Right now on AutoHunter, you can find this 1966 Ford Mustang Convertible, which has been owned by the same family since 1970. It’s equipped with its reportedly numbers-matching Challenger Special 289ci V8 and three-speed manual gearbox. Finished in Tahoe Turquoise with a white convertible top over a blue vinyl interior, this drop-top pony car is now offered by the selling dealer in Oregon with a clear title.
According to the dealer, the Tahoe Turquoise paint is original. Exterior features include chrome bumpers, bright trim, driver-side mirror, and dual exhaust outlets. The passenger compartment is covered by a white soft top, which happens to be missing its plastic rear window. When lowered, the top fits under a body-color vinyl boot.
A set of 14-inch wheels with covers and 185/70 whitewall radials help this Mustang bolt down the road. Behind those wheels are manual drum brakes.
The cabin is outfitted with two-tone blue vinyl upholstery and replacement blue carpeting. Features include manual windows, manual steering, AM radio, heater, and floor-mounted manual shifter.
Instrumentation consists of a 140-mph speedometer and gauges for the fuel level, oil pressure, amps, and temperature. The odometer shows 26,198 miles, but the title indicates this vehicle is mileage-exempt.
The reportedly numbers-matching Challenger Special 289ci V8 came from the factory with 225 horsepower. It’s equipped with a four-barrel carburetor and runs a 10:1 compression ratio. The dealer indicates the three-speed manual is also original to the car.
This 1966 Ford Mustang Convertible is looking for a new family to saddle it up. You and your loved ones can enjoy it next, but you have to bid on it first. Be sure to do that before the auction ends on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 11:45 a.m. (PDT).
What is the sign of an enduring design? I’m not quite sure I can pinpoint that, but my eyes can identify it. Our Pick of the Day could be used to show how a clever restyle can reinvigorate a car that is long in the tooth. This 1963 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk is listed for sale on ClassicCars.com by a dealer in Savannah, Georgia.
A case could be made that the Loewy/Bourke 1953 Studebaker coupes are the most handsome American cars of the 1950s. The two-door hardtop was called the Starliner, while the coupe (with B-pillar) was called the Starlight. Both styles were available as the V8-powered Commander and six-cylinder Champion. The key to their lithe looks was a 120.5-inch wheelbase, four inches longer than the four-door sedans’ except the Land Cruiser. This helped the coupes achieve a height more than four inches lower than the sedans’, though a lot of that involved clever design and engineering from Bob Bourke’s skilled hand and Studebaker, respectively.
For 1955, Studebaker added a chrome-y front bumper and a new, fancy personal luxury model within the reintroduced President series called the Speedster. It was a one-year-only model, to be replaced in spirit by the 1956 Golden Hawk, one of four Hawk models that included the Sky Hawk hardtop and Power Hawk and Flight Hawk coupes. Each Hawk model corresponded to different trim levels shared with the sedans, which were restyled with a distinct look from the coupes. Most noticeable with the coupes was the grafting of a Mercedes-like grille. In 1959, the Hawk became the only surviving full-size Studebaker. This style, with typical yearly changes, was produced through 1961, the year a four-speed manual became available.
The Hawk was already quite long in the tooth by then, but Studebaker commissioned Brooks Stevens for restyling the entire Studebaker line. For the Hawk, he squared up the styling to something more contemporary and sophisticated to the point where no one would have guessed this car was in its tenth year, once again eliciting comments on being European-inspired. Now renamed Gran Turismo Hawk, it gained the option of a supercharger for 1963-64. Inside, the instrument panel was redesigned to include “direct-reading sports-type instrumentation to provide driver with full, instant information,” though a tachometer was optional. This car would be produced through the 1964 model year, upon which Studebaker would only produce compacts through 1966, as the Avanti was also discontinued.
This 1963 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk is finished in Ermine White over a two-tone red and white interior. The current owner originally bought it to participate in the 2025 Hemmings Great Race, a 2000-mile classic car rally. “Bumpers, trim, and glass are in excellent condition,” says the seller. “Factory steel wheels with hubcaps are wearing Hankook whitewalls with 2021 date codes.” The interior is characterized as being in good original condition with “patina” but no major wear. The under-dash air conditioning has been converted to R-134a and blows cold. Powering this classic personal luxury coupe is the R1 289, which offers 240 horsepower, backed by a three-speed automatic.
Considering its rallying experience, this GT Hawk is suitable to be driven in any climate, claims the seller. Driving is better than sitting in the garage, right? For $27,900, all you have to do is hop in and see the USA.
While in California this year for Monterey Car Week, I was able to attend The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. Other than the Pebble Beach Concours, this was the only event I actually went to this year and, boy, am I happy I did.
