(August 26, 2017) This year’s Mecum Daytime Auction in Monterey, Calif., at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course saw 328 vehicles hammer sold Aug. 16-19 for overall sales totals of $34 million.

(August 24, 2017) LOS ANGELES — The second annual Classic Auto Show (CAS) will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 2-4 showcasing more than 1,000 cars — including never-before seen collections and vehicles from over 65 Southern California car clubs. The event will include a pair of new stages and expansion to two complete floors.

Back by popular demand will be the Grand Boulevard, which will provide show-goers with a historical walk-through of automotive history, with a stunning display of the finest classic and historic vehicles from all eras.

(August 21, 2017) PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Just a week ago, Bruce R. McCaw's 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer emerged from the restoration shop of Steve Babinsky in Lebanon, N.J. On Sunday, having crossed the country, the boattailed beauty captured the top prize at the prestigious 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

(August 16, 2017) MONTEREY, Calif. — A special exhibit of lowriders will be showcased at two of Monterey Car Week’s most exclusive events, as part of a new strategic partnership announced this week by ClassicCars.com and the Petersen Automotive Museum.

Inspired by The Petersen’s recently opened exhibit: “The High Art of Riding Low: Ranflas, Corazón e Inspiración,” the lowriders will be showcased at McCall’s Motorworks Revival and The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering.

(August 15, 2017) WALWORTH, Wis. — Mecum Auctions will have an array of Maranello’s finest available for bid at the 2017 Mecum Daytime Auction in Monterey, Calif. From ‘60s- and ‘70s-vintage V-12-powered machines that helped build the Italian brand’s reputation to the modern hybrid hypercars, a broad selection of nearly 40 Ferraris will cross the auction block at Mecum’s Monterey auction — an unprecedented offering of some of the most sought-after Italian machinery at one venue.

(August 11, 2017) LOS ANGELES — Executives with Carroll Shelby International and DenBeste Motorsports have announced that production of the highly anticipated 427 Shelby Cobra Competition race car is going full throttle with three cars finished and four more in process. The authentic turnkey race cars will represent the final cars available from the original Competition big block Cobra series that started in 1965.

(August 8, 2017) HANOVER, Germany — A perfect, long summer weekend drew VW bus fans from all over Europe celebrating at an open-air party on the grounds of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' Hannover plant. Prior to the finale was a convoy of around 350 vehicles of all six vehicle generations from Wolfsburg to Hannover, where the T-series is made today.

The event was the final highlight of the four-day VW Bus Summer Festival in Wolfsburg's Allerpark, of which Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles was the main sponsor.

(August 8, 2017) For the last two years 13 staff at Classic Motor Cars (CMC) have been working on a top secret project, the restoration of a one-off Pininfarina bodied XK120 SE which is to be unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours on Sunday, Aug. 20.

On Aug. 4, the team, which had been supported by everybody on company’s 60 plus workforce, were pictured with the car — “under wraps”.

By Casey Williams
MyCarData

(August 3, 2017) I remember walking into the local IGA supermarket when I was about 11 years old, and there on the magazine rack, was Car and Driver with the Buick Wildcat Concept on the cover.  I think I drooled, went weak in the knees, and started babbling something intelligible to my mother, who quickly revived me by buying the magazine.  I love my mom!
   

(July 28, 2017) WALWORTH, Wis. — Mecum Auctions took the collector-car auction action to the Mile High City this past weekend with 591 vehicles on offer at the Denver Convention Center. In just two days, 411 vehicles hammered sold for a 70-percent sell-through rate and an overall sales total of $11.4 million.