Mercedes-Benz Electric Delivery Vehicles -- the 1972 LE 306

The Mercedes-Benz LE 306 premiered in 1972. It was trialled, among other places, at the Olympic Games in Munich. Yet its output, range an...

Nearly 400,000 automotive patents, dating from 1790, donated to the Gilmore Car Museum’s Research Library

1947 Tucker Hickory Corners, MI -  The most comprehensive assemblage of automotive related patents in existence, both foreign an...

African Americans and Auto Racing: Dayton's Charlie Black -- from Tom Archdeacon and the Dayton Daily News

Tom Archdeacon is one of America's best sportswriters.  His niche is in finding local "gems." This article appeared in the D...

For Love of a Porsche 356 A

Text first published in the magazine "Porsche Klassik 10". Text by Jean Viljoen // Photos by Frederik Dulay Porsche ...

40 Years Later: The Mercedes-Benz C 123 Series Coupes

The cutting-edge technology and elegance so characteristic of Mercedes-Benz have always been expressed in a very special way in coup...

The Esso 67-X: A Rare Canadian Car

An article by Dale Johnson,  "Esso gave out four Oldsmobile Toronados customized by George Barris in 1967; now, one will be on disp...

Mercedes at Retro Classics 2017

John Cooper Fitch and Kurt Gessl with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL touring sports car (start number 417) at the 1955 Mille Miglia. Fitch/Gese...

Scharchburg Student Paper Award, Society of Automotive Historians (SAH), Announcement for 2017

THE SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIANS RICHARD SCHARCHBURG   STUDENT PAPER AWARD, 2017 In order to encourage research and writing ...

Mercedes-Benz at the 2017 Mille Miglia, May 18-21.

Mercedes-Benz 220 a (W 180), Helmut Retter and Wolfgang Larcher at the start of the Mille Miglia 1956 in Brescia. Mercedes-Benz 300 SL racin...

On the Side of the Road: Burma Shave Signs

This morning at church Chuck Connor gave me a copy of a little paperback he had acquired at a book sale: Frank Rowsome, Jr., The Verse by th...

1970 at Le Mans -- fast lap in a Porsche 917

Le Mans, France. June 11, 1970. Training: The day is hot and humid, as was the day before. But now cooler air from the Atlantic is streaming...

A Visit with Ed Crowder, one of the "Geezers" from Kil-Kare Dragway

Hi folks -- spent some time with Mr. Ed Crowder today at his garage located in Beavercreek, Ohio. Ed has taken a leadership role in bringing...

20th Century Automobility in Hinton, West Virginia

Hi folks, Ed Garten dug these photos up from the West Virginia University Archives.  I had problems positioning the photos chronologically -...

1939 Mercedes 540 K sold for $6.6 Million in Arizona

Taking A Porsche on a Ride in Namibia

A gemsbok—or oryx, the national animal of Namibia—suddenly bounds across the road. It turns its head with an inquisitive look and disappears...