Nostalgia Highway

(November 27, 2024) LOS ANGELES  — The Petersen Automotive Museum's final exhibit of the year, “Cars Are Beautiful: Mr Brainwash @ the Petersen," is now open in the Armand Hammer Foundation Gallery. The installation transforms the gallery into a fully immersive celebration of the automobile through the lens of contemporary artist Mr Brainwash, including imaginative interpretations of iconic cars, engaging hands-on pieces, and an explosion of colors and unique creations.
 


2017 Mustang Convertible ArtCar

(November 27, 2024)  Mecum Auctions will hold its long-running annual classic and collector car auction in Kansas City, Dec. 5-7 at the Kansas City Convention Center. Celebrating 31 consecutive years in the city and featuring an expected 850 vehicles on offer, the auction will include classic muscle and sports cars, Hot Rods, exotics, antique autos and more, highlighted by a selection of headline-worthy machines that boast fascinating backstories and charitable goals.

Custom build features twin-turbocharged
3.8-liter Duttweiler Performance V6

(November 7, 2024) SPRING GREEN, Wis. —  Ringbrothers, the custom car builder and parts manufacturer, has unveiled its latest creation, a custom-built 1987 Buick Grand National known as “INVADR.” The twin-turbocharged Buick produces 1,246 horsepower and 1,000 foot-pounds of torque to the rear wheels and was engineered from the ground up.

First of 12 Speed Six Continuation
Series cars has been completed
    
(November 6, 2024) CREWE, England — The first customer Speed Six Continuation Series car has been completed, and is soon to be dispatched to the USA — marking the first delivery of a new Bentley Speed Six since 1930. Existing Mulliner customer John Breslow will be the first person to receive his Speed Six as a racing companion to his Blower Continuation Series.

Rudi Klein’s Collection sells for
$12 million over pre-sale estimate

(October 29, 2024) BLENHEIM, Ontario — RM Sotheby’s hosted The Junkyard: The Rudi Klein Collection auction this past weekend in Los Angeles. This legendary assemblage, long the subject of rumors and intrigue, offered collectors and enthusiasts a rare opportunity to acquire some of the world’s most sought-after cars.

2015 Ferrari LaFerrari

Barrett-Jackson fall auction sees
more than $56 million in sales

(October 28, 2024) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Barrett-Jackson supercharged the collector car hobby during the 2024 Scottsdale Fall Auction, presented by Gila River Resorts & Casinos, Oct. 10-13 at WestWorld of Scottsdale. The four-day automotive lifestyle event featured 794 collectible vehicles that sold for more than $55 million, with a 99.9 percent sell-through rate. In addition, 429 pieces of authentic automobilia sold for more than $1.6 million, bringing total auction sales to more than $56.6 million, with more than 40 world auction record sales.

1996 Excalibur Phaeton Limousine

(October 8, 2024) Mecum Auctions will hold its eighth annual Las Vegas-based classic and collector car auction this Oct. 17-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center with an anticipated 1,000 vehicles on offer ranging from classic muscle and sports cars to Hot Rods, exotics, antique autos and more.

Gas engine replaced with electric
motor producing up to 107bhp

(October 8, 2024) Kia UK has revealed the Kia Pride EV, a unique "restomod" built especially to mark the company's 80th anniversary. Restored, modified and unveiled for the first time at the Bicester Heritage "Scramble" on October. 6, the Pride EV is a collaborative project between Kia UK and British EV powertrain and conversion specialists Electrogenic.

By David Bold
MyCarData

(September 27, 2024) As I’ve written before, Washington, D.C. is blessed with a heaping helping of history, most of it displayed in those vast expanses comprising the Smithsonian. Among the most prominent of those displays are American History, Natural History and African American history, along with two buildings — one on the National Mall and one near Washington’s Dulles Airport — devoted to Air and Space.

1933 Auburn 12-165 Salon Speedster

(September 25, 2024) Mecum Dallas 2024 welcomed large crowds and competitive bidding all four days, Sept. 4-7, achieving total overall sales of $47 million and becoming the second biggest Dallas auction in Mecum’s decade-plus of holding events in the city. In total, 1,656 lots crossed the block at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center with 1,218 selling for an admirable sell-through rate of 74%.