Is the Oldsmobile Aurora Final 500 a Future Collector Car? The Last 500 Don’t Trade Alike
Eve Nowell The Oldsmobile Aurora Final 500 was built in a run of 500. One sold for $32,000, another for…
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On an Alfa Romeo Duetto, Only a 1600 Is a Duetto. Here Is How to Prove It
Shawn Henry A 1966 Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider on Bring a Trailer shows how to test a Duetto: type code,…
Volvo 1800 Buying Guide: Which Version to Buy, and Where the Rust Hides
Volvo P1800, 1800S, 1800E or 1800ES? A buyer’s guide to production, rust, injection, recent sale prices and which…
Today in Collector Car History: Jacques Swaters Is Born, and Ferrari’s Belgian Yellow Becomes Provenance
EL Puckett Jacques Swaters was born Oct. 30, 1926. The Belgian Ferrari importer and Ecurie Francorchamps founder made privateer racing…
Mustang SVO Deep Dive: 9,844 Cars, a 205-HP Turbo Four, and a Market Still Deciding What It Is
Kyle Matthews The 1984–86 Ford Mustang SVO is collectible but its market is unsettled. A look at production, specs, weaknesses,…
Lotus Esprit V8 vs. TVR Griffith 500: Two British V8s, Two Very Different Kinds of Risk
The Esprit V8 and Griffith 500 claim almost the same power. The price, the risk and the buyer…
Vatican’s Popemobile Collection: A Century of Papal Mercedes
Most car collections exist because someone wanted the cars. The group that opens to the public today inside…
Today in Collector Car History: The Last Step-Down Hudson Leaves the Line, and an Independent Era Ends (Oct. 29, 1954)
On Oct. 29, 1954, the last true step-down Hudson left the line as AMC took over. See what…
Inside the Simeone Collection, Where Preservation Beats Polish
Dr. Fred Simeone built Philadelphia's racing-car museum on originality, not polish. See how it preserves its cars, including…
Honda S2000 vs BMW Z4 M Roadster: The Rarer Car Is the Cheaper One
Two manual-only mid-2000s roadsters, one far rarer than the other, and a market that prices them the opposite…