(January 5, 2024) WOLFSBURG, Germany — The Golf is the heart of the Volkswagen brand – and it stands for the term “bestseller” like hardly any other model.  More than 37 million vehicles have been sold in eight generations. Volkswagen is celebrating the popular model to mark its 50th birthday next year. After all, the Golf has not only shaped mobility in Germany, but also in many other regions all over the world.

(December 27, 2023) This picture (below) of a Gilmore Blu-Green gas station in California was taken around 1920. The Gilmore Oil Company was an independent oil company in California founded by Arthur Fremont Gilmore after he struck oil on his dairy farm in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles around 1903.

1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda

Includes 28 vintage American
muscle cars from 1960s, 1970s

(December 25, 2023) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. —  Barrett-Jackson will offer the Frank Tiegs Collection, which includes some of the most significant 1960s and 1970s American muscle cars, at the 2024 Scottsdale Auction Jan. 20-28 at WestWorld of Scottsdale. Twenty-eight vehicles from the collection will cross the auction block with No Reserve during the nine-day event, including rare and desirable examples across the Ford, Mercury, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Dodge and Plymouth marques.

1966 Ford GT40 Mkl road car

Jan. 2-14 collector car auction
poised to outpace previous years

(December 16, 2023) More than 4,000 consignments and nearly 40 collections are slated for auction at Mecum Kissimmee 2024, the 25th anniversary celebration of The World’s Largest Collector Car Auction, to take place this Jan. 2-14 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla.

Four additional deliveries
scheduled by end of 2023

(December 14, 2023) VALLEJO, Calif. — Kindred Motorworks, the Bay area producer of modernized vintage vehicles, celebrated a huge milestone as it delivered its first customer car, a Kindred Bronco Heritage Edition, to its first customer, Jeff Tsai, during a ceremony at the company’s Mare Island headquarters.

(December 12, 2023) LONDON — The Little Car Company, manufacturers of the limited edition 75% scale Ferrari Testa Rossa J, has unveiled its all-new display at Harrods, one of the world’s foremost luxury department stores. In partnership with Harrods, The Little Car Company has created an immersive display of the Ferrari Testa Rossa J, offering shoppers the unique opportunity to see the car up close.

(December 5, 2023) LINCOLN, Neb. — When Ben Welch drove his new Chevy Suburban off the dealership lot in 1994, he was curious to see how many miles it would go by following a good maintenance routine. Per General Motors, only about one percent of Suburbans go over 250,000 miles. So it was remarkable when Welch watched his odometer flip to one million miles earlier this year, without ever having a complete engine overhaul or the engine pulled from the vehicle for service!
 

National Motor Museum at Beaulieu
marks 60th anniversary of Dr. Who

(November 22, 2023) BEAULIEU, England — The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu is set to transport visitors through time and space with the unveiling of a new temporary display featuring the most iconic vehicles from the beloved British sci-fi series, Doctor Who. From the sleek and stylish Bessie to the futuristic Whomobile and a menacing Dalek, this collection marks the 60th anniversary of the series and will open to visitors from Nov. 23.