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Maserati Sebring

Ben Branch January 23, 2016
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Rare

The Maserati Sebring was developed to compete with the iconic Ferrari 250 series as the Italian GT car of choice for the automobile cognoscenti…

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1952 Cunningham C3

Ben Branch January 21, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Rare

The Cunningham C3 was to be the only non-racing car ever built by Briggs Cunningham and his team, and it only came about due…

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Billie Joe Armstrong’s 1954 Volkswagen Beetle

Ben Branch January 20, 2016
  • Cars
  • German
  • Vintage

The Volkswagen Beetle is remembered as the single most prolifically produced automobile in history, factories around the world built over 21,500,000 of them between…

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Land Rover Series III Adventure Rig

Ben Branch January 19, 2016
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Land Rover

The Land Rover is easily one of the most important and iconic vehicles of the 20th century. It’s believed that the first vehicle seen…

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An Original 1974 BMW 2002 Turbo

Ben Branch January 16, 2016
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • German
  • Racing
  • Rare

The BMW 2002 Turbo was the fastest version of the iconic 2002 model – which was arguably the car that launched BMW to the…

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Iso Rivolta IR 300

Ben Branch January 15, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Rare
  • Vintage

At the 1962 Torino Auto Show the Iso Rivolta IR 300 was first introduced, and an entirely new chapter in the history of Iso…

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1987 Aston Martin V8 Vantage ‘X-Pack’

Ben Branch January 13, 2016
  • British
  • Cars
  • Luxury
  • Rare

Introduced in 1977, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage was one of the fastest street legal cars in the world – and it was almost…

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1973 BMW 3.0 CSL Batmobile

Ben Branch January 11, 2016
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • Design
  • German

The BMW 3.0 CSL became known affectionally as the “Batmobile” thanks to a series of aerodynamic enhancements that had been developed for the coupe…

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1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra

Ben Branch January 9, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Rare

In the mid-60s the Corvettes were rapidly catching the Cobras, Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles knew they had to add significant horsepower to the…

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The Entombed 1954 Chevrolet Corvette

Ben Branch January 8, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Vintage

The “Entombed” Corvette has been a bit of a celebrity in Chevrolet circles for the better part of 40 years, it was entombed inside…

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The Chevrolet Corphibian

Ben Branch January 4, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Rare

The Chevrolet Corphibian is a one-off amphibious vehicle produced by a couple of ambitious Chevy engineers in their spare time in the early 1960s….

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Original Herbie Stunt Car

Ben Branch January 2, 2016
  • Cars
  • Films
  • Rare

The iconic series of Herbie films started with The Love Bug in 1968, a smash hit that all but guaranteed sequels. Herbie Rides Again…

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