Classics

A few weeks ago, we bid a fond happy 40th anniversary to the automotive dark ages of 1973-84 that have come to be known as "The Malaise Era" – the performance ice-age when 160 horsepower was a lot and a 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time of under 10 seconds was remarkable. Like music in the 1980s, ...

Toyota's agelessly beautiful 2000GT has been sold by RM Auctions for US$1.16 million, making it the new record holder for the most expensive Asian car ever sold! As always, rarity played a big factory in driving up the price; just 351 2000GT models were built, and only 62 left-hand-drive cars ...

With the ongoing popularity of shows like Top Gear, television networks continue to search and develop new ideas to create the next big hit in automotive programming. If you're sick of seeing old Pimp My Ride reruns and still shaking your head after watching "R U Faster Than a Redneck?" on ...

Vehicle customization has played a huge role in car culture in North America, and Dean Jeffries was perhaps one of the most well-known builders, painters and customizers of his time. Hemmings is reporting that Jeffries died on Sunday at the age of 80. He leaves behind a legacy in the ...

With another week quickly coming to a close, it's time to look back at our most popular Autoblog Canada highlights of the week! It's time kick off the weekend with a quick recap of our best original content, viral videos and breaking news from the past few days. Here's your chance to catch up ...

Once again, the Gumball 3000 machine fires up and will blast through exotic locales to thrill millions of fans worldwide. Now, celebrating its 15th anniversary (wow, that just hit us), the 2013 Gumball 3000 rally will be whisking through 13 countries on a 3,000 mile (5,000 km) trek from ...

Ever wish the dream garage of epic cars you've collected in GranTurismo or Forza video games could come to life? Well, this undisclosed money banking millionaire seems to have made that happen by building quite possibly the most incredible car collection we've ever had the pleasure of drooling ...

This is what you get as your first car after you've just passed your driver's test at the age of 25: a 1965 Ferrari 330GT 2+2 Coupe. Of course, that's assuming your name also happens to be John Lennon and you've just helped record Ticket to Ride with the rest of your Beatles cronies. When news ...

The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was built as a race car for the FIA GT Championship series in 1997. To meet homologation requirements, a total of 26 road-going vehicles were built in the following years. The rarest were the open-roof roadster models, of which only six were made. While 24 of the ...

Kevin Reimer has an interesting career and a fascinating car. The resident of Vancouver, BC is a professional downhill skateboarder – which we now know is a thing you can be – who sees a lot of commonality between his extreme occupation and his cherry 1991 Nissan Skyline GT-R. The ...