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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

Car Bibles Solved the Mystery of Where Mary Kay Cars Come From and How Expensive They Really Are

By Andrew P. Collins / Published Aug 13, 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

Read the Legend of Honda’s Cursed Paint Code and You’ll Never See a Yellow CRX the Same Way

By Andrew P. Collins / Published Jun 18, 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 / Published Jun 10, 2021

Take a Peek Inside Legendary Designer Harley Earl’s Scrapbook of Car Sketches

By Peter Holderith / Published Jun 9, 2021

Ford Finds 108-Year-Old Message In a Bottle During Michigan Central Station Renovation

By Peter Holderith / Published Jun 2, 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 / Published May 26, 2021

The Aerodynamic 1981 Ford Probe III Concept Changed American Cars Forever

By Benjamin Hunting / Published 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 / Published 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

How Ford’s Penny-Pinching ‘Special Falcon Project’ Evolved Into the Legendary Mustang

By James Gilboy / Published Apr 15, 2021

Remastered Video of DeSotos, Fords, and Buicks Shows Chicago Traffic Was More Interesting in the ’30s

By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Apr 3, 2021

Watch This Unseen 4K Footage of Ford’s Big Red Turbine Truck From the 1960s

By Peter Holderith / Updated Apr 1, 2021

Stutz-Made 1931 DV-32 Boattail Speedster Was the Automaker’s Majestic Last Hurrah

By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Mar 28, 2021

The ’80s MG EX-E Was a Rally-Derived Supercar From Brighter British Car Days

By James Gilboy / Published Mar 19, 2021

Drag Racer’s 1937 Willys Was a $25 Junker—Now It Lives in a Museum

By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Mar 14, 2021

Did You Know the Original Ford Explorer Was a Mid-Engined Pickup Truck With a Tent?

By James Gilboy / Published Mar 5, 2021

You Could Buy This Wacky Two-Tire, One-Wheel Setup for Your Car in the ’80s

By James Gilboy / Published Mar 2, 2021

Henry Ford’s Great-Grandson Is Selling His Autographed Edsel and One-Off Woody

By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Mar 1, 2021

Remember When GM Got Cyberbullied Into Canceling Buick’s 2010 Plug-In Hybrid?

By Kevin Williams / Updated Feb 28, 2021

The Pontiac Aztek Didn’t Fail Because It Was Ugly. It Failed Because It Was Lazy

By Kevin Williams / Updated Feb 28, 2021

The Story of NASCAR’s Doomed ‘Left-Right Series,’ a Road Course Spinoff with Its Own Spec Car

By Benjamin Hunting / Updated Feb 25, 2021

Jan Opperman’s VPJ-2 IndyCar Has a Colorful History Just Like Its Larger-Than-Life Driver

By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Feb 21, 2021

The US Army’s Largest 4×4 Ever: The Gigantic, 1,000-HP LARC-LX Amphibious Vehicle

By Peter Holderith / Updated Feb 19, 2021

The Legend of Russia’s Lost Diesel-Electric 12×12 Overlanding Train

By James Gilboy / Published Feb 18, 2021

This Heavily Armed and Armored Truck Protected Canada’s WWII Nuclear Secret

By James Gilboy / Published Feb 11, 2021

A Ford Dealer Made This Incredible Three-Axle Snowmobile Conversion Kit for Model Ts

By Stef Schrader / Updated Feb 3, 2021

Here Are Five of the Most Heroic Dakar Rally-Winning Cars Ever

By Máté Petrány / Updated Jan 15, 2021

One of the Last Pre-Production 9-5s From Saab’s Bankruptcy Auction Can Be Yours for $18K

By Stef Schrader / Updated Jan 8, 2021

The Wagner 4 Track Was a Cold War Cargo Truck with Tank Dreams and 1.2 MPGs

By Caleb Jacobs / Published Dec 1, 2020

Ford Almost Let a Graphic Design Legend Update Its Blue Oval Logo in 1966

By Stef Schrader / Updated Nov 26, 2020

The Original Fast & Furious Was This 1924 Silent Film, Which You Can Watch In Its Entirety Here

By Chris Tsui / Updated Nov 10, 2020

Michelin Built This Freakish 10-Wheeled Citroen to Test Truck Tires at 110 MPH

By Rob Stumpf / Published Nov 3, 2020

That 331 MPH SSC Tuatara Is Good And All, But Here Are Some More Interesting World Record Cars [UPDATE]

By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Oct 31, 2020

We’re Giving Away 10 Free Copies of Dirt 5, and You—Yes, You—Can Enter Right Here

By Stef Schrader / Published Oct 28, 2020

Pontiac of 1989 Would Argue That We Got the Wrong Stinger

By Máté Petrány / Updated Oct 27, 2020

Forget the Hummer EV: GMC Made an Electric Truck in 1913 Called the Model 3

By James Gilboy / Published Oct 22, 2020

International Harvester Almost Built the Scout Out of Composites That Wouldn’t Rust

By Stef Schrader / Updated Oct 22, 2020

Curtiss-Wright’s Hovering Air Cars Were the Future of Transportation in 1960

By Peter Holderith / Published Oct 20, 2020

Jay Leno’s 1922 Wills Sainte Claire Is a V8 Pioneer Built by Ford’s Right-Hand Man

By Máté Petrány / Published Oct 6, 2020

The Soviets Built a 12-Wheeled Mega Truck With a 42.4L Engine and 220-Ton Carrying Capacity

By James Gilboy / Published Oct 1, 2020

Enjoy 20 Years of Nürburgring Wipeouts In One Incredible Mega-Compilation

By Stef Schrader / Updated Sep 24, 2020

Want to Race Your Own SCG Boot in This Year’s Baja 1000? That’ll Be $500,000

By Máté Petrány / Published Sep 14, 2020

This Tiny Newfoundland Town Adopted Thousands of Americans Stranded at Its Airport On 9/11

By Peter Holderith / Updated Sep 11, 2020

This Dash-Mounted Coffee Maker Is Likely the Rarest Volkswagen Accessory Ever

By Peter Holderith / Published Sep 10, 2020

The US Army Spent Millions Developing Giant, Six-Legged Walking Trucks in the 1980s

By Peter Holderith / Updated Sep 8, 2020

Did You Know There Was a 48-Day Double-Decker Bus Tour from England to India?

By James Gilboy / Updated Aug 28, 2020

This Fake News Report of a Bizarre Love Story Is Really Some Old Pontiac Propaganda

By Stef Schrader / Published Aug 24, 2020

The Storied Bricklin SV-1’s Body Was Made by a Bathroom Tile Manufacturer

By Peter Holderith / Published Aug 18, 2020

The Sleeve-Valve 1934 Voisin C27 Went Through Oil and Spark Plugs Like Gasoline

By Máté Petrány / Updated Aug 18, 2020