The Cycle of Life: A Swedish Perspective

Those wonderful wrap-around winshields! Hemmings Associate Editor David Traver Adolphus recently came across two impressive images of brand new Saab 99s taken in May 1973 at the shipping area called Fields Point in Providence, Rhode Island. These two-and four-door sedans were newly offloaded from the ships that brought them from Saab’s Swedish plants in Trollhättan, Södertälje, […]

The state of the old car hobby in 1959

It always makes us feel a bit meta when we get a chance to peek back in time and see how people regarded their past 30, 40, 50 years ago. Historians hadn’t had as long to stew about their topics, but on the other hand, they were much more proximate to the things they were […]

Gullwing soars past $1 million at RM

RM Auctions is calling its 2011 Arizona auction an unqualified success, posting a record $30.8 million in sales with a 96 percent sell-through — the highest ever in the event’s 12-year history. Helping boost the bottom line, four of the 180 cars offered sold for more than one million. Perhaps the most surprising of those […]