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1935 Duesenberg SSJ becomes most valuable American collector car ever sold.

1935 Duesenberg SSJ becomes most valuable American collector car ever sold.

Gooding & Company Sells Most Valuable Pre-War Car in World Auction History and Achieves More Than $116 Million in Two Days at the 15th Annual Pebble Beach Auctions PEBBLE BEACH, CA - August 27, 2018: Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, realized $116,502,500 at the 15th ... Continue reading

Helping You Enjoy The Drive: Consortium For Automotive Education Presents AUTO LAB Call-in Radio Show Saturday August 25, 2018 7-9 AM

Helping You Enjoy The Drive: Consortium For Automotive Education Presents AUTO LAB Call-in Radio Show Saturday August 25, 2018 7-9 AM

Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity?, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Automotive Expert ... Continue reading

Gunther Werks Reveals Carbon Exoskeleton and Sport Touring Model

Gunther Werks Reveals Carbon Exoskeleton and Sport Touring Model

a company dedicated to remastering the iconic Porsche(r) 993, today unveiled a uniquely-crafted exposed carbon exoskeleton, the foundation for each of its reengineered Porsche 911s, and the first customer vehicle equipped with the company's Sport Touring package at this year's The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. ... Continue reading

Enjoy The Drive: Cruising with Mustang With Maureen McDonald

Enjoy The Drive: Cruising with Mustang With Maureen McDonald

This cruise belonged to Ford Motor Company that celebrated the 10 millionth Mustang produced since 1965, the first car officially hyped for the millennials of the 60s. It wasn’t just a launch, the car was intro’d at the 1964 Word’s Fair, starred in a chase scene in 1964 with Sean Connery’s James Bond in “Gold ... Continue reading

Curtiss Motorcycles Announces Hera – the Brand’s Luxurious All-Electric Flagship

Curtiss Motorcycles Announces Hera – the Brand’s Luxurious All-Electric Flagship

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Curtiss Motorcycles announces Hera - the brand’s luxurious all-electric flagship. Utilizing a proprietary battery and electronics architecture, Hera pays homage to the iconic 1907 Curtiss V8 by reimagining the machine in an all-electric form, complete with eight “cylinders” of hi ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel Enjoy The Drive: Nissan GT-R50 Debuts at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

The Auto Channel Enjoy The Drive: Nissan GT-R50 Debuts at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

As the first-ever Japanese featured marque in the 44-year history of the annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Nissan is bringing a starting grid of some of the most significant race cars in company and motorsports history. ... Continue reading

Pennzoil to Aid in Restoration of Re-discovered "Little Red" Shelby GT500 EXP Prototype

Pennzoil to Aid in Restoration of Re-discovered "Little Red" Shelby GT500 EXP Prototype

As brands that have been part of American and worldwide automotive history for more than 100 years, Shell and Pennzoil understand the importance of heritage and are joining the restoration process to return "Little Red" to its original glory. Dubbed "Little Red," the big-block Shelby notchback coupe was one of a pair o ... Continue reading

Meet the New Auburn Cord Museum Director at Cars & Coffee

Meet the New Auburn Cord Museum Director at Cars & Coffee

AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM NEWS RELEASE - 08/16/2018 sponsored by RM Auctions, is Saturday, August 18 in the Education & Exhibit Plaza at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, 1600 Wayne Street, Auburn, IN 46706. The plaza is a great spot to show off your favorite car, see other automobiles, and s ... Continue reading

Lane's Hobbycar Sinks to Bottom of Lake

Lane's Hobbycar Sinks to Bottom of Lake

Lane Motor Museum's Amphibious 1992 Hobbycar B612 sank to the bottom of Percy Priest Lake in Nashville on Saturday, August 11 during the Lane Motor Museum's Annual Amphibious Vehicle event for Museum Members. Nobody was hurt as Lane's Amphicar was nearby to help the passengers from the sinking vehicle. ... Continue reading

WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE ACTIVITIES, 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MUSTANG ALLEY

WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE ACTIVITIES, 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MUSTANG ALLEY

WHAT: Ford is pleased to serve as presenting sponsor of the 2018 Woodward Dream Cruise – America’s largest annual celebration of automotive history and culture WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 16 through Saturday, Aug. ... Continue reading

RumbleOn Launches Online Powersport Vehicle Buying and Selling Site and Mobile App

RumbleOn Launches Online Powersport Vehicle Buying and Selling Site and Mobile App

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--RumbleOn , the only 100-percent-online powersports marketplace, today announced a new mobile application for both iOS and Android, alongside a revitalized website experience. RumbleOn is transforming the way pre-owned powersports vehicles are bought and sold by providing users with the most efficient, ... Continue reading

Academy of Art University's Automobile Museum Appoints Rob Fisher as Chief Executive Officer (Story Includes Collection)

Academy of Art University's Automobile Museum Appoints Rob Fisher as Chief Executive Officer (Story Includes Collection)

San Francisco, Aug. 08, 2018; Academy of Art University is thrilled to welcome Mr. Rob Fisher to the Academy family as CEO of the university’s Automobile Museum. ... Continue reading

Ford's Mustang - 10 Million Cars and Counting Plus Lot's Of Memories

Ford's Mustang - 10 Million Cars and Counting Plus Lot's Of Memories

By Martha Hindes Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel If you wanted to prove you’re on top of the world, there are some prime ways to prove that. Among them go sky high, in numbers and in altitude. ... Continue reading

Chicago Classic Auto Show Announces Vehicles To Be Showcased September 8-9

Chicago Classic Auto Show Announces Vehicles To Be Showcased September 8-9

The Chicago Classic Auto Show announced a selection of vehicles to be showcased at the inaugural show from private owners, collections and museums. Among the most exciting vehicles to be shown will be the 1953 General Motors Futurliner #10, one of 12 large dual-front wheeled display vehicles that crisscrossed the count ... Continue reading

Zynga’s CSR Racing 2 and Porsche Celebrate 70 Years of Iconic Cars with Exclusive New In-Game Content for Players and Video Series

Zynga’s CSR Racing 2 and Porsche Celebrate 70 Years of Iconic Cars with Exclusive New In-Game Content for Players and Video Series

SAN FRANCISCO--Zynga Inc. , a leading social game developer, and premier sports car maker Porsche, today announced a global content partnership. In honor of this year’s 70th anniversary of the Porsche brand, the partnership includes new in-game content in CSR Racing 2 (CSR2), the world’s most popular mobile racing ... Continue reading

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