Automotive History

The tiny Mazda-built subcompact, still in production in Iran and Venezuela.

Remember the Circuit de Charade at Clermont-Ferrand? Jaguar does.

Lotus Cars wants to find the first Lotus ever built, the 1948 Mark I built by Colin Chapman himself.

A low-mile 1990 Buick Electra Park Avenue in a Denver self-service wrecking yard.

The event, the people, and most of all the cars.

1996 was the final year for Camry wagons in North America.

With a homemade back window, field-expedient rust repair, and better than 300,000 miles on the clock, this mean-looking 1993 Honda Civic has some stories to tell.

There was nothing else like it on the road – and there still isn't

One of the last MGBs ever made, found in a Denver wrecking yard.

The luxury Kia with the Jagcedes-Benz face, now crashed and scrapped.

A 1965 Ford Mustang hardtop photographed in a Denver self-service wrecking yard.

Mercury's version of the Ford Pinto Runabout, now discarded in Colorado.

Mahindra says the Roxor is no cheap foreign knock-off Jeep.

It was originally unveiled at the 1938 Berlin Motor Show.

There's a history lesson in this futuristic EV concept.

It's expected to fetch between $20,000 and $30,000.

A last-year-of-production 2005 Dodge Neon SXT, in a Denver-area self-service wrecking yard.

A 1979 Mercedes-Benz 240D W123, which should have been immortal, ends up in a San Francisco Bay Area self-service wrecking yard with a mere 247,348 miles on the odometer.

You can help crowdsource the history of the father of all Shelby GT500s.

A very rare 1981 Dodge Challenger (which was a rebadged Mitsubishi Galant Lambda) in a Denver-area self-service wrecking yard.