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This 1914 Ford Model T Is the World’s Oldest RV, and It’s for Sale
By James Gilboy / Updated Aug 29, 2022
We Weren’t Ready for the Original Acura ZDX
By Tony Markovich / Updated Aug 19, 2022
Let’s Remember When Mini Went Hog Wild and Built a Superleggera Roadster
By Kristen Lee / Updated Aug 12, 2022
The Two-Door Porsche Cayenne Convertible Was for a World Too Good for Us
By Lewin Day / Updated Aug 4, 2022
This Ambitious Space Shuttle Concept Was a Post-Apollo Pipe Dream We Never Got
By Peter Holderith / Updated Jul 29, 2022
How Mitt Romney’s Dad Convinced America to Give Compact Cars a Chance
By Joe Ligo / Updated Jul 26, 2022
These Outdated Car Websites Are Reader Favorites and Full of Info
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jul 7, 2022
VW Reveals Unseen Pics of Second-Gen Phaeton That Never Got Made
By Aaron Cole / Updated Jul 7, 2022
Read James Joyce’s Only Piece of Car Writing: ‘The Motor Derby’ from 1903
By James Joyce / Updated Jul 6, 2022
James Joyce Once Tried Automotive Journalism. It Didn’t Go Well
By David Mullen / Updated Jul 6, 2022
Show Us Your Favorite Ancient Car Websites That Are Still Online Somehow
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jul 1, 2022
This Oldsmobile Toronado With a Power T-Top Is Malaise-Era Glory
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jun 27, 2022
This Vast Farm Salvage Yard in the Middle of Nowhere Saves Farmers with Hard-to-Find Parts
By Joe Ligo / Updated 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 / Updated 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 / Updated May 18, 2022
Gigantic, Vietnam-Era Amphibious Vehicles Make Surprise Landing on NJ Beach
By Peter Holderith / Updated May 18, 2022
This Forgotten Mazda RX-8 Concept Could Run on Hydrogen or Gasoline
By Lewin Day / Updated Apr 26, 2022
Palm Beach International Raceway Won’t Be Demolished Just Yet
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Apr 21, 2022
Florida’s Palm Beach International Raceway Looks Set for Demolition
By Peter Holderith / Updated Apr 11, 2022
Judge Rules Detroit’s Crumbling Packard Plant Must Be Destroyed
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Apr 7, 2022
This 1967 Mercury’s Backlit Dash Proves Cars Were Better Without Screens
By Jordan Rimpela / Updated Apr 3, 2022
Did You Know Mitsubishi Made an Old-School Willys Jeep Until 1998?
By Victoria Scott / Updated 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 / Updated 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 / Updated 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 / Updated 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 / Updated 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 / Updated Oct 18, 2021
The Real-Life Auto Factory Riot Referenced in ‘Squid Game,’ Explained
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Oct 15, 2021
The Twisty History of Alfa Romeo’s BAT 7 and How It Slipped through One Man’s Fingers
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Aug 29, 2021
From Vogue to Vehicles: 1930s-Era Designer’s Impact on the Industry
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Aug 8, 2021
Here’s the Four-Seat Chevy Corvette GM Never Made
By Lewin Day / Updated Jul 27, 2021
The Sheer Audacity of Preston Tucker and the Car that Should Have Been
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Jul 11, 2021
Inside the Impossible Dream of the Nuclear-Powered 1958 Ford Nucleon
By James Gilboy / Updated Jul 6, 2021
America Almost Made a New Route 66 With 22 Nuclear Bombs
By James Gilboy / Updated Jun 17, 2021
Henry Ford II’s Custom 1966 Ford Mustang Convertible Hits Auction With No Reserve
By James Gilboy / Updated Jun 10, 2021
Take a Peek Inside Legendary Designer Harley Earl’s Scrapbook of Car Sketches
By Peter Holderith / Updated Jun 9, 2021
1930s Isky Roadster Was Assembled Back When Hot Rods Were Called Soup Jobs
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated May 30, 2021
There’s a The Fast & The Furious Movie From 1954 and It’s Not What You’d Expect Today
By James Gilboy / Updated May 26, 2021
The Aerodynamic 1981 Ford Probe III Concept Changed American Cars Forever
By Benjamin Hunting / Updated May 21, 2021
Jay Leno Drives the 1915 LaBestioni Rusty, the World’s Sexiest Hotrod Firetruck
By Sean Evans / Updated May 18, 2021
Apropos of the Iowa Caucus, Presidential Candidates Riding Tractors
By Ben Keeshin / Updated May 12, 2021
Best Vintage Ragtops For Soaking Up Ultraviolet
By Ben Keeshin / Updated May 9, 2021
Even With Only 100 HP, the Mazda2 Evil Track Was One of Mazda’s Coolest Concepts Ever
By Peter Nelson / Updated May 6, 2021
Henry Ford II’s Custom-Built 1981 Ford Capri Is Up for Auction
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Apr 30, 2021
Britain Was Still Trying to Make Steam Trucks Happen in the 1930s
By James Gilboy / Updated Apr 26, 2021
Vespa Turned 75 This Week
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Apr 24, 2021
Acura’s New Documentary Recaps the History of the Type S Badge
By Chris Tsui / Updated Apr 21, 2021
See All of Jay Leno’s Current Restoration Projects
By Sean Evans / Updated Apr 16, 2021
Behold, the World’s Most Beautiful Lamborghini Countach
By Ben Keeshin / Updated Apr 16, 2021