While walking around the show area near a great Shelby Mustang display, I saw a small light green car peeking between the many GT350s. I walked over to and saw discovered the Morgan Motor Company display—and the car I had seen was the new 2025 U.S.-legal Plus Four.
I spent quite a bit of time looking at the car with my friend David Lillywhite, who is also the editor and founder of Magneto and Octane magazines. We discussed just how good the fit and finish on the car was. We ogled the car some more, and then David introduced me to James Gilbert, the head of PR and Communications for Morgan. After a quick conversation, I asked James if I could sit in the new Morgan and he said, “Of course—that’s why the car is here!”
I have loved Morgan cars for decades—especially the roadsters—but have always had one insurmountable issue with the cars: I have never been able to fit in a Morgan two-seater. Nevertheless, I decided to give it a try with this new Plus Four and found that not only did I fit, I also was actually quite comfortable behind the wheel. I came away stunned and worked out a way for me to drive one for this review.
To do a little backtracking, the reason I love Morgan vehicles and the Morgan Motor Company is that it is truly the last of the old British car companies. The factory is in the same location of Malvern Link in Worchestershire, England, as it has always been. In fact, the Plus Four is produced in the same factory in which they have always built the Morgan four-wheeled car. In addition, the company does not have—nor has Morgan ever had—an assembly line; the cars are built by hand in an assembly hall. These cars are produced by expert craftspeople, one at a time. The fact the company is still in business in 2025 and no other car company in the world resembles anything like this early 19th-century throwback is what makes Morgan a fascinating automaker. Morgan cars have soul and are the very definition of the classic British sports car.
Take a look at these photos of the Morgan factory in 1966 taken by Maurice Bruton:
Now here are a few factory photos from 2025:
Sure, the factory is tidier and better organized, but the build process is somehow the same today and happening in the same location. Yes, the car is still handmade in aluminum. Yes, that aluminum body is over a wood framework. No, the chassis is not wood and never was. In the old days it was steel, and now it is made of aluminum. The fact that Morgan is still here is nothing short of amazing. There is literally no other automaker in the world that resembles Morgan Motor Company.
A few weeks after Monterey Car Week, while attending the Lime Rock Historic Festival, I was loaned a 2025 Plus Four by Larry Eckler, the owner of Morgan Motors of New England and Morgan Spares and the dealer closest to me in Connecticut. I took some time shooting photos of the car’s details, like the exquisite door handles and the BMW engine under the hood. I discovered a really cool angle was from the back, shooting into the passenger compartment. Everywhere I looked, the fit and finish were nothing short of perfection.
Larry and I headed out of the gate together, with me behind the wheel, and took a drive on the country roads around Lime Rock Park. These roads were made for cars like the Morgan, and we quickly motored through the countryside. After around 15 miles, we headed back to the dealer display area, where I began to make notes from my time driving the car.
The 2025 Morgan Plus Four is, in a word, exceptional. The chassis is amazingly communicative as well as quite stiff; the manual steering has a better feel than any other car built today. The way the car handles sharp bends is incredibly confidence-inspiring, and the car takes corners almost like a race car. It is as if the Plus 4 whispers in your ear to “take this next bend a little faster” and, when you do, it delivers—holding the road with amazing adhesion limits and no drama. When pushed a bit harder, the car responds as you would want it to, with a little bit of slide from the rear that is easily catchable with a slight turn of the steering wheel. Oh, and I can’t forget to mention the lack of any rattles or scuttle shake from the front of the car. Somehow this small classic sports car feels as solid as a BMW M3.
Yes, the transmission of the 2025 U.S.-spec model is equipped with only one gearbox, the ZF 8-speed used in BMW models. Before you complain about this, drive one of these cars. The transmission not only shifts much faster than I can, but also in sport mode it makes shifts at the same time and at the same rev range that I would have done myself with a manual. (Plus, notice the wood detailing on the tunnel.)
The most impressive thing about the new Plus Four is just how refined it is. That might sound like a crazy word to use to describe something basically based on a classic British sports car of the 1930s that doesn’t even have proper door window glass, but the Plus Four is one of the finest-built roadsters I have ever driven. The way the doors close, the fit and finish of everything—from the body panels to the interior bits —seems more on the level of Aston Martin or Rolls-Royce then the Morgans of old. Yes, old Morgans were properly built, but the new Plus Four is what you get when you spend a lot of money taking a classic design and building it as well as possible, using the very best traditional materials combined with some newer materials that don’t take away the car’s “Morgan-ness” but just make it as good a Morgan as possible.
