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In the early 1900s, horsepower was almost exclusively for the Gatsbys of the world. Ford’s flathead V-8, introduced in the depths of the depths of the Great Depression, changed all that. But it needed ...
We may have been doing this wrong all along. With cylinder heads, that is. Back when it all began, steam was the start—how we first captured heat energy from fuel and put it to work. More than a ...
We rely heavily on data and logic at Hagerty Insider, but if there’s ever a situation where logic goes out the window, it’s when we see a never-driven, delivery-mile example of a 30- or 40-year-old ...
In the early 1980s, Mazda was flush with capital from record sales and already deep in the design process for the next generation of the RX-7. Having proven to the world that it could solve ...
Toyota has finally dropped the curtain on the sixth-gen 4Runner, signaling the next chapter for a cult classic that doesn’t get to use the term “new” all that much—”all-new,” even less often. The last ...
When we drive our cars, they collect signs of that use—patina, in collector-car speak. The latest issue of Hagerty Drivers Club magazine, in which this article first appeared, explores the delight ...
This story first appeared in the November/December 2024 issue of Hagerty Drivers Club magazine. Join the club to receive our award-winning magazine and enjoy insider access to automotive events, ...
As companions to Aaron’s lovely historical feature below, we are publishing three Hagerty member stories about their own Tri-Fives. You can read the first ...
There’s something to be learned from any time period, even one as universally disliked as the Malaise Era (circa 1973–83). The number of innovations and popularizations that improved our lives during ...
The Volkswagen Beetle is more than a car. It is a fixture in the landscape of our lives. If not only because so many of them were made—some 21.5 million over 65 years—the humble Bug rolled through ...
It’s barely six degrees Fahrenheit at the summit of the Julier Pass. Visibility is zero, a full-blown whiteout. The edges of the road are practically invisible with the blizzard sending horizontal ...