Classics : Car Reviews And News

The team at UK auto shop Eagle have a one-track mind, and it’s focused exclusively on Jaguar E-types. For more than three decades, Eagle has been restoring these exquisite cars, and they have now completed their trilogy of special edition E-types with the Eagle Spyder GT.

Gordon Kelly, a Wisconsin industrial engineer, always wanted to build a car. He designed a concept based on a 1961 Chevrolet Corvette, showed it to great coachbuilders around Europe, and picked the Italian company Vignale to build his dream machine.

What were you doing when you were 17 years old? If you were Giorgetto Giugiaro, you were designing the truly breathtaking Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint, a gorgeous Italian coupe from the ’60s and ’70s. Giugiaro went on to design, among other lovely automobiles, the DeLorean DMC-12, the Volkswagen Golf, and the Lotus Esprit.

Jerry Seinfeld will be laughing all the way to the bank this March. He’s putting up sixteen rare Porsches for auction and the comedian will likely walk away with many millions of extra dollars in walking around money.

For today’s moment of zen, how about forgetting the million distractions screaming for your attention in our smartphone-addicted culture. Instead, let your eyes linger on this newly restored, mint condition, sky blue Ferrari 330GTC about to hit the auction block – its seductive curves, sinuous lines, and simple beauty.

Back in the ’80s, you could walk into any kid’s room in the country and the car most likely to be on a poster hanging on the wall was the Lamborghini Countach. That was the exotic car of the decade, and is still the car I think of first when you say the Lambo name.

In 1905, cars were cars, the trunk was an actual trunk, and sometimes a car was actually an airship. This 1905 FIAT is a perfect example. This amazing custom built car has an incredibly long hood needed to fit its massive engine inside.

It’s hard to know exactly the total value of the 10 silver-clad cars on display at the newly remodeled Petersen Automotive Museum’s Precious Metals exhibit. Some reports put the figure at around $120 million, others more like $200 million.

Keith Helmetag has owned his lovely green 1969 Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider for about a decade. “You have all these wonderful memories,” he tells the team at Petrolicious. “Going surfing with your son, getting an ice cream with family, driving a twisty road with clouds overhead.

Of all the muscle cars of the ’70s the one that I want most is the Plymouth Barracuda. Perhaps the rarest and most valuable of all the ‘Cuda clan are the Hemi ‘Cuda convertible cars with only a handful of those made.

If you haven’t watched it yet, Fargo is a brilliant TV show. As good as season one was, this year was even better if you ask me.  Not only did season two feature some outstanding performances – especially from Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson,  Jesse Plemons, Ted Danson and Nick Offerman, but it perfectly captured the style and mood of the late 1970s period in which it takes place.

Jack Riddell is not the kind of guy who would buy a collectible toy and keep it in a box. When he bought his dream 1967 Lamborghini 400GT way back in 1972, Riddell had no intention of garaging his new plaything.

If you have ever lusted after one of the many replica car kits that are on the market, but didn’t have the time to build it yourself, a new U.S. law that has gone into effect will be music to your ears.

Growing up, one of the first car movies that I ever watched was one of the Herbie flicks. Herbie is a little Volkswagen Beetle that had the ability to drive himself and was one of the fastest cars on the racetrack.

The only version of The Italian Job that I have ever seen is the remake with Marky Mark. I have never seen the original from the ’60s, but now that I know it has a 1968 Lamborghini Miura in the opening sequence, I might go watch it.