In the early 1950s, a “fast” car was usually a floaty luxury barge that could eventually hit 80 mph if you had enough ...
This 1955 Porsche 356 Pre-A 1500S Speedster with a 70 HP 1.5-liter flat-four, 4-speed manual, and 76,000 miles shown is ...
Few machines have ever shifted the public’s idea of what a road car could be as dramatically as the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL ...
With about 69,000 units delivered, the first-generation Chevrolet Corvette was quite popular, but the sports car was off to a slow start. Chevy sold only 300 examples in 1953 and while sales increased ...
Chevy’s Corvette has been around since 1953, and the model line now comprises eight generations of mostly awesome cars. The current iteration, known as the C8, is a mid-engine supercar so wild that if ...
Mercedes-Benz sold an original 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé, dubbed the “Mona Lisa of cars” because of its rarity and racing pedigree, for $142 million on May 5, the highest price ever fetched by a ...
The allure of unrestored cars has grown over the past couple of decades, with “survivor” vehicles now featured in their own classes at the most prestigious concours events worldwide. The most coveted ...
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Today, cars are almost just another commodity. That was not the case back in the 1950s. Those were the days when automakers would announce a specific date when dealers were allowed to show their new ...
I don't know about you, but the first thing I always think about when someone mentions a 1955 Chevrolet is the impact this nameplate had on the automotive industry in general and on GM's car portfolio ...
Though cars driving themselves isn't impossible in 2025, it wasn't common in 1955. But in the below Journal Gazette story from 70 years ago, a car seems to have done just that. "Here's Story Of Car ...