Front-engine layouts are the most popular layout you'll find in cars, but mid-engine and rear-engine layouts have their own ...

The 700 was BMW's first post-war real sales hit, and you can buy this lovely 1963 Cabriolet.

Did you watch ever Mad Max: Fury Road and feel like you wanted to drive one of their hand-made, post-apocalyptic death-traps on public roads? Well that seems to be what obscure car builder Devon West ...

In 2004, Dodge rolled into the North American International Auto Show with a concept that sounded like a real winner. The Slingshot was a compact sports car with a retracting soft top. It was powered ...

If I had to pick one time in history to be an automotive engineer, I'd have to pick the mid-to-late 1930s. Well, as a Jew, there'd be some pretty serious trade-offs about that era, of course, but as ...

The rear-engine Volkswagen is coming back. Sources deep inside VW's headquarters have indicated that the company currently is working on a rump-motored, water-cooled small car, one that mimics the ...

The 8x10 black-and-white glossy was stuck in a folder in the Petersen Photo Archive marked “1959 Corvette.” But from its rear-three-quarter view the car looked like no other ’59 Corvette we’d seen, ...

John CooperÕs 1961 Grand Prix racer, above, provided the template for his attempt at the Indy 500. The Indianapolis 500, called by many “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” started in 1911. For the ...

Technology has continually improved the way that auto manufacturers seal their engines. Yesterday, gaskets constructed of cork or paper, and packed-rope rear main seals were commonplace. Today, Teflon ...

When the Month of May arrived in 1964, the rear-engine revolution was well underway at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The roadster era of the 1950s and early 60s featured simple, elegant designs ...