Where is the journey heading? What does the future hold for classic cars? A frequently asked question in the automotive sector, especially when it comes to classics. Many things are currently on the move: New drive concepts are finding their way into current new cars, but does that also have an impact on my classic?
Continue reading The Future of Classics – A Forecast
Anyone interested in a classic car or motorbike should also consider how he or she can adequately maintain the vehicle before buying it. For very early models or even for relatively new ones, there are legitimate questions about the supply of spare parts. An inventory Continue reading Spare parts coming classic – Of bottlenecks and new opportunities
Sir Stirling Moss passed away in London in April 2020. Many honouring and loving obituaries and memories of the racing legend have been written since then. With the short film The Last Blast, Mercedes-Benz Classic pays homage to Moss in a very special, touching way. Continue reading The last blast – A special farewell to Sir Stirling Moss
Today’s roads are dominated by so-called sport utility vehicles (SUVs). However, their forefathers were designed for off-road use by the military, aid organisations and forestry and agricultural operations. A look back at their actual purpose.
Continue reading Off-road vehicles in action – from army to civil defence
To use cars in racing, manufacturers must produce a number of road versions for homologation purposes. These homologation vehicles are quite rare and sought-after. As new cars, they were the trump card in every car quartet, and even today as classics, many models break records – though no longer on the track, but in terms of price. These ten homologation vehicles were called up most frequently on Classic Trader in 2020. Continue reading CT Analytics | The ten most popular homologation cars
The 80s were a formative decade for motorsport. Especially in rally and touring car racing, new records were set and great but sometimes tragic stories were written.
Continue reading Motorsport in the 80s: New directions in rally and touring car racing
The term “tuning” is generally associated with a certain image. The reason for this lies to a not inconsiderable extent in the 80s, when the motto “wider, faster, louder” was lived out with consistency.
Continue reading From Soft to Hard – Tuning in the 80s
When BMW chose the term 1 Series in 2004 to introduce the first compact class, the number 1 was deliberately intended to be small in distinction to the saloons. Add the letter M and the small number becomes the biggest hit of its time, succeeding in 1978 with the BMW M1.
Continue reading BMW M1 – Bavaria’s true super sports car of the 70s
When a car like the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is built for more than 40 years at a stretch – with no end in sight, it says a lot about the vehicle. Among other things, it shows that the G-Class is more than just a commercial success and that it has understood how to reinvent itself over the decades Continue reading Mercedes-Benz G-Class – The never endinG story
90 years ago, Rudolf Caracciola achieved a surprising victory at the 1931 Mille Miglia. The large and, despite numerous lightening measures, still heavy Mercedes-Benz SSKL (W 06 RS) started in Brescia rather as an outsider. Continue reading 1931 Mille Miglia – The victory of Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz SSKL
