The General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, was recently honored as a National Historic Landmark by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis. The National Historic Landmarks Program was established in 1935…
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GM Tech Center Becomes a National Historic Landmark
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Lessons from Abroad: The Classic Car Market in the UK
Although the U. S. is the undisputed center of the classic car market as more vintage vehicles find new owners here each year than anywhere else on the planet, a healthy market for classic, collectible and historic vehicles outside of…
Insurance Claims & Collector Cars
Although most classic car aficionados know there can be big differences between regular daily driver insurance and classic car insurance when it comes to settling a claim correctly after an accident, insurance statistics from around the country seem to indicate…
GM Works to Ensure the Future of Restoration
It’s no secret that the future of this hobby/sport/profession/obsession can be viewed as a bit uncertain. Times change, products change, but most of all people change, and when the current auto enthusiast community looks ahead, many enthusiasts are becoming a…
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New Cars with New Names at Cadillac
After announcing plans to make Cadillac a separate business unit and move the brand’s headquarters to New York City, it’s no secret that General Motors’ (GM) is trying to overhaul its Cadillac brand in order to better compete with luxury…
Cadillac HQ Moves Out of Motor City
It appears the Motor City will have one less motor soon, as General Motors has announced plans to move its Cadillac brand from Detroit to New York City. Although the move will not change the location of the technical and…
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American Dreaming – A Film on Auto Design from 1946 to 1973
The post-war period from 1946 to 1973 has often been identified as the highpoint of American automotive design, an era when rapid economic expansion fueled a growing middle class and the field of automotive design reached maturity. Following World War…
Prime Time for Classic Car Investing
Although the recession knocked about 30% of the value out of the market for classic and collectible cars back in 2007, the economy seems to have recovered and values of classic cars have bounced back too. As we reported here…
Good News for Classic Cars
Anytime a market has more buyers than sellers, the value of the goods being sold will rise. In the case of the collector car marketplace, it appears that is exactly what is happening right now. The demand for desirable collector…
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The Sinkhole in the News – A Blessing in Disguise?
Everyone has heard about the Sinkhole by now. Back on February 12th of this year, eight Corvettes fell into a giant sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It wasn’t the most threatening disaster in the news…
