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History & Heritage

The stories, timelines, and turning points that shaped American classic cars.

1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Z06 coupe in Riverside Red parked at a racing circuit paddock, split rear window visible from a dramatic low angle
History & Heritage

1963 Corvette Z06: the first factory competition package

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 — period drag strip test scene
History & Heritage

How Period Magazines Judged the Colonnade Chevelle

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Two-tone 1950s American pickup with chrome grille and wraparound windshield at a classic car show in warm golden light
History & Heritage

The 1950s: When Trucks Got Chrome and a Real Cab

Robert Halloran · · 8 min
Chevelle SS badge — legacy detail close-up
History & Heritage

The SS Name's Legacy After 1972

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS - dealership showroom debut
History & Heritage

First-Generation Chevelle (1964-1967): The A-Body Is Born

Patrick Walsh · · 9 min
1932 Duesenberg Model J dual-cowl phaeton parked outside an empty 1930s showroom in muted Depression-era light
History & Heritage

How the Great Depression Killed America's Independent Luxury Makes

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu — showroom press preview
History & Heritage

1964: The Chevelle's Debut Story

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
White Chaparral 2 sports racing car with Chevrolet V8 engine on a road circuit in the early 1960s in the style of Jim Hall's Texas racing operation
History & Heritage

Jim Hall, Chaparral Cars, and the Corvette connection

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
1967 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray coupe in Goodwood Green parked on scenic road, final and most refined C2 year
History & Heritage

1967 Corvette Sting Ray Best Year

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Classic 1950s American enclosed panel delivery truck with solid steel side panels parked at the curb in front of a vintage main-street storefront
History & Heritage

Panel Trucks and Suburbans: The Enclosed Haulers

Robert Halloran · · 9 min
The Chevrolet XP-819 rear-engine Corvette experimental prototype on a GM proving ground test track, the one-off concept that proved rear weight bias was unworkable
History & Heritage

XP-819: Zora Arkus-Duntov's rear-engine Corvette experiment

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
Bill Mitchell's Mako Shark I XP-755 Corvette concept car at the 1962 auto show displaying its dramatic graduated blue-to-silver paint scheme and aggressive tapered nose
History & Heritage

Bill Mitchell Corvette Mako Shark I: the concept that shaped the C2

Patrick Walsh · · 9 min
1972 AMC Javelin AMX muscle car from the year horsepower ratings collapsed
History & Heritage

Why Horsepower Numbers Collapsed in 1972

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
Classic Chevrolet Corvette lineup from 1953 to 1996 on American open road — chrome era to C4 aerodynamics
History & Heritage

The Classic Chevrolet Corvette: America's Sports Car Story

Tom Ramirez · · 15 min
Two nose-high gasser drag cars staged at the starting line of a 1960s Southern California dragstrip, with a period crowd and old timing tower
History & Heritage

Gasser Drag Racing History

Patrick Walsh · · 10 min
Late 1990s Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage side by side on a concours lawn
History & Heritage

1998: How BMW and Volkswagen Finally Split Rolls-Royce and Bentley for Good

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Close-up of the 1958 Chevrolet Corvette front end showing quad headlights in chrome bezels with paired dual headlights stacked horizontally and chrome vertical-tooth grille
History & Heritage

1958 Corvette quad headlights: the styling change that defined the C1 face

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1956 Chevrolet Corvette race car in action at the Sebring 12 Hours circuit, mid-corner with other vintage race cars visible in the background
History & Heritage

1956 Corvette at Sebring: the race that saved the car

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min