Let’s face it, you can’t beat e-Bay if you enjoy window shopping for cars. The imagination soars and the wallet stays where it is. Good, harmless fun, right? But every so often one jumps off the scree…
August 14th, 2009
The Tour d’ Sound at Pebble Beach
For me the highlight of Monterey's Classic Car Week is the Pebble Beach tour d'elegance, where concours entrants are invited to drive their precious vehicles on a 50-mile route that includes a…
July 6th, 2009
Pebble Beach Swamped, Calendar Needs to be Split
The extravaganza known as Pebble Beach just keeps getting bigger, which would be okay with humble auto writers like me if it didn't continue to push room rates beyond reach. (Yes, the rich are dif…
July 1st, 2009
New Bertone BAT Will Fly High at Concorso Italiano
If you thought there was something familiar about this car you'd be right. Remember the spectacular Bertone-designed "BAT" Alfas of the late 1950s? Like most Italian-designed cars of the…
May 10th, 2009
The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2009
There is no doubt, at least in my mind, that classic Driver magazine delivers the European concours and show scene better than any Web site or publication. Once again it has excelled itself with cover…
March 25th, 2009
How to Rent an Affordable Classic on Your Next Riviera Vacation
Of all the places where I'd dreamt of someday driving, the one that fascinated me most was the Riviera. It had everything that appealed to my imagination: Winding mountain roads, spectacular scene…
March 8th, 2009
Alfa SZ Coda-Trunka Wins Best of Show at Palm Springs
It isn't often that I overlook a great classic, especially when it's a sports car and even moreso when it's an Alfa-Romeo. Perhaps it was the 90-degree heat at the 2nd Annual Desert Classi…
February 25th, 2009
Classic Cars Fan Trades Cherry Blossoms for Palm Trees
2009 is only the second year for the Palm Springs Desert Classic but already this concours d'elegance is securing a place among North America's best. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised for …
January 30th, 2009
Nuvolari, Greatest of All Grand Prix Racers, Honoured in New Artwork
Michael Schumaker, Ayrton Senna, Jimmy Clark, Juan Fangio… if your acquaintance with Grand Prix race drivers is limited to contemporary heroes you may not be aware of Tazio Nuvolari. In the postwar …
August 20th, 2008
Alfa Romeo Wins Best of Show at 2008 Pebble Beach Concours
If you seek beauty, brothers and sisters, look no further than Italy. For centuries the Italians and their Roman ancestors have been acknowledged as the source of many things beautiful. In olden days …