Classic Cars

Jay Leno probably has the best private car collection in the world. You can spend literally hours on his site browsing videos of new and old cars from all over the world. He has a very discerning eye in terms of quality but seems to love all cars ...

Mercedes has been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the SL at vintage races all over Europe this summer. For the Nürburgring Classic on August 10-12, Mercedes is bringing the earliest surviving SL among other important SLs.  Classi...

A very rare, 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SLl gullwing coupe has popped up on Ebay in the US in Columbus, OH, for $850,000. The seller claims that it is one of the first 50 SLs built by hand by Mercedes. The cars were set off by having an NSL code engine...

The race lineup for the Goodwood Revival is getting better and better. First it announced the race for 1930s grand prix cars from Audi, Mercedes, Maserati and others. Another unique race has been announced for the 60th anniversary of the 9 Hours o...

Mercedes-Benz is bringing six classic cars to the Schloss Dyck Classic Days from 3 to 5 August 2012. Mercedes will be bringing a 1934 500K, 1952 W194 300SL, 1955 W196S 300SLR, 1981 500SL Rallye, 1969 C111 and 2008 SL63 AMG Formula 1 Safet...

RM Auctions has quite a slate of sales due for its Monterey Auction on August 17 and 18. Included among the cars are an 1968 L88 Corvette with the most wins of any Corvette in history, one of five surviving Porsche 904/6s, a 917/10 raced by Jo Sif...

A 1928 Cadillac V8 Town Sedan that was owned by Al Capone and armored for his protection is up for auction at RM Auctions Concours d’Elegance of America in Plymouth, Michigan, on July 28.  The car has provenance back to 1932. B...

Christopher Cox, an American businessman and the owner of a Ferrari 250 GTO, crashed the multi-million dollar sports car during a historic race at the Reims-Gueux. The details of the crash are not known. Cox is okay, but his wife who was in th...

Set in January 1938 on Autobahn

Seventy-five years ago today, Mercedes set a record that still stands today. Unfortunately, later the same day, Bernd Rosemeyer lost his life trying to break the record.  On what is today the A5 autobahn between Frankfurt and Darmstadt on...

Now focusing on foreign expansion

Skoda has reached a very big milestone. Since opening in 1905, it has built 15 million cars. The event happened on February 5 as a silver, third-generation Octavia rolled off the line. The car will be kept by Skoda and used as a VIP car at the Sko...