Ralph Lauren was born Ralph Lifshitz in the Bronx on October 14, 1939. He built a fashion empire, but collectors know him for ...

The Wright Brothers achieved powered flight in 1903, and nearly 123 years later, SpaceX demonstrated Tesla’s flying Roadster ...

Lee Iacocca was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 15, 1924, and the Lee Iacocca Mustang remains the car most closely tied to his name. For collectors, the lesson is less about the executive ...

Some of Detroit's biggest missteps came from rushing designs to market before engineering caught up A handful of infamous flaws directly reshaped how automakers approach safety testing today Emissions ...

In a 1955 issue of Life magazine, a tiny display ad promoted the Eshelman Adult Sports Car (ASC). “Seventy miles per gallon gas, 35 miles per hour. One fifth the cost of any other auto! Write for ...

You don't have to be a Mazda fan to know that the RX-7 is an iconic car. After its debut in 1978, the car had three successful generations, each one bringing changes to the style and performance.

During the golden age of TV sitcoms, the woman-driver joke became a script staple: “My wife is a careful driver. She always slows down when going through a red light.” Cue the laugh track. But ...

The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X. By Neal E. Boudette Thirteen years ago, Mike Ramsey, an ...

What do the Elio, Aptera, Toyota i-Road concept and the spectacularly awful Zap Xebra have in common? They -- and many more small-volume economical vehicles and concepts besides -- all use one fewer ...