(April 19, 2011) PHILADELPHIA (PRNewswire) — The 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Jaguar XK-E — considered by no less an expert than Enzo Ferrari as "the most beautiful car ever made," — will be honored with a "Legends of Motorsport" weekend at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, located here, on May 6th and 7th.

(April 11, 2011) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (PRNewswire) — An original 1941 Willys MA is the focal point of an anniversary exhibition at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Mich., that celebrates one of the automotive industry's most iconic vehicles.  70 Years of Jeep runs April 19 – Dec. 30, 2011.

(April 8, 2011) PHOENIX (PRNewswire) — ClassicCars.com, the world's largest online marketplace for classic and collector vehicles, has launched an industry-first vehicle certification program specifically targeted to the classic and collector vehicle market. 

(April 3, 2011) Dorset Vintage and Classic Auctions' first sale of 2011, held March 24 at the Gartell Light Railway in Yenston, near Templecombe, was a resounding success. Warm spring sunshine and an exceptional selection of motor cars and historic commercials drew clients to the sale from across the UK and Europe.

(March 29, 2011) Road America at Elkhart Lake, Wis., and Corvette Racing have formed a partnership that is supporting the Corvette World Tribute on Aug. 18 – 21 in conjunction with the ALMS GT2 ZR1 Corvette racing team.

(March 13, 2011) In 1935, officials at Allegheny Ludlum Steel Division and the Ford Motor Company collaborated on an experiment that would become a legacy and a tribute to one of the most dynamic metals ever developed.

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans founded a museum to display their television and movie memorabilia in southern California's Apple Valley in 1967. The museum moved to a larger building in nearby Victorville in 1976. The family of Rogers and Evans, who died in 1998 and 2001 respectively, moved the museum to Branson, Mo., in 2003.

But the museum in its new location failed to bring in enough visitors and closed in December 2009.

(February 24, 2011) The announcement on the Hemmings Blog of the pending sale at auction of one of the 12 GM Futurliners raised the curiosity of MotowayAmerica's Nostalgia Highway.

We had some vague recollection of General Motors bringing "the future" to towns and cities across the country in a traveling road show in the 1940s and 1950s, but we were foggy on the history.

By Al Vinikour
MotorwayAmerica.com

A while ago we were driving my twin-grandsons back home after they conducted a successful weekend campaign to level our home. Sometimes they’d ask the usual question of, “Are we there yet?” But I noticed that Daniel, the big-twin, was listening to his Walkman and Marc (Wee Man) was doing something or another to while away the 40 minutes or so it takes to get to their house from ours.

(January 29, 2011) Barrett-Jackson sold 1,245 cars at no reserve at its Scottsdale, Ariz., show this year, for a final tally of $68 million, according to Hemmings Motor News. The top sale of the event was a custom 44-foot speed boat with a matching 2008 Corvette Z06 coupe that were auctioned off together for $742,500.