14 classic cars DRIVE TOWARD A CURE ON ROUTE 66, driving 2,400 miles to support people living with Parkinson’s disease! Beginning September 28, a group of friends and classic-car enthusiasts will set out from Kingman, AZ, traveling historic Route 66 eastward to Chicago, IL. They will be taking the Mother Road back toward its beginnings […]
1964 was all about the birth of the Supercar, Hemis, and factory-built racecars. It was also the launch of the 1964 OLDS 442: ‘Police Needed it – Olds Built It – Pursuit Proved It…and enthusiasts celebrated! Pontiac called its GTO “A Device For Shrinking Time & Distance.” Magazine editors called it a “Supercar”. And, from […]
When cruising on the Autostrada and you see a LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAMBO TEMERARIO POLIZIA in your rear-view mirror, just move over! The LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAMBO TEMERARIO POLIZIA represents a continuing collaboration spanning more than twenty years, uniting automotive technology and civic commitment. Automobili Lamborghini presents the new Temerario, destined for the Italian State Police, at its Sant’ […]
Exceptional vintage Jaguar sports cars, a Range Rover SV Pearl Luster Edition and the 1,000-horsepower TYPE 01 Jaguar EV are highlights of JLR IN MONTEREY: HERITAGE, HORSEPOWER & BESPOKE BRILLIANCE! It’s not very often that you can see Steve McQueen’s 1956 Jaguar XKSS, the 1955 Jaguar D-Type XKD 507 raced by Briggs Cunningham, Princess Diana’s […]
CGC’s Jim Palam spent THREE DAYS IN MONTEREY, shot almost 3,000 photos & boiled it down to 18 highlights in this special report. You might think that our report’s lead photo, above, is of a group of historic racecars charging into the squeeze at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca’s infamous Corkscrew during the 2026 Rolex […]
Fifty-eight years ago today, “Astoria Chas” Snyder lost his life in Vietnam. ASTORIA CHAS’ KO-MOTION L88 CORVETTE is a four-wheeled memorial that speaks volumes about Chas and young Americans and their dreams! In 1967 in Astoria, NY, Charlie Snyder was 20 and living the American dream. He drove a very fast 1967 427/435 Corvette convertible […]
Arguably the most attention-getting, crowd-pleasing Concept Car of the 1960s, GM’s Mako Shark II caught the eye of Motion’s Joel Rosen, resulting in CORVETTE MACO vs MAKO: SHARK ATTACK! Neither Joel Rosen, above, nor I had ever met Bill Mitchell, top, General Motors’ VP of Design, or any of the stylists who contributed to the […]
On March 29th, 1927, Major Henry Segrave drove his SUNBEAM 1,000-HORSEPOWER LAND SPEED RECORD BREAKER on the old Daytona Beach course, hitting 203.792 mph! Powered by a pair of 22.5-liter Matabele V12 aircraft engines, Segrave’s Sunbeam racecar – also known as the Slug (British slang after WWI for bullet) was the first car in the […]
Three pedals, six-speed & 473 horsepower equal 2027 PORSCHE TWIN-TURBO 911 PERFECTION! Breaking cover during Monterey Car Week, Porsche is bringing the six-speed manual transmission back to the 911 Carrera S in North America. The Carrera S, which initially transitioned into the 992.2 generation exclusively with an eight-speed PDK, is now joined by the new […]
Proven on the quarter-mile, a detuned race Hemi is optional in 1966 Plymouth & Dodge midsize models, proving that STREET (426 HEMI) IS NEAT! The biggest news for 1966 was the 426 Dodge and Plymouth Street Hemi. After teasing us with on-again, off-again streetable 426 Hemi cars in 1965, the option was officially announced. Rated […]
