Cars

The name “Jaguar” was first applied to SS cars back in 1936, and the car it was used on was a saloon. Sir William Lyons described that first “Jaguar” mascot as looking like “A cat shot…

This Rolls-Royce 40/50hp was owned by Hollywood director Josef von Sternberg who purchased it in 1929. The following year, 1930, von Sternberg welcomed German actress Marlene Dietrich to Hollywood where he would present her with a…

Way back in 1968 a New York Banker named James O’Donnell got together with legendary American designer Virgil Exner who had worked with both Studebaker and Chrysler and was one of the driving forces behind American…

The sixties was a good time to be a luxury car maker. It was a time when Britain found herself to be the fashion capital of the world, she was making the car that Enzo Ferrari…

There were twelve Futurliners built by General Motors back in 1940. These vehicles formed a traveling show called the “Parade of Progress” and each one was capable of hosting a display. The Futurliners had a built…

Pierce-Arrow were one of the American “Three P’s of Motodom”; Packard, Peerless, and Pierce-Arrow. these were amongst the most prestigious automobiles created in the United States and also amongst the most expensive. The company had its…