Anniversary

The Morgan Motor Company is either the ultimate automotive anachronism or the most relevant car company around today, depending on your view. Like Maserati, Morgan is celebrating its hundredth anniversary in 2014. Unlike that fine Italian, Morgan still makes cars that, to all intents and purposes...

The Ford Mustang officially turns 50 on April 17, 2014 and as you may have guessed the Blue Oval has a lineup of events planned to help celebrate the anniversary. These include a repeat of the 1964 stunt where a Mustang was taken to the roof of the Empire State Building in New York, as well as two...

We’re just over a week away from the Mustang’s 50th birthday, and Ford is finalizing its preparations for the celebration. The Mustang officially turns 50 on April 17, and as you may have guessed Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has a lineup of events planned. These include a repeat of the...

Visitors reaching the 86th floor of New York's Empire State Building may not get the view they expect, come April 16-17. Sure, you'll still be able to look out across the Big Apple as normal, across the myriad skyscrapers and the large green block of Central Park, but you'll also see an example of...

BMW will present an assortment of performance vehicles at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed this June, including a special anniversary model. Unfortunately, the automaker hasn’t mentioned which anniversary it will be celebrating or the model that will form the basis for the latest special...

One of the world’s most historic race cars will be rolling up to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year, helping to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s motorsport endeavors. The race car is a 1914 Mercedes Grand Prix car, a trio of which claimed a one-two-three victory...

Ford is gearing up for the Mustang’s 50th anniversary on April 17 but the celebrations won’t be limited to events run by the Blue Oval. This year’s Carlisle Ford Nationals, taking place in Carlisle, Pennsylvania from June 6-8, will also be celebrating the milestone and will...

This year is the 20th since the death of Formula One racing legend Ayrton Senna, and to mark the occasion British team Williams will run a special logo on its car throughout the 2014 season. Since Senna’s death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix in Italy, Williams has placed the iconic Senna...

Just as the U.S. is known for its pickup trucks, Australia is known for its "utes"--and Ford is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the concept in the country this year. Like America's pickup boom, utes came about through necessity. MUST SEE: The Story Behind The World's Fastest Nissan GT-R: Video...

Maserati turns 100 this year and has a whole list of events planned to mark the milestone. The biggest event will be an official Maserati gathering in Modena in mid-September, but if you can’t make it over to Italy you can still take part in the celebrations with a new book that charts the...

On February 9, 1989, the world was introduced to the very first generation of Mazda’s MX-5 Miata convertible sports car at the Chicago Auto Show. That first MX-5, the NA, then went on to win rave reviews from many of the top magazines and would eventually spawn two successors. Now, a fourth...

There are few shapes more recognizable than the profile of Volkswagen's most famous vehicle. If you were to ask a hundred people who knew nothing about cars to pick one out in a lineup, few would get it wrong. Aside from its charm and unique shape, one of the factors in the Beetle's impact is its...

It was 50 years ago that Shelby American introduced the FIA version of the small block Cobra, the 289 FIA Cobra, which would eventually go to compete alongside the likes of Aston Martin and Jaguar in the World Manufacturers Championship. Now, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the car, Shelby...

The HEMI badge is one of the most iconic in American automobile history, and 2014 marks the 50th year since it first appeared. Throughout this year, Mopar--Chrysler's service, parts and customer care brand--will celebrate the HEMI's anniversary, with a new badge, special merchandise and events...

Get ready to spend the next year wishing Maserati a happy birthday--as the Italian automaker enters its hundredth year in business this December. The company was officially founded on December 1, 1914, starting operations on December 14, 1914. That makes December 2013 the start of its hundredth...

Ford’s Mustang officially turns 50 on April 17, 2014 and as you may have expected the Blue Oval has a lineup of events planned to help celebrate the anniversary. It won’t be when the covers come off the new 2015 Mustang, as the sixth-generation car is set for a reveal on December 5...

Pirelli may be best known for the round, black things you put on your car, but the brand is also well-known for its annual Pirelli Calendar series. Now in its 50th year, the 2014 Pirelli Calendar has gone a slightly different direction--by resurrecting an unused set of photographs from 1986. The...

Steve Saleen will celebrate 30 years in the tuning business with limited-edition Camaros, Challengers, and Mustangs.

Special-edition Dodges celebrate the brand's centennial.

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...