(December 13, 2012) UNITED KINGDOM — The organizers of the International Triumph Show & Spares Day, sponsored by Heritage Classic Car Insurance, are planning on getting 2013 off to a celebratory start as it celebrates"triumphant Triumphs" when it returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, on Sunday, March 3.

(December 11, 2012) Seems like a low price for such an unusual car, but the Flatmobile, just 19 inches tall, commanded only $15,000 at suction earlier this month in England. The Flatmobile, which Perry Watkins of Perrywinkle Customs built in 2007, started out as a 1963 Hillman Imp.

(December 10, 2012) HICKORY CORNERS, Mich. — The Gilmore Car Museum is now offering an exhibition that looks at autos in the Dust Bowl era. The display at the Gilmore Car Museum coincides with the recent airing of PBS' two-part television series, "The Dust Bowl."

The film by Ken Burns features interviews with residents who lived through the Great Depression, drought and wind storms in the 1930s.

(December 3, 2012) LONDON — The magnificent "Birkin" Bentley, which set a world record for a British car at auction when it sold for £5 million earlier this year, roared past its opposition to take the Car of the Year award at the 2012 International Historic Motoring Awards, in association with EFG International Private Banking and Octane magazine.

(December 1, 2012) The original Batmobile from the 1960s TV series Batman is being offered by its creator, the legendary customizer George Barris, at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale collector-car auction in January.

Barris has owned the famous Batmobile for nearly a half century, and this will be the first time the authentic TV car has ever been offered for sale.

(November 20, 2012) HARVEY, La. — The Vicari Auction Company will offer select cars from the Brent Trauth Chevelle Collection during the third annual New Orleans Classic Auto Festival Dec. 1 at the fMardi Gras World in New Orleans.


Trauth — a long-time Chevrolet Chevelle collector and restorer — is offering several vehicles from his personal collection during the Dec. 1 Vicari Auction.

(November 16, 2012) UNITED KINGDOM — Considered by many as the toughest event of its kind in Europe, LeJog’s severe wintry weather conditions that hit the UK in December will see drivers battling it out on an epic 1,400-mile course between Land’s End and John O'Groats from Dec. 1 to 4.