I came away after my time with the 2025 U.S.-spec Morgan Plus Four desperately wanting one. The car makes no sense in today’s world (again, it doesn’t even have door windows), but it is the very essence of a traditional sports car—the ones that made the entire idea of a sports car something to be desired in America. It adds all the things a car needs today to be able to be usable not only as a weekend plaything, but also as a car that you could honestly use day to day (weather permitting). It is the perfect classic car to take on a cross-country trip, to a show, to park in a British car corral on a vintage racing weekend, or even to dinner with someone special on a Friday night. In fact, I would guess that dropping the new Plus Four at valet parking at a high-end hotel or restaurant would cause more interest and commotion than someone arriving in a $350,000 Ferrari.
Also, do not forget that a Morgan is a truly bespoke car. You can choose any color you want, your leather (including the piping, stitching, and color), and wheels and trim. The people at Morgan have given us the opportunity to build the classic sports car of our dreams for less than the cost to restore one. If you would like more information on how to get one of these amazing cars, visit Morgan’s website. The car configurator is especially fun to play with (so far, I have built five, with the most expensive one being $110,550). As they say on their site, “Adventure Awaits.”
We featured footage a bit over a month ago from the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race. Pictures are fine, but we know there’s a segment of the population who wants to read about ETs. With over 100 cars duking it out, it’s difficult to remember everything (if not anything), especially while announcing from the tower.
Now, you can view all the cars – which ones were winners, their qualifying runs, their fastest ETs, and more. We trust you will find this information valuable in your bench-racing discussions.
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It is impossible to overstate the importance of the 2002’s contribution to the success of the BMW brand. If it wasn’t for the 2002, BMW may not have continued to be a car company. When the 2002 was out, BMW coined the tagline “The Ultimate Driving Machine.” In the late-1960s and 1970s, the 2002 put BMW on the map with that first important group of influencers: automotive journalists and enthusiast owners. The leader of that original influencer group, David E. Davis, who at the time was editor of Car and Driver magazine, wrote the best description of the 2002 BMW could have ever asked for. In his 1968 road test of the car, he said, “To my way of thinking, the 2002 is one of modern civilization’s all-time best ways to get somewhere sitting down.”
Davis went on to say, “The BMW 2002 may be the first car in history to successfully bridge the gap between the diametrically-opposed automotive requirements of the wildly romantic car nut, on one hand, and the hyperpragmatic people at Consumer Reports, on the other.”
Reviews like this made the BMW 2002 an overnight success with enthusiasts. BMW elevated the car to its ultimate specification with the introduction of the 2002 tii model, which added fuel injection to the mix, giving the 2002 a sizable increase in power. All this made a great car even better. People lined up to buy the 2002, adding themselves to waiting lists at dealers – something that was not very common at the time and probably a first for BMW.
I have personally owned a 2002 and driven a number of the models, and I will state right now that the 2002 tii is worth all the hype. It is a true enthusiast car from the era with great handling, more power than most of its 1960s and early-1970s competition, and fun to drive. The 2002 is able to wipe the floor with MGBs, Healeys, Alfas, Triumphs, and even many Porsche cars of the era, without breaking a sweat. It is – in a word – capable. All these characteristics make it a historical icon for the BMW brand.
The selling dealer describes this 2002 tii as being powered by its correct fuel-injected 1,990cc inline-four mated to a four-speed manual transmission. The car is finished in Polaris Silver over a blue leather interior and offered by the dealer with a clear title.
Polaris Silver is the original color for this car, as shown by the factory color sticker. The car is nicely equipped with a manual sunroof and factory alloy wheels. I can see no evidence of any damage or issues with the body in the photos, but I recommend having any car you want to buy online inspected, no matter where it is coming from.
The interior seems to be in great shape, with factory-correct seats covered in blue leather. The only two changes from stock are the aftermarket steering wheel and the Ungo Box alarm keypad mounted on the center console. I doubt that the alarm still works, but it is a cool piece from the era when the car was new. I also love that the dash does not appear to be cracked and that all the gauges and such are correct for the car.
Under the hood is the 1,990cc SOHC fuel-injected inline-four engine, which is backed by a four-speed manual gearbox. It looks to me as if the owner got a little crazy polishing things, but that really just shows enthusiasm for the car. If you don’t like it, just wait a few months and most of the shine will fade away.
Here is a bit of an insider’s fact: This is a second-series 2002 tii, meaning it has bigger bumpers and square taillights. Many people prefer the earlier round-taillight, small-bumper cars, but the fact is that those feel exactly the same from behind the wheel. In addition, those larger bumpers actually protect the car from people who park by touch much more than the small bumpers do on the early cars. All this means that these later 2002 tii models often cost less than the early ones despite being, in essence, the same. Does that sound like a potential bargain? I have always thought so.
If this 1974 BMW 2002 tii is of interest to you, bid on it. Do that soon because the auction for this icon ends on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 12:45 p.m. (PDT).
