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  • 1973 Buick Century Regal Coupe

    The Buick Regal was born in 1973. It's original name was the Century Regal, and it's undergone quite a few changes over the course of the last 40 years. Originally launched with a 350 cubic-inch V-8 engine, the Regal eventually helped usher in an early look at smaller displacement American cars that benefited from the addition of turbocharging. The first generation Buick Regal ran from 1973 through 1977, and it was the only American mid-size to come standard with a V-6 engine. In 1978, the second generation car came about, and this version proved rather important. Why? It's from the second...

  • Ferrari’s 30 years in Hong Kong celebration
    Ferrari Celebrates 30 Years In Hong Kong With 600 Car Gathering: Video

    Ferrari celebrated 30 years of selling its cars in Hong Kong with a gala event attended by chairman Luca di Montezemolo and over 2,000 guests. There was also more than 600 Ferrari cars present, spanning every era, and these were arranged to form the characteristic symbol of Hong Kong, the...

  • 2014 BMW M4 spy shots
    BMW Plans Hardcore M4 As Part Of 2016 Centenary Celebrations: Report

    BMW turns 100 in 2016 and no doubt the automaker has plenty in store for the celebrations. One celebratory event may turn out to be the launch of a hardcore version of the upcoming M4 sports car, similar to 2009’s M3 GTS model. The information was reported by Car Sales, citing an anonymous...

  • G-Power GP Edition 30 Years supercharger package
    G-Power Celebrates 30 Years With M3 Supercharger Kit

    The G-Power name has become synonymous with extreme BMWs; that’s because for the past 30 years the tuning firm has been churning out some of the fastest examples of the German luxury cars on the planet. In 2009, G-Power’s M5-based Hurricane RS broke the world record for the fastest...

  • 2013 Fiat Abarth 595 50th Anniversary Edition
    Fiat Celebrates Abarth 595’s 50th Anniversary With Special 500

    Fiat is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of the original Abarth 595 at the 1963 Turin Motor Show by launching a tribute edition based on its latest 500 hatch. The modern version will don the famous red and white livery of the original but will make its debut at the 2013 Frankfurt...

  • McLaren 12C
    McLaren Celebrates 50 Years Of Racing

    It all started with a young Kiwi. His name was Bruce McLaren, and the company he created transformed the world of motorsports. Now, 50 years later, the company is taking a look back at its tremendous success in auto racing while also looking forward to its future in the automotive industry...

  • Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

    It's one of Volkswagen's most iconic models--but was neither designed nor built by Volkswagen itself. Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first Karmann Ghia prototype--a model integral to Volkswagen's history, and desired by drivers and collectors the world over. As the name suggests, the first Karmann Ghia model was the work of Wolfsburg-based coachbuilder Karmann, and Italian styling house and coachbuilder Carrozzeria Ghia, based in Turin. Luigi Segre at Ghia was the man responsible for turning Wilhelm Karmann's idea for a Volkswagen-based coupe into concept reality in 1953--without...

  • 2014 MINI Cooper’s reveal will coincide with 107th anniversary of Alec Issigonis’ birth
    2014 MINI Cooper To Be Revealed On November 18

    MINI will celebrate the 107th anniversary of the birth of Sir Alec Issigonis, the designer of the original Mini, by unveiling the third generation of the modern MINI, the 2014 Cooper, at a special ceremony at the car’s plant in Oxford, England. That special ceremony will take place on...

  • Henry Ford
    Ford Celebrating The 150th Anniversary Of Henry Ford's Birthday

    For Ford, July 30th is a special day that is permanently marked on the automaker's calendar. One hundred and fifty years ago on that date Henry Ford was brought into the world, and the Blue Oval brand's future was set into motion. 'The automaker is celebrating the occasion alongside the state of...

  • Record gathering of 1,208 Porsche 911s at Silverstone, July 2013
    Record Gathering Of Porsche 911s Hit Silverstone: Video

    Last Sunday saw a total of 1,208 Porsche 911s of all varieties descend upon the Silverstone race track in England and in the process set a new Guinness World Record. The gathering was part of Porsche’s 50th anniversary celebration for the 911 this year. Porsche was hoping to amass just 911...

  • Chevrolet Bowtie turns 100
    The Chevrolet Bowtie Turns 100

    That iconic bowtie has just turned 100 years old. No, not the ironic bowtie worn by many a hipster--we're talking about the attire of the main lineup for General Motors. The Chevrolet bowtie, which has adorned many millions of products across the globe, is now 100. The logo was conceived by...

  • 1983 BMW 524td
    BMW Celebrates 30 Years Of Using Diesel Power

    It was during the spring of 1983 that BMW presented to the world its first diesel-powered car, the 524td sedan. At the time, diesel engines were regarded as being noisy and more suited to trucks than sporty sedans but the oil crisis that plagued the 1970s eventually led to one being installed in...

