Several cars in history have been labeled "the poor man's Porsche" but only one has the proper genes: the Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia Type 34. It's a rare day when you'll see one in...

My memories of actor/racer Steve McQueen are just two: the first came during a Sebring 12-hour race when a colleague pointed him out. I wasn't a movie fan in those years so his presence meant...

With a new indiana jones movie just launched there is considerable interest in authentic memorabilia from the previous films. And what could be more authentic than the 1937 Mercedes 300 that was used...

A couple of centuries ago (or so it feels) my then employer, Trans Global Films, sent me to Munich to unearth old film footage for a BMW infomercial. I spent many hours in the basement of BMW...

This Audi quattro may not be the most famous ever made but it is certainly the most valuable. Mileage: zero. The last right-hand-drive Audi quattro, it is kept in a secret UK location and stored in a...

To most North Americans, the name Rétromobile is all but unknown, yet for Europeans it is one of the most important collector car shows of an event-packed season. Held in Paris, Rétromobile proves...

Who are these people? And what is that odd-looking VW window van doing in the background? The new year should be about the future but this being a classic cars site, let's take a brief glance back...

From my brother Alan, currently in his annual European tour, comes this postcard featuring a Mercedes-Benz Type 320 Cabriolet A. The car is in a private museum whose owner passed away in 2002. The...

It was, in its day, the world's most grueling road race. Now Hemmings calls it "the world's most grueling amateur road rally." It's La Carrera Panamericana, formerly known (in...

Our ace contributor Nigel Matthews gets to drive some very exotic machinery but nothing could compare with his seat time in the Bugatti Veyron, the fastest and most expensive production-built car in...

Ferry Porsche, son of the great Ferdinand, once honored me with an interview for a radio program that volkswagen was sponsoring. It was an odd situation inasmuch as I was employed by the company as a...

My hat is off to any automaker that collects, restores, displays, and even loans out its historic models. Audi is just such a company, eager to remind us of its rich heritage. Located near corporate...

During my daily speed walks, I sometimes imagine meeting a once-upon-a-time-girlfriend. I've been a lucky guy in that respect, having enjoyed the company of various spectacular ladies including...

As predicted, the 2007 Michigan Vintage Volkswagen Festival at Ypsilanti turned out to be a great success. You can read the details in this Car Connection article but the photo that got my attention...

Rumours abound in the auto industry so the latest - that Volkswagen is going to build a New Beetle that's really a Beetle under the skin - may be just so much talk. Still, I hope it's true,...

Here's a site I can hardly wait to play with although it will have to wait until I have enough time. This site allows one to customize a variety of classic German cars, including the Beetle, the...

If there's a bit of a gap between yesterday's blog and today's, my apologies. I've just returned from a two-day break on the BC mainland, attending the "Pacific Auto Show"...

I doubt whether there's a car enthusiast in the world, classic and contemporary fans included, that hasn't dreamt of driving flat-out on the Autobahn, lured by the lack of speed limits. If you...

About.com has just posted my test of the 2007 Porsche Cayman. In it I mentioned a variation on the porsche 356 that few contemporary Porsche enthusiasts can recall seeing: the Hardtop. Initially...

The "great race car mystery" has now been solved. Christie's, the auctioneers who withdrew the 1939 Auto Union D Type V12 Grand Prix Racing car originally scheduled for sale at...