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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 a web of thin…
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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 Sotheby’s brought $1.76 million…
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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 a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud.…
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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 color, trim or options.…
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