Is the Alpine A110 a Future Collector Car? Only Some of Them
John Lloyd Alpine built 28,701 second-generation A110s before production ended in July. The collector case isn't scarcity. It rests on…
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Today in Collector Car History: Honda Became a Company 78 Years Ago Today. The Market Now Pays for What It Left Out.
Eve Nowell Honda Motor Co. was incorporated on September 24, 1948, with no ceremony. Its engineering-first start explains why NSX-R,…
Buick GNX #450 Has Traveled Four Miles in Two Years. That Is the Whole Story.
A 30-mile 1987 Buick GNX, #450 of 547, is back on Bring a Trailer two years after selling…
Cadillac’s Junkyard Dream Car Returns to Auction. Its Estimate Is Just Its 2012 Price, Adjusted for Inflation.
The only surviving 1956 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Town Car, a GM Motorama and Paris Salon show car rescued…
Today in Collector Car History: The First Jeep Reported for Duty 86 Years Ago Today
Shawn Henry On September 23, 1940, Bantam’s jeep prototype reached Camp Holabird with minutes to spare. The pilot car is…
The Aston Martin AMB 002 Isn’t Collectible Because It’s Rare. It’s Collectible Because You Can Finally Ride It
Shawn Henry Aston Martin and Brough Superior pulled the covers off the AMB 002 Roadster at Gaydon on September 9,…
Alpine’s One-Off A390 Art Car Is the Headline at Goodwood Revival. It Isn’t the Story.
This weekend at Goodwood Revival, Alpine will pull the cover off a car unlike anything else on its…
The Porsche 911 Engine Number Is the Originality Detail That Moves the Money
Every air-cooled Porsche 911 on the market has an engine in it. Far fewer have the engine Porsche…
1987 Buick GNX Collector Spec Sheet: Production, Drivetrain, Weak Points and Values
The 1987 Buick GNX is the car that turned turbocharged Buicks from a used-car curiosity into a blue-chip…
This Shay Thunderbird Is Rarer Than the Car It Copies. The Market Still Says $12,000.
EL Puckett A 1981 Shay Thunderbird on eBay asks $24,500 with $60,000 invested. Only about 200 were built, far fewer…