Jacob is a former Audi mechanic turned automotive journalist. His love for cars started the first time he held a Porsche 911 Hot Wheels car in his hands, and the very same car continues to fascinate ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...

Extraordinary lives are often marked by artifacts of accomplishment. Whether it’s a culture-shifting image, an inspired body of work, or a Nobel prize, revered objects can come to represent ...

For most automotive enthusiasts, the 812 nameplate is synonymous with the Ferrari 812 Superfast coupe, GTS hardtop convertible, and Targa top Competizione A. But over in America, before the Second ...

The history of the auto industry is riddled with defunct brands, but if you look carefully enough, you immediately notice most of them went out the door during our generation, our the one before us at ...

Film star Charlie Chaplin owned this 1936 Packard Twelve All Weather Cabriolet. One of only two known to exist out of 682 produced, it will be featured at the Studebaker National Museum's 2023 ...

Dublin resident Keith Olszewski and his supercharged 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton have been together nearly all his life. The four-seat convertible built by the now defunct Indiana-based Auburn Automobile Co ...

It’s a historic car in many ways. Not only was the bespoke silver sedan one of just two 812s built that year with spare tire carriers on both fenders, but it also has bulletproof plates inside the ...

DUNNELLON - Bruce Earlin’s 1937 Cord Model 812 Coupe has been described by students of the short-lived make built in Indiana as both an elegant rolling sculpture and an example of a revolution in ...

Bob White, 64, a retired entrepreneur of Scottsdale, Ariz., on his 1937 Tom Mix Cord 812 Phaeton, as told to A.J. Baime: I grew up in Kansas near a ranch where, in the early 20th century, a wild west ...