America Limited Japanese Cars. Toyota Responded by Building Lexus
In the early 1980s, Detroit was under pressure from a flood of fuel-efficient Japanese cars, and Washington wanted to slow their advance. Japan agreed to limit passenger-car…
Ford Sent 3 GT40s To Le Mans In 1964. All Failed. Two Years Later, They Finished 1-2-3
In 1964, Ford arrived at Le Mans with a new racing car built for one purpose: beating Ferrari. The GT40 was fast enough to set the pace…
A Harley-Davidson Was Swept Out To Sea In Japan. A Year Later, It Was Found In Canada
In April 2012, a man walking along a remote beach in British Columbia found something that seemed impossible: a rusted Harley-Davidson motorcycle sitting inside a battered storage…
The Porsche 550 Spyder James Dean Drove Was Built To Race — And Weighed Just 550 Kg
When Porsche introduced the 550 Spyder in the early 1950s, it was not simply building another sports car. The company was creating its first car specifically for…
You Pull Up, Plug In And Wait: What Charging An Electric Car Is Really Like
Pulling into a public charging station looks familiar at first: park the car, connect a cable and wait. But the experience is fundamentally different from filling a…
A Rare 1937 Rolls-Royce Was Forgotten For 30 Years. Then Someone Found It In A Philadelphia Warehouse
One morning in Philadelphia, a stranger pulled up beside a car dealer and asked a surprisingly simple question: “Do you want to see some old cars?” Two…
Detroit Has A Hidden Collection Of Historic Cars — And They’re Kept Inside Giant Bubbles
Inside an unassuming warehouse in Detroit, dozens of historic automobiles sit sealed inside transparent bubbles, protected from the elements and largely hidden from public view. The collection…
Hudson Built A Car That Could Beat Detroit. It Still Couldn’t Save The Company
In the early 1950s, a struggling American automaker built a car that suddenly became almost unbeatable on the NASCAR circuit. The Hudson Hornet was low, powerful and…
Lamborghini Built A Military SUV With A Countach V12. Then The Rich Started Buying It
In the late 1970s, Lamborghini tried to build something completely different from the exotic sports cars that made its name: a rugged military vehicle capable of crossing…
Enzo Ferrari Told Him To Stick To Tractors. Then He Built Lamborghini
In the early 1960s, Ferruccio Lamborghini was already a wealthy industrialist with a passion for fast cars and a garage filled with some of Italy’s finest machinery….