Back in the 1930s, America made cars that were the envy and the standard of the world. It wouldn’t surprise Peter Heydon, a retired professor of English from Michigan. This is his big green Lincoln K Series V12 Le Baron Coupé from 1935. More??
After being somewhat unappreciated in the collector car world for decades Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciales have skyrocketed in value over the past few years. One look at this beautiful red example currently on Ebay and it isn’t hard to see why. More??
A preview of things to come, Car and Track heads to Ford’s test track to check out the new for 1969 Ford Torino 428 Cobra Jet in this vintage road test. Although the car wasn’t completely ready yet, the 428 cubic inches of TNT were in place under the hood. It didn’t take long for host Bud Lindemann to determine the ’69 Torino 428 Cobra Jet was one wild super car. More??
Last week we showed you a Corvette Z06 racing a Koenigsegg CCXR at the mile long Moscow Unlimited, with surprising results. We would hardly call this footage from the same event a race (we aren’t sure what happened to the BMW) but the results are certainly still surprising. Sure it’s a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 and it’s no slouch from the factory, but any combination of SUV and low 11 second 1/4 mile remains pretty impressive in our book. More??
Welcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a 1978 International Scout Terra. More??
The scene was apparently bedlam at airports in cities across the country last night as United Airlines’ computer system totally failed, leaving thousands of flyers stranded for hours. So what the hell happened? More??
Six pistons in a line—a wonderfully simple design that produced a well balanced, reliable and vibration free engine. Even though the modern V6 has pushed the inline six dangerously close to extinction, the configuration has been used to produce some pretty great engines in the past. What is your favorite inline six engine? More??
Renault broke their own ‘Ring record this past week when they recorded a very impressive 8:07.79 around the Nordschleife. The time was good enough to make Renault’s new Megane RS Trophy the fastest production spec FWD car to ever lap the Nürburgring. While watching the record setting lap we had to keep reminding ourselves the car in question was only a 265 horsepower FWD Renault and not a vehicle significantly more powerful or significantly more RWD. More??
Maybe you’re taking a break from Father’s Day gift shopping to see what you missed on your favorite Gawker Media sites this week. Or maybe you two just argued politics and you’re now looking for a little distraction. Well, whatever the case, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most amusing and entertaining videos we watched during the week that was.
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A few years after the war the streets and sidewalks were lined with Crosleys, at least they were outside Mack Motors. The Rochester, NY dealership seen here specialized in the tiny American cars and evidently carried an inventory large enough to line the sidewalks and the street with Crosleys. I’ll take two. More??
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