Special features

Advertisement Gallery: Cars of the Counterculture

January 13, 2012

In the winter 2011/12 issue of Hagerty magazine, we highlighted the Cars of the Counterculture — those cars favored by a generation rebelling against hygiene, haircuts, and mom and dad. Volkswagen, Saab and even classic pickups spawned some of the most clever and iconic printed advertisements of all time. Here's a gallery of our favorites.      
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Louwman Museum showcases the unique and bizarre

December 15, 2011

The Louwman Museum, located in The Hague, Netherlands, is home to the world’s oldest private collection of motor vehicles. Since its founding in 1934, the collection has grown to more than 230 antique and classic motor cars and is considered one of the finest collections in the world. As the museum’s website proudly proclaims, “Each car has its own story to tell, its own contribution to history.” We selected two to share.
Brooke Swan Car / 1910
Just one glance at the Brooke Swan Car and two things are obvious: 1 ...
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The Lingenfelter Collection: 190 exceptional cars

August 02, 2011

Like his more famous distant relative John before him, Ken Lingenfelter is as passionate about cars as any other gearhead out there and has been since the get-go. “My parents used to tell me that when I was four or five I would stand on the hump of our ’55 Chevy and name all the cars that went by: Ford, Dodge, and so on,” remembers the 58-year-old Michigander, who also still fondly recalls the very first time he set eyes on a 1963 split-window Corvette coupe — in his humble opinion a timeless work of automotive art ...
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Cruising Woodward during the glory years

July 27, 2011

Cruising Detroit's Woodward Avenue started long before hemi-head Chryslers and rat-motored Chevys prowled the boulevard. Local historians and family stories recount the antics of daring 19th-century drivers who would gallop their horse-drawn buggies down Woodward to settle bets or win a young girl's affection.
As fuel for Woodward's races shifted from oats to octane, Woodward changed, too ...
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