Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Kuwait in August of 1990 and seemed set to push on into Saudi Arabia as well, and it sure looked like we were going to see a repeat of the fuel shortages of 1973 and ...

Last year, we admired a 1993 Nissan Sentra in the New Orleans Pull-A-Part with a final odometer reading of 320,165 miles. That car was well-traveled by cheap-econobox standards, but now I've found ...

The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL story began where most legends end—at the racetrack. In 1952, Stuttgart’s alloy-bodied W194 stunned the world with lightweight tubular-frame engineering and a 3.0-liter inline ...

To the untrained eye, a junkyard might look like a graveyard for cars—rows of rusted bodies, broken windshields, and stripped interiors. But for those in the know, it’s a goldmine. Junkyard cars for ...

One person's junk car really can be another's treasure. Rudi Klein's junkyard was certainly full of treasure, as revealed by an RM Sotheby's auction in 2024. Klein's collection was full of bedraggled ...

I am an automotive writer and journalist with experience with many types of vehicles, from the very budget, to higher-end, and even fully electric vehicles. I have owned more than 45 vehicles, and ...

Junkyards are usually loaded with mundane cars that no one wants to rescue. They're simply too cheap to buy in excellent condition, so restoring them doesn't make financial sense. However, some ...

Cars can almost feel like another family member. Cars take us to key moments in our lives, ferry us back and forth to work, protect our families during long journeys. Heck, if the back seat was ...