It might be difficult to imagine now, more than 30 years later, but in 1972, a French-designed
and built automobile was extensively regarded as the best car in the world. If one discounts the Panhard et Levassor models of the early 1900s, this might be the one and only time a French car was acknowledged as the best on the globe, and that is unsurprising since French cars usually enjoy the same esteem granted to Mexican banking practices and Scottish cuisine. How did the planets sided in favor of the Citroen SM? Well, that is an interesting story indeed. Read more . . .
With Harley Earl at the controls of General Motors design staff, auto show “dream cars” came fast and furious during the late Forties and early Fifties. 
Though indications of these dream machines would often turn up on the production cars that followed, none of Earl’s creations had made the direct leap from auto show to production-until the Corvette. Read more . . .
The phrase “over the top” had not been invented in 1927, but if it had, it would definitely have been applied to Ettore Bugatti’s Royale. 
This short series of cars–only six or seven were built, and no one is quite sure of the figure–lent new meaning to the word conspicuous consumption. At the same time, the behemoth Bugatti Royale was a beautifully engineered and meticulously crafted piece of automotive art. Read more . . .
“Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and…” Go on, you know it, sing along: “Chev-ro-let.” Americans have long had a love affair with cars–classic cars in particular. They’re 
worshipped in our culture, in movies and TV commercials, at weddings and charity benefits, at local hamburger-joint cruise-ins, family reunions, and Fourth of July parades. Young men in their first tuxedos drive them with sweaty palms to Prom.
The robust health of the old car hobby is evidenced by the ever-growing participation and attendance at car shows and auctions around the country (over 6,000 collector car shows and exhibits were held in 2003). Here’s why there’s never been a better time for you to join the millions who have made their dreams of owning a piece of the past come true: Read more . . .