Bobby Clark
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How the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL’s tube frame forced its gullwing doors
The doors on the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL coupe open upward because the car’s 300 SL tube frame left no room for ordinary ones. Engineers ran…
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Janis Joplin’s psychedelic Porsche 356 sold for $1.76 million
Janis Joplin paid $3,500 for a used 1964 Porsche 356 C 1600 SC Cabriolet. Nearly five decades later, the Janis Joplin Porsche sale at RM…
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The 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham cost more than a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
The 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham carried a price of $13,074, and Cadillac built only 400 that model year. That sticker put a four-door Cadillac above…
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All 300 Corvettes built in 1953 left Flint in Polo White
Chevrolet built 300 Corvettes in 1953, and every one of them was a Polo White Corvette with a red interior. Buyers had no choice of…
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The Avanti kept going after Studebaker closed its South Bend plant
Studebaker announced in December 1963 that it would stop building cars in South Bend, Indiana. The last factory Avanti rolled out on New Year’s Eve…
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Why the Tucker 48’s flat-six engine came from a helicopter engine maker
Tucker built only 51 Tucker 48 sedans. The flat-six mounted in the back of each one began life as an air-cooled unit from a Syracuse,…
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How the Chrysler Turbine Car could run on almost any fuel
Between October 1963 and October 1964, Chrysler built 50 identical bronze coupes with a gas turbine instead of a piston engine. Then it handed them…
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How Chevrolet’s two-speed Powerglide became a drag racing staple
Chevrolet put the Powerglide on sale for the 1950 model year. It was a two-speed automatic for buyers who wanted to stop working a clutch…
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Chevrolet is building 2026 and 2027 Corvettes side by side at Bowling Green
Bowling Green Assembly in Kentucky is turning out two model years of Corvette at once this fall. The 2027 cars carry Chevrolet’s new 6.7-liter LS6…
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One of just three Wimille Veyrons sold for CHF 4.505 million, a Veyron auction record
A 2014 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse brought CHF 4,505,000 in Zurich on September 26, 2026. RM Sotheby’s ran the sale, and the car…
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