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Would the DeLorean DMC-12 be anything but a footnote in automotive history had it not played a key role in the 1985 movie, Back to the Future?. Sure, the car was different, what with its stainless-steel gullwing coachwork designed by none other than Giorgetto Giugiaro, its re-engineering by Colin Chapman, and, of course, its founder, former Pontiac executive and father of the GTO John DeLorean, and his subsequent prosecution (persecution?) on drug charges, of which he was acquitted.

Sometimes a classic vehicle is more than meets the eye. The Pick of the Day is a performance-minded “sleeper” 1972 Ford F-250 being advertised by a private seller in Charleston, South Carolina, on ClassicCars.com. Beneath the hood of this F-Series pickup beats the heart of a 5.0-liter Mustang, complete with...

Up for auction on AutoHunter, the online auction platform driven by ClassicCars.com, is a 1954 Chevy 3100 that spent its early years working as a forestry trunk in Washington and Oregon. According to the seller, the previous owner gave the Chevy a refresh after it entered retirement, included were a...

(Editor’s note: During the month of September, we’re publishing a series of articles about selling a collector car. In a repost of a MotorAuthority story published last year, Joel Feder shares a step-by-step guide on detailing your car – a must-do task for getting your car ready to sell.) For...

Instead of the Frankfurt Auto Show, Munich is hosting the IAA 2021 show as well as an IAA Mobility showcase looking at all sorts of sustainable mobility solutions. Automakers are using the events to unveil concept vehicles, including those below:. Audi’s private jet for the roadway. Calling it “the private...

(Editor’s note: In conjunction with its special exhibition, “A Century of the American Motorcycle,” the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland has provided this story about Pamela Dengler and how she came to own a historic dealership at a young age.) In the 1920s, Herman Sill was employed as a courier,...

Welcome to the Journal’s Classic Carl cartoon caption contest!. Every other week we share a Classic Carl cartoon that’s missing a caption and ask readers to submit their most clever and hilarious punchlines. To participate, send us your best caption ideas for this cartoon using the form below by September...

Interest and values have been rising for Porsche’s front-engine transaxle models, so-called because of their gearbox/rear-driveline combination, which enhances weight balance. Most of the focus today is on the 944-series models such as the Pick of the Day, a 1990 Porsche 944 S2 Cabriolet being advertised on ClassicCars.com by a dealer in Little Britain, Pennsylvania.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Porsche Club of America in 2016, Porsche manufactured 60 special 911 GTS Club Coupes to go to 60 fortunate PCA members. Making these rare 911s stand out is the unique Club Blau paint and a vintage-styled ducktail rear spoiler. While these special edition...

One of the most fabled of American sports car racing circuits was Bridgehampton, on New York’s Long Island, where cars raced on public roads from 1949 until 1953 and then from 1957 to 1999 on a purpose-built race track used by Can-Am, Trans-Am and even NASCAR events. Part of the...

In 1974, the Volkswagen Golf launched as the replacement for the Beetle, but prior to that, several other attempts were made to replace the iconic Bug. VW recently put together a press release showing the Beetle successors that never were. More than 70 potential replacements or variants of the Beetle...

The annual Labor Day weekend collector car auctions in Auburn, Indiana, reported nearly 100 percent sell-through rates, with Worldwide Auctioneers at 98 percent and with sales of $17.6 million and with RM Auctions at 97 percent and reporting total sales of more than $15.8 million at its event. The auction...

Actress Jean Simmons’ 1949 Bristol 420 drophead coupe was the top seller at Bonhams MPH auction at Beaulieu, England, where the pale green convertible sold for $221,126. The car had been a gift to the actress from co-star and future husband, Stewart Granger. Theirs were among only 24 such cars produced by Bristol. Although used extensively in promoting their film, Adam and Evelyn, the car had been driven only 32,000 miles.

Three timepieces inspired by classic American sports cars from the 1960s were unveiled as the Breitling Top Time Classic Cars Capsule Collection at the recent Geneva Watch Days. The watches look back to the Chevrolet Corvette, Ford Mustang and Shelby Cobra, which the watchmaker calls “three icons of the American...

If you are looking for a sports car that is eligible for weekend club drives, concours events and vintage rallies, one that stands out as something different, rare and with a great history in racing, yet is still somewhat affordable, the Allard that serves as Pick of the Day should be on your list.

Up for auction on AutoHunter, the online auction house driven by ClassicCars.com, is a 1976 Dodge D100 Royal Sportsman 4WD pickup fitted with custom accessories. “Dodge D-Series pickup first debuted in 1961 on the Chrysler AD platform, offered in both two-door and four-door body styles,” AutoHunter notes in the truck’s listing. “A second generation was rolled out in 1965 and a third in 1972, offering increasingly rounded fenderwells and an overall design language that mirrored some of Chrysler’s car lineup of the time.”

How much do you drive your classic or collector car?. As you might expect, companies that insure such vehicles try to keep a very close eye on how far those vehicles are being driven each year. Hagerty’s manager of valuation analytics, John Wiley, admits his team spends “a lot of...

(Editor’s note: During the month of September, we’re publishing a series of articles about selling a collector car. Today, collector car auction Barrett-Jackson shares tips for writing a spot-on description of your car.) Sure, a picture is worth a thousand words – and photos of your vehicle are vitally important...

Having grown up on a gravel road in the country, where old-fashion bias-ply tires went flat almost weekly, I think the installation of modern radial tires have been among the best features added to the automobile in recent decades. I’m also old enough to remember when cars didn’t come with...

After writing about the early electric cars displayed recently at the 70th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, I wondered if any old EVs were being offered for sale through the ClassicCars.com marketplace. And I found one, and the date of its creation came as a surprise, at least to me. I...