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Ultra-Rare Mazda Cosmo Sport Series I Is Looking For A New Owner
Ultra-Rare Mazda Cosmo Sport Series I Is Looking For A New Owner

7 May 2017, 18:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Way before the RX-8 and RX-7, Mazda started experimenting with rotary engines with the Cosmo Sport Series I of the late 1960s

 
Bentley S2 Owned By The Kinks’ Ray Davies Is In Dire Need Of TLC
Bentley S2 Owned By The Kinks’ Ray Davies Is In Dire Need Of TLC

3 May 2017, 10:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It may not look like a Bentley S2 should, but this old fellow here has R'n'R running through its veins. And it's heading to auction at a ridiculously low price

 
V12-Engined Ferrari 308 GTS QV Is An Astonishing Mashup
V12-Engined Ferrari 308 GTS QV Is An Astonishing Mashup

19 Apr 2017, 15:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Shoehorning a 4.8-liter V12 in the engine bay of a 308 GTS QV is ludicrous enough, but modifying it from longitudinal to transverse is insane

 
Immaculate Bentley R-Type Continental Is A Car Fit For 007
Immaculate Bentley R-Type Continental Is A Car Fit For 007

17 Apr 2017, 14:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In an alternate universe, Daniel Craig would've driven a 1953 Bentley R-Type Continental Sports Saloon in Casino Royale, not an Aston Martin DBS

 
Aga Khan’s Aston Martin DB5 Can Be Yours For A Cool $1 Million
Aga Khan’s Aston Martin DB5 Can Be Yours For A Cool $1 Million

17 Apr 2017, 11:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Long before Aston Martin was experimenting with turbochargers and aerodynamics, the name of the game for the automaker was the 007's favorite ride: the DB5

 
Jaguar E-Type Reborn Goes Official At Techno-Classica Essen
Jaguar E-Type Reborn Goes Official At Techno-Classica Essen

2 Apr 2017, 12:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Land Rover's experiment with the Series 1 Range Rover, Jaguar follows in its footsteps with the E-Type Reborn series of models

 
Auto Customizer George Barris’ Kustom Ferrari 308 GTS Listed For Sale At $200k
Auto Customizer George Barris’ Kustom Ferrari 308 GTS Listed For Sale At $200k

30 Mar 2017, 16:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you thought that the Ferrari 308 is cheap by Ferrari standards, think again! Kustom Kulture icon George Barris had one of those, and now it costs $200,000

 
Plymouth HEMI GTX Heads To Auction, No Reserve On This Lot
Plymouth HEMI GTX Heads To Auction, No Reserve On This Lot

24 Mar 2017, 17:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / See this 1969 Plymouth HEMI GTX? It's a time capsule on the look for a new owner, and it packs the HEMI to trump all HEMIs: the 426

 
First Mustang Hardtop To Receive a VIN Heads To Auction
First Mustang Hardtop To Receive a VIN Heads To Auction

23 Mar 2017, 09:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It never made it to the Mustang's launch in April 1964, but 5F07U100002 here is genesis as far as the hardtop Mustang is concerned

 
The Last Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III Ever Produced Heads To Auction
The Last Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III Ever Produced Heads To Auction

21 Mar 2017, 13:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back when Austin-Healey was one of the biggest players of the sports car genre, the 3000 Mk III was the Healey everyone wanted to own

 
1989 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL With 965 Miles On The Clock Is Looking For A New Owner
1989 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL With 965 Miles On The Clock Is Looking For A New Owner

17 Mar 2017, 18:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back when the SL was the go-to luxury roadster for the rich and the famous, Mercedes-Benz was on a roll with the R107-gen model

 
Here’s The Ferrari 250 GTO Racing On Full Attack Mode
Here’s The Ferrari 250 GTO Racing On Full Attack Mode

17 Mar 2017, 17:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A Ferrari 250 GTO. On a track. Driven by a gentleman who appears to know what he's doing. Can classic car ownership get any better than this?

 
1973 Porsche 911 2.7 RS Touring Is An Air-Cooled Blue-Chip Investment
1973 Porsche 911 2.7 RS Touring Is An Air-Cooled Blue-Chip Investment

15 Mar 2017, 14:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back when the Rennsport program was in its infancy, Porsche used to make iconic machines like this particular fellow, the 911 2.7 RS Touring

 
Classic Car Trends Are A-Changin’, Air-Cooled 911s Keep On Rising In Value
Classic Car Trends Are A-Changin’, Air-Cooled 911s Keep On Rising In Value

13 Mar 2017, 18:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just like Wall Street, the classic car scene has mysterious ways of its own. And unsurprisingly, mid-century Ferraris continue to be the bee's knees

 
Adam Carolla’s Lamborghini 350 GT Heading To Auction
Adam Carolla’s Lamborghini 350 GT Heading To Auction

6 Mar 2017, 12:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back when Lamborghini didn't have mid-engine supercars in its lineup, the 350 GT was the Raging Bull's main weapon of choice

 
1955 Jaguar XK140 SE Heuber Roadster Is Looking For A New Owner
1955 Jaguar XK140 SE Heuber Roadster Is Looking For A New Owner

5 Mar 2017, 18:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In the market for an old-school Jaguar unlike any other Jaguar? Then look no further than this one-off fellow here, which boasts a 4.5-liter inline-6 motor

 
David Brown’s 1949 Aston Martin DB2 Is Looking For A New Owner
David Brown’s 1949 Aston Martin DB2 Is Looking For A New Owner

24 Feb 2017, 15:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back when turbocharging wasn't included in Aston Martin's vocabulary, the British automaker used to build this sort of car: the achingly gorgeous DB2

 
British Motor Heritage Launches Replacement Body Shell For The Mk1 Mini
British Motor Heritage Launches Replacement Body Shell For The Mk1 Mini

13 Feb 2017, 15:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Mk1 Mini owners, rejoice! A British company will gladly sell you a replacement body shell for your car. For the not-so-mini price of £9,950, that is

 
1973 Mercedes-Benz 350 SL Owned by Romanian Dictator Ceausescu Is for Sale Again
1973 Mercedes-Benz 350 SL Owned by Romanian Dictator Ceausescu Is for Sale Again

4 Nov 2016, 14:52 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / He may have gone over the top when furbishing his house, but Romania's ex communist dictator, Ceausescu, had much better taste when it came to cars

 
Jaguar C-Type Bought for $900 Is Estimated at Around $5.8 Million
Jaguar C-Type Bought for $900 Is Estimated at Around $5.8 Million

9 May 2016, 19:10 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Sometimes, having a weakness for race cars in general, and Jaguars in particular, pays off. Granted, 53 years had to pass, but it still makes for a great story