In April of 1934, the Major Bowes Amateur Hour debuted on WHN radio in New York City. “Major” Edward Bowes, who created and hosted the ...
Harry Mulford Jewett was not a man for sitting idle, waiting for life to happen around him. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame ...
Conceived by Ian Garrad, the U.S. West Coast sales manager for Britain’s Rootes Motors, Inc., the Sunbeam Alpine-based Tiger grabbed a slice of the robust ...
In 1954, the Mercedes-Benz catalog was headlined by the exotic and beautiful 300SL and filled out with a wide array of four- and six-cylinder sedans, ...
Before production of the sensational new Austin-Healey 100 sports car began in earnest at Austin’s Longbridge plant, twenty pre-production cars, numbered AHX1 through AHX20, were ...
The creations of brothers Fred and August Duesenberg are the stuff of legend. The cars and engines they built were among the very best ...
In the post-war period of recovery, Mercedes-Benz concentrated on re-establishing itself as a leader in the automotive industry. Their measured and focused approach earned them ...
The Austin Healey 100 of 1952 was the first of several iconic machines born of a fruitful relationship between engineer/entrepreneur Donald Healey and the Chairman ...
The French, before and immediately after World War II, created a class of automobiles known as grandes routieres, luxurious high performance cars that took advantage ...
For the 1971 Model year, Jaguar treated the E-Type to a comprehensive overhaul. Thanks largely in part to ever-tightening American safety and emissions laws, ...
March of 1936 saw the introduction of Bentley’s latest model, aimed at providing buyers an unparalleled experience of virtually silent, high-speed motoring. The 3 ½ ...
In the late 1940s, American soldiers serving in Europe had acquired a taste for the small, light and stylish cars they saw on European roads, ...