[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] When Kia change the name of the Optima to K5, it was more than just a name change. With that new designation came a sportier sedan with a simple and attractive interior, and a pair of engines that put you one two different sides of the same fence: Economy or Performance. After driving…

[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] “I went to a garden party To reminisce with my old friends A chance to share old memories And play our songs again When I got to the garden party They all knew my name” Those words are the opening lyrics to Ricky Nelson’s 1972 hit record, Garden Party. But they apply quite…

[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Pininfarina revealed the first production-ready Battista at the 2021 Monterey Car Week, but it seems the company couldn’t wait to let it soak in some of the sun’s vitamin-filled rays. The Battista was put through the paces – legally – on California roads. And it somehow made it look like those winding mountain…

[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Watch as Shelby American president Gary Patterson and award-winning radio and television personality Alan Taylor give a tour of the new Shelby F-150 pickup. “The Shelby F-150’s supercharged personality delivers spectacular thrills,” Patterson was quoted in a news release introducing the truck. “It has a new suspension, more power and even more technology.…

[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Each week, one of the ClassicCars.com Journal editors takes their turn picking the vehicles they find interesting or appealing on the AutoHunter auction docket. It’s my turn this week, and as I was perusing AutoHunter, I noticed a long list of eye-catching Chevrolets: 1958 Chevrolet Impala Finished in a two-tone turquoise and black color scheme, this sports…

[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] (Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of daily reports from Hagerty, which is monitoring the various collector car auctions during Monterey Car Week. We add this note: The Andrews Collection offered at RM Sotheby’s produced $34.4 million in sales. Other cars from that collection were sold at RM Sotheby’s in…