Modern BMW gets a Vintage Makeover

I‘m one of those people who, in the event of being elected King and Queen of f**king everything, would pass a law that enforced car manufacturers to design cars like they used to in the good old days of classic car design. And to prove that modern technology cars can look classic and beautiful, I would use…

Paris Automobile Show at the Grand Palais, 1940s

Once one of the most eagerly awaited events on the French calendar, the Salon d’Auto was held for 60 consecutive years under the great dome of the Grand Palais. The automobile industry was flourishing and new inventions were being unveiled every year; the automatic carburettor in 1904, the plate clutch in 1905, dampers in 1906.…

Alone with Her Bike, the First Females to Ride Around the World

Happy women’s history month. Which only gives me another reason to write about more incredible humans that also happen to be female. What fascinates me most about the stories of the women I’d like to share with you today, is not that they dared to figure out how to ride a motorbike or infiltrate a…

There’s an Incredible Collection of Classic Cars Hiding Away in a Brooklyn Garage

When you think of serious classic car collections, you picture vast, well-lit storage facilities on wealthy estates, not something that resembles an old-fashioned local mechanic shop, hidden away behind unmarked metal shutters in a dog-eared industrial neighbourhood in Brooklyn. But that’s what makes Lenny’s collection so much more special… There’s a few things that are unexpected about Lenny’s Garage. For one, Lenny Shiller himself…

Found in a Derelict Castle: The Lost Fleet of Alfa Romeos

So there’s a “barn find”– the term used for uncovering lost priceless cars sitting in a garage covered in dust– and then there’s a “castle find“. This is the rather more unique story of six Alfa Romeo 1960s sport cars discovered beneath a stunning abandoned castle in Belgium. On a winter’s morning before the break…

The Amphibious Car that Lives on the Seine in Paris

The shiny red vintage car that sits proudly on the back of a houseboat in Paris, is a sight well known to Parisians that take time out from the bustling boulevards to walk along the banks of the river Seine. It’s a bit of an urban oddity that no one really knows the story behind.…

Hot Wheels: The Lost Three-Wheeled Dymaxion

It was voted one of the 50 worst cars of all time and deemed ‘unworkable’– but I think it looks pretty rad if you ask me, as long as you don’t actually try to drive it or anything. It resembles a torpedo but its fastest documented speed was only 90 miles per hour (although the…

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cars For Sale

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me this Mercedes Benz. You don’t need to be a car geek to enjoy browsing through the auction lots of Monterey’s Historic Car Week, the largest automobile show in America, currently underway in California. Among the line-up of rare and iconic vintage rides this year, there are a few not-so-classic classics that really widened my eyes…

Trend Alert: Derelict classic Cars!

Watch this amazing short film about a garage in Los Angeles that takes abandoned classic cars and restores what’s under the bonnet while keeping their uniquely rustic exteriors nature has given them over time. It takes a minute to get used to the idea of driving a car with a brand new engine albeit a…

Car Crazy Father & Son are having the Garage Sale of the Century

Somewhere along the line, car-mad father & son duo, Paul and Chris Andrews, might have gotten a little bit carried away with their hobby. Next month, they’re selling off nearly their entire collection of cars to get down to something “more manageable”. They plan to settle for around 20 cars rather than their inventory of nearly…