A custom 1954 Chevrolet 3100 truck built for action movie star Bruce Willis will hit the Barrett-Jackson auction block in January. According to the auction listing, the truck was built for the Die Hard star in the […]
Even if you don’t live in a climate where weather makes winter driving more dangerous, there are a few new threats that can jeopardize your road safety no matter where you are. “Crashes are up […]
Marilyn Monroe scored another posthumous hit over the weekend with the sale of her raven black 1956 Ford Thunderbird. The car sold for a resounding $490,000 at Julien’s Auctions’ Idols & Icons: Hollywood sale in […]
The stereotypical millennial eats avocado toast and complains about student loans, but a recent LendingTree study found auto loans are significant debt drivers, too. In fact, auto loans make up the second biggest share of […]
The 10th annual Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals that was held in suburban Chicago this past weekend is known as “the Pebble Beach of muscle cars,” showcasing the best performance cars of the 1960’s and […]
Silverstone Auctions closed its 2018 season out with a £4.2 million ($5.4 million) sale over the weekend that featured cars once owned by Frank Sinatra and Steve McQueen. Sinatra’s 1984 Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible, given to […]
Cars were streaming into the upper level of the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center when I visited the site of the Mecum Auction on Wednesday afternoon. The first of them crossed the […]
As World War I ended, T.G. John, former manager for British motorcar manufacturer Siddeley-Deasy, bought the rights to Hillman’s Electra engine line. He also bought a foundry and a factory, and soon had 200 employees […]
The first Ford Mustang hardtop built as a pre-production car is a Plain Jane base model in Caspian Blue powered by a 170 cid inline-6 with a three-speed manual transmission. However, it is the first […]
Waymo, the autonomous car company owned by Google parent firm Alphabet, will launch the first driver-free taxi service before the end of 2018. The as-yet-unnamed service will allow customers to hail driverless cabs with apps […]
A French-built car with an Italian-built V6 under the hood, the Citroen SM SC was lauded by critics and was the Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1972. We went to the Mullin Automotive […]
One of the most significant and imaginative postwar customs, the 1948 Norman E. Timbs Buick Special Streamliner, was destroyed in the devastating Woolsey Fire near Malibu, California. The Timbs Special, well-known for its swooping mid-engine […]
One of London’s most famous thoroughfares, Regent Street, is renowned for its shops and neo-classical architecture. But it was recently closed to normal traffic from Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circuit for the Regent Street Motor […]
When people start talking about classic muscle cars, it doesn’t take long for the Dodge Charger to pull into the conversation. Originally designed as a mid-sized alternative to the Ford Mustang, the Charger became a […]
If you look in a far corner of the Stanford University campus, you will find The Center for Automotive Research, a place where students, professors, manufacturers and even the federal government work together to build […]
After 50 years, one of the nation’s top performance-driving schools has shuttered The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving closed its doors Monday, slightly more than a month after the school filed for Chapter 11 […]
The event was a celebration of two different automotive milestones: The 70th anniversary of the creation of an automobile called Porsche, and the 90th anniversary of the introduction of a Ford called the Model A. […]
Subscriptions are everywhere: They are how you get your daily news, TV shows, even your groceries. Now hailing a ride comes with a subscription. In October, the ride-hailing company Lyft introduced its All-Access Pass, a […]
While the Porsche Boxster Spyder recently featured as our pick of the day presented a great mid-engine alternative to pricey 911s, some might prefer an air-cooled, mid-engine Porsche that’s more vintage (and perhaps cheaper). Today’s […]
The Volland Store gallery in the rolling Flint Hills near Alma, Kansas might seem an unlikely place for a vintage motorcycle exhibit, but motorcycles have been an integral part of this building’s history since it […]
Winter brings about a sense of sadness for some classic car collectors, because the inevitable arrival of snow and ice means that it’s time to put their vehicles away until spring. For drivers in hotter […]
The conventional idea within much of the car-collecting community is that young people are not interested in cars. They don’t drive them, let alone hope to someday collect them. However, a study conducted by the […]
Halloween, the annual celebration of everything spooky, is upon us once again, which means that many people are watching horror movies. While they’re chock full of scary scenes, teenage victims and knife-wielding maniacs, a lot […]
Jay Kay, the front man for British jazz-funk band Jamiroquai, will send a group of classic cars worth almost $1 million to an upcoming auction in England. The Jay Kay Collection will be offered as […]
Driving is one of the easiest ways to get from point A to B (except, maybe, if you live in New York City). Driving is also one of the most dangerous things a person does […]
Renault is celebrating its 120th birthday in self-driving style. The French automaker unveiled an autonomous luxury car, the EZ-Ultimo, at the 2018 Paris Motor Show last week. The vehicle represents Renault’s vision of high-end, self-driving […]
When my girlfriend (now lovely wife) and I first started dating, we’d go on various road trips together. I don’t think it was that long ago but this was before the days of having Waze […]
Buying a car is a major purchase, especially if it’s your first time. If you are on a tight budget, buying a used car may be for you. (If you aren’t sure whether to buy […]
Autonomous driving is no longer exclusive to Silicon Valley hot rods. The Vera is a self-driving, cabin-free semi truck that is currently being developed by Volvo. Despite Uber’s recent withdrawal from trucking, many analysts believe that the […]
It’s unnerving to watch a motorcycle drive itself around a track, lean into corners and even deploy its own kickstand. That’s exactly what BMW has created. As demonstrated in a recent video, this prototype motorcycle […]