A gorgeous coachbuilt Alfa Romeo with a notorious past has won top honors at the sixth annual Salon Privé Concours D’Elégance, held on June 24 in London. The Touring-bodied 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 S Berlinetta had been bought new by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who gave it to his mistress Claretta Petacci. The 6C2300 […]

We normally don’t select street rods for the Hemmings Find of the Day because we know that they don’t fit with many of our readers’ tastes, but here’s a thought to keep you awake at night: Are contemporary street rods the modern-day version of the coachbuilt automobile? Chip Foose himself has mentioned the connection in […]

With just 170 examples built (I’m sure somebody knows the reason why the chassis number is higher than that production figure), it’s not everyday one sees a Cisitalia 202, a car that featured a Pinin Farina design so revolutionary, the Museum of Modern Art hailed it as “one of the most accomplished examples of coachwork […]