Classic Car News

A Tribute to Ferrari Spiders In front of Casa Ferrari at Pebble Beach today, a concours of Ferrari Spiders graces the First Fairway. The newest 488 Pista Spider joins the line-up as the 50th drop-top […]

The Digital Archives of Mercedes-Benz Classic The archives of Mercedes-Benz Classic are a unique treasure-trove covering more than 130 years of automobile history. With Classic M@RS (Multimedia Archive and Research System), all interested parties are […]

“Fintail Mercedes”, six-cylinder models (W 111, W 112), 1959 – 1968 In August 1959, a profoundly revised passenger car range was presented. According to the motto “The New Six Cylinder Model – A Class Of […]

Steve McQueen’s 275 GTB4 Ferrari Classiche recently took delivery of one of the more interesting cars ever to leave the factory – a 275 GTB4 that originally belonged to legendary American star, Steve McQueen who […]

Plymouth of the 50’s and Virgil Exner In 1957 Plymouths were available in three series – Plaza, Savoy and Belvedere – with the limited production “muscle car” version – the Plymouth Fury – available mid-year. […]

Audi History The NSU company was founded in 1873 by two mechanics from the Swabian region of Germany in the town of Riedlingen an der Donau. Seven years later it moved to Neckarsulm. In the […]

Ponton Mercedes”, six-cylinder models (W 180, W 105, W 128), 1954 – 1959 In March 1954, a new 220 model with a modern integral concept was presented. It was based on the 180 model, which had […]

The ultra-economical 1988 Volkswagen Öko-Polo Many enthusiasts are familiar with Volkswagen’s niche models. But not even Ross Cupples, a lifelong fanatic with dozens of Volkswagen cars in his personal collection, had heard of the Öko-Polo […]

Type 220 (W 187), 1951 – 1955 At the first Frankfurt International Motor Show in April 1951, Daimler Benz unveiled the passenger car models 220 and 300. Both had a brandnew 6-cylinder engine with overhead […]

75 years ago in Wolfsburg: Series production of the Volkswagen Beetle begins Series production starts just after Christmas 1945 British Major Ivan Hirst enables vehicle production in record time with considerable improvisation Herndon, VA — […]