledge, Arch Brown’s article on the 1952 Meteor in SIA #74, April 1983, is the first on a Canadian-specific vehicle in the magazine’s run, 13 years after the magazine started. Read more
It would take some rather ostentatious displays of plumage to make this 1979 AMC Concord for sale on Hemmings.com any more typical of the 1970s. On the one hand, there’s the Magnum 500 wheels and the 304-cu.in. V-8, while on the other hand, there’s the brown slathered all over it, Read more
When I put together last weekend’s Four-Links, I wondered whether it was wise to include a German-language television ad for the Wartburg. Indeed, it was: I knew Mike Eldred had some German-language skills, but I didn’t know he was so adept at hearing the nuances of DDR Newspeak. His translation: Read more
Even though we now – finally – get the cool little dealie, we normally wouldn’t pay any attention to the doings of something like the Transit. But over the course of six million vehicles, interesting things happen. Especially when you build the ubiquitous cheap commercial vehicle of the swingin’ Sixties Read more