Classic Cars

The Bentley four-and-a-half liter is a racing legend. Known as the "Blower" Bentley, the big-engined, supercharged hot rod was, at the time, an incredibly powerful beast at 240 hp. These days, it's a vintage relic from the dawn of modern racing--the 1930s. The example you see here belonged to Sir...

Monaco’s Prince Ranier III was known as an avid collector of cars. Unlike many with a passion for accumulating automobiles, though, Prince Ranier didn’t seem to narrow his focus down to a particular brand, era or even type of car. In fact, his amassed collection includes everything from...

It's been 20 years since the Jaguar XJ220 burst onto the scene, setting new benchmarks for supercar design and performance, and now it's going to celebrate its birthday. Unfortunately, you'll have to be in England to get in on the party, which will be held this weekend, June 23-24, at Weston Park...

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a nearly religious experience for the dedicated motorsports fan, and this year, it will feature a holy trinity of its own: three of the six-wheeled F1 cars, gathered in one place for the first time in history. Three six-wheeled F1 cars, you say? Why yes, though...

It's hard to believe, but Pebble Beach and its assorted festivities are just around the corner again. On August 17-18, two fantastic examples of the Ford GT40 will cross the auction block at RM Auctions' Monterey event--one of which was used to film Steve McQueen's film Le Mans. The McQueen film...

Ferrari Classiche, the official department of Ferrari responsible for restoration and maintenance services of the automaker’s oldest models, has just got its hands on one very special car. That car is a 275 GTB4 that originally belonged to legendary American actor and avid racer Steve McQueen...

Divide 3,500 by seven and you get 500. Simple math, but Harold and Nancy LeMay realized it would be slightly more complicated in the context of willing their immense car collection between their kids as inheritance. To the relief of enthusiasts (and presumably their children), the couple’s...

If you’re not familiar with Icon 4x4, you probably should be. Perhaps best known for its stunning rebuilds of Toyota FJ Land Cruisers, Ford Broncos and early Jeep CJ models, Icon also builds rat-resto-rods under the “Derelict” name and true resto-rods under the...

Our experience tells us that when something sounds too good to be true, it often is. Take this 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL coupe, for example: it’s only got 31,000 miles on the odometer, and is a two-owner car that’s being offered for sale on eBay. Call us paranoid, but that would be our...

BMW’s first Z car, the largely unheard of Z1 roadster, has turned 25 and to mark the anniversary BMW, together with the official BMW Z1 Club, will be out and celebrating. The club has organized a special tour, the main highlight of which will be a visit to BMW headquarters in Munich, Germany...

Being a teenage gearhead geek in the 1980s was bittersweet. Since the Trapper Keeper’s calendar was never full of dates with cheerleaders (or honestly, many girls of any clique), it left more than a few evenings open for television shows like Knight Rider. While the 300 mph top speed was a...

You could be forgiven if you've lost track of the train of Ferraris that have claimed the title of "world's most expensive car" over the past few years. It's a surprisingly long list. But recently, a new record was set, and it's a whopper: A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, painted in a rather unsettling...

Last year, Howard Kroplick, a vintage car collector from Long Island, New York, acquired a significant piece of Chrysler history. Purchased from the Vanderbilt Museum, the 1937 Chrysler Imperial Town Car was originally ordered (to custom specifications) by none other than Walter P. Chrysler. As...

The term “barn find” generally applies to cars found in barns, garages and outbuildings, not buried beneath them. Necessity is the mother of invention, though, prompting one doting MG 14/40 Mk IV owner to dismantle his car and bury it beneath a newly-constructed cowshed, rather than...

Some sort of hemispherical combustion chamber--heavily modified, updated, and optimized for its particular role, of course--can be found in any number of cars, from many brands; they've been used in an array of engines almost since the dawn of the automobile. But in the heyday of the muscle car...

If you're a fan of classic Ferraris, modern Ferraris, historic events, or smooth Jazz, then this is the video for you. Replete with the lush sounds of some funky fresh guitar and saxophone, not to mention the occasional snippet of V-8, V-12 or flat-12, this video shows off some of the best Prancing...

Anyone who thinks vintage rallying isn’t serious competition should try explaining that to Claudio Scalise and Daniel Claramunt, the driver and navigator of the 2012 Mille Miglia-winning 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 GS. As Italian site 0-100 explains, the Argentinean team fought off a serious...

Porsche’s 917 series cars were among the fastest and most successful racers ever built, racking up numerous endurance series wins and recording a speed of some 246 miles per hour on Le Mans’ Mulsanne Straight. With changes in competition classes about to make the enclosed 917...

This year Ferrari’s legendary 250 GT turns 60 and to celebrate the Ferrari Museum has organized a series of exhibitions of the most famous cars to bear the 250 moniker. As of this week, two examples--a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB raced by Stirling Moss as well as the famous...

With only four examples in existence, bidding on a 1991 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Sanction II Coupe that recently went to auction was always going to be furious. However, few would have guessed that bidding on the car would reach levels approaching the $2 million mark--but it did. At a Bonhams...