Muscular, iconic and even exotic are words that you could use to describe the first BMW M3 these days. We can now add ‘heartbreakingly expensive’ to its list of descriptors after an 8000-mile example in mint condition sold for a quarter of…
Rock n’ roll and the automobile are inextricably linked, but few realize just how closely the electric guitar and the car are interconnected, too. Southern California’s Fender tapped into the region’s burgeoning car culture in the late 1950s, offering car colors from…
The best thing about building a lowrider is watching the personality of your car unfold with every design step. Some builders start the breakdown of their lowriders with a specific plan and a some set ideas on what the finished product will…
The R230 SL has to be one of the prettiest modern-era Mercedes. Yes, the 2008 facelift was awkwardly angular, but up until that point, the fifth-gen SL was a masterpiece of classy understatement. Even the amped-up AMG versions looked elegant, whether you…
Maserati is looking awfully sensible these days. The products aren’t perfect, but the brand seems to have its shit together. Owned by Fiat since 1993, the famed Italian company doesn’t currently build any outlandish sports cars, but does have an SUV in…
A few months ago, Lorinser Classic announced it had gotten hold of 37 ex-Swiss Army ‘Puch G’ Mercedes G-Wagens. It had them listed for sale with prices starting as low as €13,000, but given that none of them were in particularly stellar…
For the fourth-generation Ford Focus, it seems there won’t be a wild ‘RS’ version. According to a report in a French publication last week, Ford has cancelled the Mk4 Focus RS, the production of which has been deemed unviable amid company-wide cost-cutting…
Every automaker has some doozies in their closets, cars or trucks they’ve built that they are—or should be—ashamed of. General Motors, thanks either to its sheer size, longevity, or propensity for turning out affronts to automotive decency (perhaps all three), has turned…
It probably took only a few minutes for this 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 to sink to the bottom of Oregon’s Tualatin River decades ago, but it took the volunteers with Adventures with Purpose a hell of a lot longer than that…
Ever wondered what it would look like if a pristine one-owner 1957 Chevy were parked in a barn for 35 years? Wonder no more. This 1957 Chevy 210 Townsman wagon was driven into a barn in 1985 and hadn’t moved until February…