  • 2013 Goodwood Sculpture celebrates 50 years of the Porsche 911

    The 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed is officially underway and as in every year a massive sculpture has been unveiled on the grounds of Goodwood House. This year the sculpture has been designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911 and as such the iconic sports car has been incorporated with its design. It features three generations of the Porsche 911 zooming off into the sky, supported by white beams signifying tire tracks. The origins of the 911 are honored with an early Golf Blue coupe from 1965, the motorsport record of the model is highlighted by a Yellow 2.7 RS from 1973, and...

  • 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Premiere Edition
    Chevy Celebrates Corvette’s 60th, Launches Corvette Stingray Premiere Edition

    Although the very first Corvette prototype was shown at the GM Motorama event in New York City on January 17, 1953, the first production cars didn’t start rolling off the line until June 30 of that year. That means yesterday, June 30, 2013, marked 60 years since the official start of...

  • 2014 Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition
    Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition Revealed: Video

    It was at the 1963 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany that Porsche first rolled out its 901 prototype, a sports car designed by the grandson of Porsche’s founder as a replacement for the automaker’s 356 model. The car would eventually be renamed the 911 and go on to spawn seven separate...

  • The 'Project 50' Porsche 911
    Porsche Taking Classic 911 Racer To World’s Historic Tracks: Video

    Porsche is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its iconic 911 this year, and it’s an anniversary the automaker isn’t taking too lightly. A special anniversary model is planned (we’re thinking it’s the upcoming 991-based 911 Targa) and a number of celebratory events have also...

  • Aston Martin centenary drive at the Nürburgring
    Daniel Craig Joins Sir Stirling Moss In Aston Martin Centenary Celebrations At The 'Ring

    James Bond star Daniel Craig made a surprise visit to the Nürburgring race track in Germany this past weekend to take part in a special drive event celebrating Aston Martin’s centenary this year. Craig hopped behind the wheel of an Aston Martin DB5 used during the filming of the latest...

  • 1963 Buick Riviera
    Buick Celebrated Its 110th Birthday On May 19th

    Buick is more than old enough to qualify for an AARP card. There's a joke about the average age of the Buick driver in there somewhere, but we're going to leave that alone. The current crop of cars boast pretty smart styling meshed with quality interiors. There's been a lot of excellent machines...

  • Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept

    Aston Martin has released full details for its CC100 Speedster based on the V12 Vantage, following the striking concept’s debut at the Nürburgring 24 Hours this weekend where the automaker is competing. The concept was created in celebration of Aston Martin’s centenary this year and features a design inspired by the lines of the DBR1 race car of the 1950s. A 1959 DBR1 was famously driven to victory in a 1,000-kilometer race at the Nürburgring by Sir Stirling Moss, and both the original race car and the new CC100 made a lap of the legendary German circuit this morning...

  • R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R in Gran Turismo 15th anniversary teaser video
    Sony Teases Something ‘Big’ For Gran Turismo 15th Anniversary Tomorrow: Video

    Sony has organized an event taking place tomorrow at the Silverstone circuit in the UK in celebration of the 15th anniversary of its Gran Turismo racing sim. To help build excitement, the company released this teaser video, which suggests that we might get final confirmation of a launch date for...

  • Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4
    350 Lamborghinis To Take Part In 50th Anniversary Grande Giro Rally

    It was 50 years ago this week that Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. was incorporated and the inaugural foundation stone laid at its factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. In celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary, Lamborghini has planned an epic rally that will see a convoy of 350...

  • McLaren Can-Am race cars - past and present
    Historic McLaren Can-Am Racers To Be Joined By 12C Can-Am In Goodwood: Video

    McLaren turns 50 in 2013 and to celebrate it is pulling out all the stops. The company has already revealed its new flagship supercar, the P1, which it will show in anger for the first time at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK this July. But this being McLaren’s 50th year, the...

  • Shinola’s Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary limited-edition watch
    Ford Celebrates 50 Years Of The Mustang With Special Shinola Watch: Video

    Just yesterday we saw Hublot’s new watch commemorating Ferrari’s LaFerrari supercar, and today we have a new watch from Detroit-based Shinola that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang. Though the actual anniversary isn’t until April 17, 2014, Shinola is launching...

  • 100 years of Aston Martin
    Aston Martin Announces Centenary Tour Of Europe

    Aston Martin’s celebratory events for its centenary this year show no signs of slowing, with the automaker today announcing a tour of Europe that will include both the oldest and the newest Aston Martins in existence. Unfortunately, the tour takes place entirely in Europe, but at least there...

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