(July 22, 2013) BOWLING GREEN, Ky. —– Chevrolet has marked the 60th anniversary of the Corvette, an iconic American sports car. The first Corvette went into production in Flint, Mich. on June 30, 1953. Since then, Corvette has become an American icon that continues to offer the best in today’s technology and performance.

(July 21, 2013) LONDON — For the first time in its 117-year history, the 2013 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run will have a competitive element. It's is not a race, but it is certainly a challenge.
 
For the hundreds of hardy drivers at the wheel — or sometimes the tiller — of their pioneering motorcars, the only aim is to cover the 60 miles from London’s Hyde Park to Brighton’s Madeira Drive without mishap. For most participants, merely arriving at Brighton is sufficient reward.

(July 17, 2013) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Mecum Auctions have announced they will be auctioning off the legendary late actor Steve McQueen's last known personal vehicle at the Mecum Celebrity Items Auction: Celebrating the Legendary History of Hollywood at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., July 26-27.

(July 7, 2013) Silverstone Auctions will be offering possibly the world’s best Beetle for auction at its Silverstone Classic Sale on Saturday July 27.

The show-stopping 1962 Volkswagen Beetle 1200 De Luxe, estimated at between £30,000 to £35,000, is the very best of breed having had £55,000 lavished on it in a meticulous restoration project that’s only just been completed.

(July 2, 2013) July 4th marks the 60th anniversary of the Volvo Duett — Volvo's first series-produced estate (wagon) car and the starting point of the company's proud estate car tradition. In 1944, the round-backed compact PV444 was shown for the first time.

(June 27, 2013) AUBURN, Indiana — Auctions America has announced its highly anticipated Auburn Fall weekend will feature a full-day memorabilia sale on Wednesday, Aug. 28 as a prelude to its automobile offering, Aug. 29 – Sept. 1. Headlining the memorabilia sale are more than 400 lots from the personal collection of renowned collector and enthusiast Kirk F.

(June 25 2013) DEARBORN, Mich. — A nearly 90-year-old advertisement that propelled Ford Motor Company’s vision for putting the world on wheels and recently helped transform the company from survival to profitable growth has a fresh face.
 
The “Opening the Highways to All Mankind” advertisement originally was placed in the Saturday Evening Post on Jan. 24, 1925. It detailed Henry Ford’s original vision of providing affordable, safe transportation to everyone.

(June 17, 2013) ROCKLEIGH, N.J. — In a journey that has lasted nearly half a century, spanned the globe and elicited awe from generations of car lovers, Long Island's Irv Gordon has a phenomenal achievement in his sight: driving 3,000,000 miles in the same car - a shiny, red 1966 Volvo P1800.

(June 3, 2013) Lightweight materials, alternative fuels, extremely low fuel consumption — key words for the car of today. Yet, these were the very properties that formed the basis for the LCP 2000, Light Component Project. This was a concept car study aimed at the future and the environment, presented by Volvo Car Corporation (Volvo Cars) in the late spring of 1983, 30 years ago.

(May 20, 2013) NEWPORT PAGNELL, UK — A unique Aston Martin DB4GT, pictured above, fetched a world record price of £3,249,500 ($5,000,000), the highest price ever paid for an Aston Martin at auction, when it went under the hammer as part of the Aston Martin Centenary Sale at Aston Martin Works on May 18. The sale itself also realized a record total of over £10 million, with every lot sold.