1935 Duesenberg SSJ

There will never be a shortage of expensive toys for the ridiculously rich and famous. In 1935, Gary Cooper bought this Duesenberg SSJ (foreground). The only 125" wheelbase Duesy around, t...

1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K

This is the original car that caused jaws to drop at the 1936 Paris show. Like so many Mercedes have through the years, this one represented the state of the art, with features like unequa...

1937 Mercedes 540K Special Roadster

While much of the country weeps in its beer over our sagging financial fortunes, the market for exotic cars blusters along at a fairly torrid pace. A rare 1937 Mercedes 540K Special Roa...

1905 Queen Model E Touring

Brass era cars abound at every Pebble Beach concours, but this lime-sherbet-colored 1905 Queen Model E Touring car caught our attention - maybe because we skipped breakfast to get out on t...

Best ‘Vette Ever?

The weight gain was inevitable, given all the extra hardware under the hood. "It's literally like being fired out of a slingshot in a time-warp continuum," Lutz says, but with stability en...

2010 Saab 9-3X

Swedish automaker Saab will be showing its latest addition to the 9-3 family, the 9-3X, at the Geneva auto show next month. Essentially a lifted and beefed-up version of the existing 9-3 S...

2009 Chrysler PT Dream Cruiser 5

With every Detroit August comes heat, humidity, the Woodward Dream Cruise, and a new Chrysler PT Cruiser variant with fancy paint and a long name. True to form, Chrysler serves up the 2...

1927 Lincoln Model L Judkins Coaching Brougham

You know how some cars today are always designed to appeal to old people and the styles they were accustomed to? Well in 1927, some of the old folks were comfortable with stagecoaches. Loo...

1930 LaSalle 7 Passenger Phaeton

These days, if you need seven-passenger seating, you are sentenced to a minivan or an SUV. What a remarkable step backwards. In the '20s and '30s, there were a number of stylish and powerf...