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Buy Michael Schumacher’s Championship-Winning Ferrari F1 Car for $9.5M
By Chris Rosales / Published Nov 5, 2022

Here’s Proof That Ken Block’s Gymkhana Stunts Take a Ton of Practice
By Chris Rosales / Published Nov 5, 2022

The Supercar Collection We’d All Have If We Were Rich Is Being Auctioned Tomorrow
By Peter Holderith / Published Nov 4, 2022

NYC to LA in 21 Minutes: Inside RAND’s Wild 1970s Proposal for a 14,000-MPH Vacuum Train
By Nico DeMattia / Published Nov 1, 2022

Hot Rod Magazine Will Post Every Issue From 1948 to 2021 Online for Free
By Aaron Cole / Published Oct 26, 2022

Inside the Incredibly Groovy ‘Harlequin’ Train From 1960 Still Running in Italy
By James Gilboy / Published Oct 25, 2022

Perfectly Preserved 1996 Dodge Caravan Billboard Revealed by Hurricane Ian in Florida
By Nico DeMattia / Updated Oct 18, 2022

The Last Pontiac Ever Built Met an Unfortunate End
By Rob Stumpf / Published Oct 17, 2022

Chicago Commuters Once Had an Easy, Affordable Way To Beat Traffic: Helicopters
By Peter Nelson / Published Oct 14, 2022

A Used Lexus LS430 Could Be Luxury Bargain With No Strings Attached
By Chris Rosales / Published Oct 14, 2022

Barn Find 1935 Derby Bentley Sells for $74K After Sitting for 50 Years
By Aaron Cole / Published Oct 13, 2022

Cold Start: The Rise and Fall of Car Companies Building Refrigerators
By Joe Ligo / Published Oct 6, 2022

The Mid-2000s Ford Focus ST Is Worth Revisiting as a Reasonable Tuning Platform
By Peter Nelson / Published Oct 4, 2022

This 1934 McQuay-Norris Streamliner Is a Bizarre Bubble Car Built From a 1930s Ford
By Nico DeMattia / Published Oct 3, 2022

There’s a Crashed B-52 Bomber in Maine That You Can Visit
By Victoria Scott / Published Sep 26, 2022

How Mercedes C-Class AMGs Have Changed in 20 Years, From Someone Who Owns One
By Kristen Lee / Published Sep 22, 2022

The 2011-2018 BMW 640i Could Be Your Ticket to Depreciated German Luxury
By Peter Nelson / Published Sep 20, 2022

Montana Town Finally Retires Its 1995 Ford Crown Victoria Police Car
By James Gilboy / Published Sep 16, 2022

The B6 Audi A4 Is Now a Sub-$10K Sports Sedan
By Peter Nelson / Published Sep 13, 2022

Someone Bought The Space Shuttle Convoy Command Van From a Government Surplus Auction
By Victoria Scott / Published Sep 12, 2022

The Cadillac ATS Is the Next Luxury Performance Bargain You Haven’t Considered Yet
By Peter Nelson / Published Sep 7, 2022

How to Prep a Vintage Le Mans-Winning Porsche for a Weekend of Racing
By Jerry Perez / Published Sep 5, 2022

The De La Chapelle Parcours PC12 Was a Wild ’90s V12 Minivan Lost to Time
By Stef Schrader / Published Sep 2, 2022

Amazing Collection of 165 Unrestored Classic Cars Is Hitting the Auction Block
By Peter Holderith / Published Aug 31, 2022

This 1914 Ford Model T Is the World’s Oldest RV, and It’s for Sale
By James Gilboy / Published Aug 29, 2022

We Weren’t Ready for the Original Acura ZDX
By Tony Markovich / Published Aug 19, 2022

Let’s Remember When Mini Went Hog Wild and Built a Superleggera Roadster
By Kristen Lee / Published Aug 13, 2022

The Two-Door Porsche Cayenne Convertible Was for a World Too Good for Us
By Lewin Day / Published Aug 6, 2022

This Ambitious Space Shuttle Concept Was a Post-Apollo Pipe Dream We Never Got
By Peter Holderith / Published Aug 18, 2022

How Mitt Romney’s Dad Convinced America to Give Compact Cars a Chance
By Joe Ligo / Published Jul 26, 2022

