(November 25, 2022) SEOUL — Hyundai Motor Company has announced it will work with Italian design firm GFG Style, notably its father and son founders Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro, to rebuild the influential 1974 Pony Coupe Concept that young Giorgetto created for Hyundai’s debut at the 1974 Turin Motor Show. The rebuilt concept will be shown in the springtime.

The Rick Grant III Estate collection

(November  23, 2022)  With the recent addition of 50 investment-grade vehicles from the main attraction Rick Grant III Estate Collection, along with several other private collection offerings, the tally board of consignments for Mecum Kissimmee 2023 continues its climb to 4,000 vehicles, all of which will be offered at The World’s Largest Collector Car Auction Jan. 4-15 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla.

2021 Mercedes AMG GT Black

(November 18, 2022) WALWORTH, Wis. — Mecum Auctions has been expanding upon its sturdy foundation built from decades of achievement with its most successful year to date, and the Las Vegas 2022 collector car auction kept the momentum going strong with another record total attained. Total sales in Las Vegas reached $27.5 million, exceeding the 2021 event total by $5.2 million and eclipsing the previous Las Vegas high water mark by more than $2.3 million.

(November 14, 2022) SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Kindred Motorworks, the Bay Area producer of modernized vintage vehicles, has announced that it has partnered with Idaho-based KORE Power, a leading developer of battery cell technology, to supply battery modules for the electrified models in the Kindred lineup. The first two vehicles that will benefit from this partnership are the Kindred VW Bus and the Kindred 3100 pickup truck, both of which are offered exclusively as EVs.

(November 9, 2022) BISHOP'S STORTFORD, England — Hilton & Moss, world-class specialists in the restoration and sales of classic and prestige vehicles, put the shine back into one of German motoring history’s most beautiful stars with a loving restoration of a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster. Transformed from a rusting relic of glory-days gone by, to a concours-standard testament to one of the automotive industry’s true legends, the 300 SL Roadster is ready to turn heads like back in its heyday — a perfect product of Hilton & Moss’ 30-plus years’ experience in Mercedes models.

(November 4, 2022) TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Hagerty, Inc., an automotive lifestyle brand and a leading specialty insurance provider, has launched Hagerty Marketplace online auctions which allows members and enthusiasts to buy and sell automobiles through a trusted, easy-to-use platform. The addition of online auctions builds upon Hagerty’s growth strategy and helps augment its existing Marketplace business which includes classified offerings, Hagerty Valuation Tools and DriveShare businesses.

(October 26, 2022) CREWE, England — Part of the original Crewe factory site has been repurposed as a home for some of the most historically significant Bentley models from the last 103 years of company history. The Heritage Garage complements the existing Bentley Lineage exhibition in CW1 House, providing a showcase for the 42-car Bentley Heritage Collection. The Heritage Garage will house 22 cars from the Collection, currently spread from 1919 onwards but eventually focusing on those members of the fleet built in Crewe — everything from 1946 onwards.

(October 21, 2022) A car plant that Henry Ford opened in Jacksonville, Fla., nearly a century ago is slated to be demolished over the objections of local historical preservationists. The Jacksonville City Council last week unanimously approved the property owner's request to tear down the building to allow for new waterfront development, the Florida Times-Union reported. The owner said experts who assessed the building said it was too damaged to repair.

(October 19, 2022) ATLANTA —  Every classic Porsche has an origin story — when it was built, how it was equipped, where it was first delivered. An important part of owning, and even restoring, a classic Porsche is knowing the details of this history. With its collection and storage of historic documents, Porsche is able to provide many pieces of original production information about its vehicles going back decades. Now, for the first time, the process of accessing these documents has moved online. One portal offers a path to accessing this data that is both fascinating for enthusiasts and valuable for preserving sports cars.

(October 19, 2022) Mecum Auctions is well known for setting records and taking on never-before-achieved challenges, and the company took it to another level this past weekend by holding two auctions simultaneously in two different cities located a full 600 miles apart. One of the events, Mecum Chicago 2022, was held Oct. 13-15 in Schaumburg, Ill., and brought $15.2 million in total sales, while the other, Mecum Chattanooga 2022, was held Oct. 14-15 in Tennessee and reached overall sales totals of $21.2 million.