(October 10, 2011) HERSHEY, Pa. — RM Auctions' pre-auction estimate on the selling price of “La Marquise,” the 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos steam runabout that currently holds the title of world’s oldest operating motor vehicle, was set at between $2 million and $2.5 million.

(October 10, 2011) If you store your classic car, muscle machine, sportster, collector, or restored summer car over the winter, and think it's protected from mice by being locked in the garage or car shed, think again.

An unused, protected vehicle or car puts up a gigantic "Welcome!" sign for mice and rats looking to come in out of the cold. They'll perform unthinkable acts in unimaginable places, and cleaning up their mess will cost you an unbelievable amount of money.

(September 23, 2011) What has been claimed to be the oldest motorized vehicle in the world will be on the auction block the evening of Oct. 7. The 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos runabout will be included in the annual Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey sale by RM Auctions.

The 127-year-old steam car is expected to fetch between $2 million and $2.5 million.

(September 19, 2011) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Some vehicles in the Walter P. Chrysler Museum are looking for someone to give them a little TLC.

The Walter P. Chrysler Museum's Adopt-a-Vehicle program allows individuals and groups to help care for and maintain a favorite vehicle on display in the museum. Of the 32 vehicles in the museum's permanent collection that are adoptable, 17 are currently available for adoption.

(September 9, 2011) LONDON — The first 100 mph Rolls-Royce, a 1911 "Experimental Speed Car" known as 1701, will lead a cavalcade of 17 historic Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts from the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, on Sunday, Sept. 11.

The historic cars, dating from 1911 to 1922, will be supported by a new Rolls-Royce Ghost, hand built at the Home of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars at Goodwood, West Sussex.

(September 2, 2011) The Great Race will return for 2012 after its successful relaunch earlier this year with an all new route around the Great Lakes that will take participants north of the border into Canada.

Race promoter Corky Coker announced this week that the Great Race will next run June 23, starting in Traverse City, Mich. From there, it will run north along Lake Michigan to the Upper Peninsula, cross into Canada at Sault Ste. Marie (where locks join lakes Superior and Huron), then travel east along the north shore of Lake Huron, south toward Lake Ontario and east toward the crossing back into the United States at Thousand Islands, then back west along the south shore of Lake Erie and toward its finish line in the Detroit area.

(August 31, 2011) A 1930 Stutz Model M took the Best in Show trophy at the Milwaukee Masterpiece this past weekend.

Part of a class celebrating the centennial of the Stutz marque at the Masterpiece, the 1930 Stutz Model M was one of two Stutzes entered by Alexander Kennedy Mitchell of Montgomery, Texas, and arrived in Milwaukee directly from the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

(August 21, 2011) We reported a few weeks ago on an effort to create the biggest parade of Cadillacs in the world. And the tiny town of Barton, Vt., got the job done on Aug. 17.

A minimum of 103 cars driving single file from the high school to the county fairgrounds was needed for the record. The official count was 298 Cadillac vehicles giving them the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest Cadillac parade.