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Classics

Some vehicles age like fine wine, others like cheese – Swiss cheese when rust is involved – but no modern means of transportation would exist or be as good if it weren’t for some its long forgotten vehicular forefathers. A classic car or bike never dies if it’s shown the appropriate care.
Ex-Stirling Moss Maserati Racer Going Under the Hammer
Ex-Stirling Moss Maserati Racer Going Under the Hammer

7 Apr 2014, 10:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 1956 Maserati 450S Prototype by Fantuzzi will cross the block on May 10 during the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique weekend. RM Auctions estimates a selling value between $5.5 and $7.5 million (&...

 
Superstars Choose the Greatest Coupes Ever Made
Superstars Choose the Greatest Coupes Ever Made

4 Apr 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Wonder what's the best ever sports coupe of all time? The Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation will host an exhibition on April 10 in sunny Los Angeles in order to find an answer to this quest...

 
Rare Shelby Cobra Demo Car Going Under the Hammer
Rare Shelby Cobra Demo Car Going Under the Hammer

28 Mar 2014, 18:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Genuine Shelby Cobras are hard to find nowadays, but if you’re looking to get yourself one as an early Christmas gift then you have two shots over the next couple of months. As we’ve ...

 
Custom 1966 Ford Mustang Delivery Wagon for Sale
Custom 1966 Ford Mustang Delivery Wagon for Sale

27 Mar 2014, 16:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Remember when Mustang chief engineer Dave Pericak said that Ford briefly considered a hatchback body for the 2015 pony? Or the shooting brake rendering we reported about shortly after? Some crazy...

 
Mercedes-Benz SSK, 300 SL, W25, W196 R and G-Class Win Awards
Mercedes-Benz SSK, 300 SL, W25, W196 R and G-Class Win Awards

26 Mar 2014, 10:13 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / No less than six categories of the Motor Klassik Award 2014 managed to be won by the brand with the three-pointed star, with readers of the German classic car magazine voting for five different Merc...

 
Ultra Rare Red Toyota 2000GT Up for Auction
Ultra Rare Red Toyota 2000GT Up for Auction

25 Mar 2014, 18:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Have a full garage hangar of cars and don’t know on what to spend some more money? Well, in case you don’t have one of these classic gems it’s time to add it to the collection. A r...

 
Rare 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback Deluxe for Sale in Pennsylvania
Rare 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback Deluxe for Sale in Pennsylvania

24 Mar 2014, 16:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This little car over here is the perfect example of how durable is a Toyota if you treat it good. It has over 116,000 miles on the clock and it still looks like it was bought two years ago (if you l...

 
Mercedes-Benz Brings 30 Historic Racing Cars at Techno Classica
Mercedes-Benz Brings 30 Historic Racing Cars at Techno Classica

24 Mar 2014, 10:38 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As most of the more hardcore Mercedes-Benz aficionados already know, the three-pointed star brand is celebrating 120 years of motorsport in 2014, with a number of related events being planned for th...

 
Rare 1969 Mustang Boss 429 Prototype Under the Hammer
Rare 1969 Mustang Boss 429 Prototype Under the Hammer

21 Mar 2014, 13:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When it comes to classic Mustangs, collectors can choose from a comprehensive list that includes ponies such as the Shelby GT350, GT350H, GT500 or the Mustang Boss 302 and the Mach 1. There'...

 
New Interactive App Gives a Look at Toyota’s Past 75 Years
New Interactive App Gives a Look at Toyota’s Past 75 Years

21 Mar 2014, 13:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota company we know today started its activity back in 1933 as a division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works under the direction of the founder’s son, Kiichiro Toyoda. The new automaker&rsq...

 
1963 Shelby 289 Cobra Auctioned Off for $825K
1963 Shelby 289 Cobra Auctioned Off for $825K

20 Mar 2014, 12:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This silver-painted 1963 Shelby 289 Cobra found a new home for $825,000 (€596,141) during Auctions America’s recent sale event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Delivered to Downtown Ford i...

 
1965 Shelby GT350R Sells for $1 Million
1965 Shelby GT350R Sells for $1 Million

19 Mar 2014, 21:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Built in only 34 units, the 1965 Shelby GT350R is among the rarest Mustangs ever produced and are known to change owners for hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions. For instance, the e...

 
Special Car Exhibition for Toyota Museum 25th Anniversary
Special Car Exhibition for Toyota Museum 25th Anniversary

19 Mar 2014, 13:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / For some of you, Toyota’s museum might sound as boring as manual knitting, but a true automotive enthusiast will know that the Toyota Automotive Museum is not just a place where old dusty Toyo...

 
1964 Ford GT40 Prototype Going Under the Hammer Next Month
1964 Ford GT40 Prototype Going Under the Hammer Next Month

18 Mar 2014, 12:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When it comes to race cars, America was the birth place for an array of awesome machines, including the Cobra Daytona, the Corvette Grand Sport, the Scarab Sports Roadster and Jim Hall’s Chapa...

 
Weekend Project Car for Sale: 1983 Toyota Corolla E-71 Coupe
Weekend Project Car for Sale: 1983 Toyota Corolla E-71 Coupe

17 Mar 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In case you’re looking for a small project car to work on weekends, we’ve found this cute and pretty rare 1983 Toyota Corolla E-71 2-door coupe for only 3,500 bucks. The current owner...

 
Custom Rare Toyota Corona Mark 2 Coupe Doubles as Japanese Musclecar
Custom Rare Toyota Corona Mark 2 Coupe Doubles as Japanese Musclecar

12 Mar 2014, 18:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Corona Mark II coupe is so rare and unknown that you’ll only find some occasional photos with it over the Internet and maybe a Japanese brochure for the Mark I version. Still it&rsq...

 
Rare Toyota and Lexus Convertibles Rubbing Shoulders In Toyota Museum
Rare Toyota and Lexus Convertibles Rubbing Shoulders In Toyota Museum

12 Mar 2014, 14:42 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Looking back at Toyota’s history, some might be very tempted to say that the company mostly made dishwashing machines on wheels, soulless appliances made just to work properly and take you fro...

 
Third Corvette Removed from Museum Sinkhole
Third Corvette Removed from Museum Sinkhole

5 Mar 2014, 10:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Yesterday we brought you news that the first two Chevrolet Corvette that were swallowed by the sinkhole that formed inside the National Corvette Museum have been safely removed from the pit. Toda...

 
This Corvette C3 Is Ready to Go Off-Roading
This Corvette C3 Is Ready to Go Off-Roading

2 Mar 2014, 11:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Introduced in 1953, the first-generation Chevrolet Corvette wasn't much of a sportscar. It was built on a chassis borrowed from the 1952 sedan and the 235 cubic inch inline-six engine was taken...

 
The Touching Story of Maserati 3500GT Collector
The Touching Story of Maserati 3500GT Collector

25 Feb 2014, 16:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You wanna know why talking about Maserati and Lancia brings a sad tear to everyone old time's eye? It's because of cars like this one, cars built with a real passion and sense of pride, th...