by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 23, 2020
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the most widely respected and eagerly anticipated annual event in the collector car world has cancelled its 2020 outing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Event organizers previously told TheDetroitBureau.com that they were waiting...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 22, 2020
Hyundai continues to show off its ability to keep up with top competitor in the “hot hatch” segment, showing off the updated 2020 Veloster N in Seoul this week. Equipped with the all-new N 8-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, the 2020 Veloster N is...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 13, 2020
It was an era when death and destruction were the norm on the racing circuit, and it looked like Stirling Moss would become one of the many drivers who wouldn’t make it through the end of the season when his Lotus racer ran off the track at Goodwood in April 1962....
by Michael Strong | Mar 27, 2020
Another major U.S. sporting event is being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic: the 2020 Indianapolis 500. This year’s race will run Aug. 23 instead of its original May 24 date. As a result, the 104th edition of the race will be the first one ever not completed...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 16, 2020
One of the nation’s largest and most well-regarded classic car shows, the 2020 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, has been canceled, the latest in a growing list of automotive functions impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Originally scheduled to take place during the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 2, 2020
Strip out the back seat, add racing harnesses and boost the output of your already formidable twin-turbo V-6 by 35 horsepower and, in the case of Alfa Romeo, you come up with the Giulia GTA. Originally scheduled to make its debut at the now-cancelled Geneva...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 13, 2020
Luxury knows no boundaries, it seems, as high-line automakers extend their brands to take in everything from designer sunglasses to exclusive condominium complexes. Then there’s Mercedes-AMG, Daimler’s high-performance brand announcing today that it is teaming up for...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 6, 2020
The most expensive street-legal model Ford Motor Co. has ever built is getting a big bump in power this year – and there’ll be a new, special edition version, as well, the Liquid Carbon GT. All versions of the supercar will now deliver 660 horsepower. Equally...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 20, 2020
It’s hard to say whether the long production delay caused by last autumn’s strike at General Motors played a role, but the first street-legal version of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette managed to land a $3 million winning bid at this weekend’s Barrett-Jackson Auction....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 13, 2020
Car collectors will tell you that pedigree matters – and it’s hard to find a more storied version of the Ford Mustang than the one sold over the weekend for a record $3.74 million at the Mecum Auctions event in Kissimmee, Florida. The highland-green pony car was...
by Michael Strong | Dec 30, 2019
Part of Ford’s move away from sedans toward sport utilities has included a very slow tease of the return of the Bronco, which the world is supposed to get a look at in the early part of 2020; however, details about it have been slipping out in recent weeks. The latest...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 2, 2019
Volkswagen’s menacing ID.R racer has set five records in four countries, on three continents, everywhere from Pike’s Peak to the Nurburgring, as well as the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed – so it came as no surprise when it was named the “Electric Race Car of the...
