We here in Canada have not seen a new Mercury sold in three years. The brand itself packed up and left us back in 1999, leaving only a few models to be sold at Ford dealerships. However, down in Dearborn, parent company Ford has extinguished the long-flickering flame that is Mercury for good…

In perhaps the strangest paradox of the 1930s, as the worst depression the world had ever known was putting millions out of work, extraordinary design still flourished. Bauhaus architecture by the likes of Mies van der Rohe and LeCorbusier gave us functional homes described as…

Easily the most popular Anglo-American automotive venture was the Shelby Cobra. The mating of a 427 V8 to a pint-size AC Ace proved to be devastating to any other competition. However, in 1964, Shelby America was also connected to another…

Imagine how proud you would be if your car was declared a national treasure. You would likely be less than thrilled if the government then removed it from your garage and returned it whence it came…

The year was 1980 and Finnish rally driver Hannu Mikkola was sitting on the starting line of the Janner Rally in Austria, at the wheel of a car that would change the face of both motorsport and the performance car – the Audi Quattro. This was the first time an AWD car would be associated with a motorsport event…

Some of the transporters and support vehicles that carried and supported those racing cars of the same period have fetched some staggering sums of money also. One in particular that comes to mind is a derelict 1966 Fiat cab overused by the Ferrari racing team for 15 years…

The Astra is an extraordinary custom car that debuted at the Petersen Motorama. Since then, it has been featured in every major custom and hot rod publication of the 1950s, including Hop Up, Hot Rod, Motor Trend and Rod & Custom, and was recently featured in a two-part article in Rod & Custom…

A book about Paul Newman seems like an odd choice for author Matt Stone to tackle, as the acclaimed writer usually scribbles about four-wheeled subject matter. This book stands apart from the others dedicated to the life of the Academy Award-winning actor and unparalleled philanthropist…

There are probably two major stories that came out of the Arizona Classic car auctions this year. The first is the stabilizing of prices, which is probably not a surprise, and the second is the horrendous damage done by a storm that blew through the Sonoran desert at North Scottsdale…

The art of designing cars has changed significantly in the last fifty years. Designing a car used to be a relatively simple process. Have a designer sketch some sexy lines, then have an engineer take those drawings and turn them into reality. Somewhere along the line, the engineers got tired of pleasing the designers…