Reuniting Grandpa Mel with a ’55 Bel Air, His California Dream
The ’55 Bel Air was more than a car, it was a gleaming turning point. For a young Air Force soldier it stood for promise and ...
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Old MGs Always Had a Backup Plan: The Hand Crank
A nice thing about having a small collection of old cars is the chance to actually drive them once in a while. This may sound like a strange assertion, but many of us have cars that mostly sit, and ...
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8 Cars That Caught Our Eye at Bonhams Scottsdale 2025
Bonhams concluded its annual Scottsdale sale with $5.2M in total sales. Of the 77 vehicles offered, 52 sold, making for a 68 percent sell-through rate and an average price of $104,843. This has never ...
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What Car Never Got the Engine It Deserved?
One thing I’ve learned in my time with the Hagerty Community is to never underestimate what they (i.e., YOU) can contribute to the content we create here at Hagerty Media. I enjoy wondering about the ...
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The Amelia Celebrates the Career of Hélio Castroneves, on and off the Race Track
It sounds like something out of a movie, but IndyCar and IMSA champion Hélio Castroneves swears it really happened. His father, Hélio, Sr., owned a small stock-car racing team in Ribeirão Preto, ...
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Carini: How the Reborn Bus Takes Me Back
This customized 1965 Volkswagen Type II 21-window Deluxe Microbus sold at auction in 2017 for $302,500. Interestingly, it sold in 2022 for $198,000. Barrett-Jackson I’ve had my eye on the new ...
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Cheaper Cars Are Coming, Finally
More spartan trim levels, special editions and the return of some recently-demised models will see carmakers belatedly respond to the increasing cost of living. At the National Automobile Dealers ...
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8 of Hélio Castroneves’ Most Memorable Race Cars
This Spiderman’s origin story began when Hélio climbed the fence to celebrate his first IndyCar win. Here he climbs the fence after winning his third Indy 500 on May 24, 2009. Fred Vuich/Sports ...
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$53M Mercedes-Benz W196 R Is the Second-Most Expensive Car Ever Sold at Auction
A one-car auction took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart over the weekend, and the car in question—a W196 R Stromlinienwagen from 1954—sold for €51,155,000 ($53,017,370). That makes it ...
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End of an Era as TVR Factory Is Flattened
It’s been 20 years since TVR stopped building British beefcake sports cars at its Blackpool plant, and now, finally, the factory has been demolished to make way for new commercial premises. Founded by ...
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Ross Myers’ Fenderless ’36 Ford Is Amerca’s Most Beautiful Roadster
In contrast to that Ridler-winning 1936 Ford build with Rad Rides, this roadster is fenderless and wears a more subtle shade of green based on Porsche’s Aventurine Green Metallic from BASF/Glasurit.
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Piston Slap: What Killed the Geo Metro?
I am well aware of your love for large land yachts. I used to own a two-door Geo Metro that could probably fit in the trunk of one of your barges. The car was awesome on fuel mileage with my best at ...