These Outdated Car Websites Are Reader Favorites and Full of Info
By Peter Nelson / Published Jul 8, 2022

VW Reveals Unseen Pics of Second-Gen Phaeton That Never Got Made
By Aaron Cole / Published Jul 7, 2022

Read James Joyce’s Only Piece of Car Writing: ‘The Motor Derby’ from 1903
By James Joyce / Published Jul 6, 2022

James Joyce Once Tried Automotive Journalism. It Didn’t Go Well
By David Mullen / Published Jul 6, 2022

Show Us Your Favorite Ancient Car Websites That Are Still Online Somehow
By Peter Nelson / Published Jul 1, 2022

This Oldsmobile Toronado With a Power T-Top Is Malaise-Era Glory
By Peter Nelson / Published Jun 27, 2022

This Vast Farm Salvage Yard in the Middle of Nowhere Saves Farmers with Hard-to-Find Parts
By Joe Ligo / Published Jun 23, 2022

Waste the Workday Looking Through Ford’s New Online Heritage Vault
By Lewin Day / Updated Jun 16, 2022

Here’s Your Reminder That Not All 1930s Cars Were Beautiful
By James Gilboy / Published Jun 10, 2022

‘Are We Being Invaded?’ Massive Amphibious Vehicles Come Ashore Again in NJ
By Peter Holderith / Updated May 26, 2022

The US Army Planned a Nuclear Version of Its Already Crazy Off-Road Land Train
By Peter Holderith / Published May 18, 2022

Gigantic, Vietnam-Era Amphibious Vehicles Make Surprise Landing on NJ Beach
By Peter Holderith / Published May 18, 2022

This Forgotten Mazda RX-8 Concept Could Run on Hydrogen or Gasoline
By Lewin Day / Published Apr 26, 2022

Palm Beach International Raceway Won’t Be Demolished Just Yet
By Kristin V. Shaw / Published Apr 21, 2022

Florida’s Palm Beach International Raceway Looks Set for Demolition
By Peter Holderith / Published Apr 11, 2022

Judge Rules Detroit’s Crumbling Packard Plant Must Be Destroyed
By Rob Stumpf / Published Apr 7, 2022

This 1967 Mercury’s Backlit Dash Proves Cars Were Better Without Screens
By Jordan Rimpela / Published Apr 3, 2022

Did You Know Mitsubishi Made an Old-School Willys Jeep Until 1998?
By Victoria Scott / Published Mar 24, 2022

Revel in This Eyeful of French Artistry at California’s Mullin Car Museum
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Mar 12, 2022

America’s Last AMC Dealer Is Literally Cutting Cars Out of Trees
By James Gilboy / Published Feb 17, 2022

Here’s the Surprising Logic Behind America’s Interstate Highway Numbers
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Feb 17, 2022

The Red Pig: How the Original AMG Ended Up Testing Fighter Jet Parts Before Vanishing
By James Gilboy / Updated Feb 7, 2022

Daihatsu TA-X80 Powered by 1.0L Turbo V6 Is Peak Bubble-Era Craziness
By Hazel Southwell / Published Jan 21, 2022

Ford Almost Made a Mid-Engine Ferrari Fighter in the 1980s. Here’s What Happened
By Neil Briscoe / Updated Dec 6, 2021

This Ultra Rare GM Futurliner Is Rotting Away in a Storage Lot. Here’s How It Got There
By Peter Holderith / Updated Nov 17, 2021

The Strange Story of John DeLorean’s Snowcat Factory Is Even More Bizarre Than the DMC-12
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Nov 11, 2021

Japanese Police Use a Massive Library of Old Dealer Brochures to Identify Cars
By Rob Stumpf / Published Nov 10, 2021

Spiffy 1953 Spartan Royal Camper Trailer Was Luxury Living Back Then
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Nov 8, 2021

Save This Big Block RV Styled by the C2 ‘Vette Designer for $2,500
By James Gilboy / Published Oct 28, 2021

We Got Him: That Time GM Sold 12,500 Terrible Chevy Malibus to Saddam Hussein
By Peter Holderith / Updated Oct 19, 2021

Honda Shows Off 73 Years of Legendary Machines in New Video
By Rob Stumpf / Published Oct 18, 2021

The Real-Life Auto Factory Riot Referenced in ‘Squid Game,’ Explained
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Oct 15, 2021