Imagine completely restyling the exterior of your house. Now think about doing the same thing just one year later. That’s essentially what Hudson did for the 1937 model year, which “meant the complete redesigning of cars that were completely new for 1936” and an increase in power. Our Pick of the Day benefits from those improvements as well as a restoration finished by specialist James Mundstock. This 1937 Hudson Terraplane Cab Pick-up is listed on ClassicCars.com by a dealership in Scottsdale, Arizona.
According to a guidebook about its 1937 models, Hudson said the overhaul “called for completely new body dies, fender dies, hood dies and for important changes throughout the chassis.” Double carburetion helped increase engine output, which jumped to heights of 96 or 101 horsepower for Terraplane models and 101 or 122 for Hudson models. This Terraplane Cab Pick-up was part of Hudson’s line of Terraplane Commercial Cars, which had all-steel bodies mounted on the new boxed Double Drop “2-X” Frame. Approximately 11 years ago, someone started bringing this truck back to its former glory. As restoration specialist James Mundstock says in this video, he assisted in the process, but after the primary restorer died, Mundstock ended up finishing it.
What a job well done. Not only is this truck a great design with sweeping curves, but its dark green exterior – with wide-whitewall tires – and tan interior colors make it even more attractive. The bed, which extends past the rear bodywork, helps make the most of this truck’s three-quarter-ton rating. Its tailgate flips down to reveal storage areas for things such as tools and the original screw jack.
The cab’s interior features thoughtful comfort and convenience features. A knob on top of the brown dashboard controls the vacuum-operated windshield wipers. Climate control hardware consists of a steering column-mounted fan and a dealer-installed heater with doors that can be opened to direct warm air toward the driver or flipped up to make things more pleasant for the passenger.
As part of the overhaul, an electric fuel pump was added to make starting up the original 212ci inline-six easier. The base level of output was 96 horsepower, but do you see the “Power Dome” lettering on the cylinder head? That means this I6 was equipped with a higher 7:1 compression ratio and 102 horses, which are directed by a three-speed manual gearbox.
Many classic vehicles need a long list of updates. This 1937 Hudson Terraplane Cab Pick-up isn’t one of them. In many ways, it was new for ’37; now it’s new once again for you. You can make it yours for $72,900.
Over the past several years, there have been two major trends in the SUV market. One is the increased popularity of models that are ready to splash through and climb over the great outdoors (or at least look as if they are). The other is the broader availability of three-row SUVs, a range which includes the 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid Nightshade.
Customer demand for three rows of seats led to the creation of the Cadillac XT6, Subaru Ascent, and the Lexus RXL. The latter model no longer exists, but the TX can be seen as its functional successor. Jeep applied the same treatment to its Grand Cherokee, which was previously always a two-row rig, to make the Grand Cherokee L. More than a decade after Jeep discontinued the unloved Commander, it (finally!) released an all-new Wagoneer and the more upscale Grand Wagoneer for the 2022 model year.
The Highlander has been a part of Toyota’s lineup since the early 2000s. Its three-row Grand Highlander sibling is one of the more recent additions to the three-row SUV segment, having entered the market as a 2024 model. For 2025, Toyota added a value-focused LE trim level and, as it’s done with many of its vehicles in the past, a Nightshade variant. Based on the Limited model, the Grand Highlander Hybrid Nightshade has a starting price of $52,610 and comes standard with LED daytime running lights and fog lamps, power folding mirrors, 20-inch wheels, leather interior with heated/ventilated front seats and heated second-row seats, 12.3-inch screens for the gauges and infotainment system, and 11-speaker JBL audio system. The Nightshade model blacks out the exterior trim and the wheels, and locks in a Black leather interior with Matte Gray Metallic door trim panels and standard second-row captain’s chairs. My test vehicle was equipped with the optional Panoramic View Monitor, Panoramic Roof, wheel locks, and carpet floor and cargo mats, which raised its as-tested price to $56,818.
Toyota offers two gas/electric versions of the Grand Highlander: the base hybrid setup and the more powerful Hybrid Max configuration. The Nightshade is exclusively powered by the milder combo, which consists of a 2.5-liter DOHC four-cylinder engine, permanent magnet synchronous electric motor, and 5-Ah nickel–metal hydride battery pack. Net output is 245 horsepower and 175 lb-ft of torque. An ECVT transmission and an electronic on-demand all-wheel drive system, which engages the rear axle’s electric motor when more traction is needed, convert those numbers into forward motion.
On the road, the Grand Highlander was predictable and pleasant, though not stimulating. There were no surprises to it, good or bad. I didn’t expect it to feel athletic, so I wasn’t let down by the brake pedal’s stiffness and lack of feel. The hybrid power plant delivered adequate acceleration, but the coarse sound of the I4 implied it wasn’t happy about doing it—perhaps that explains the fuel economy. According to the EPA, the Nightshade can return up to 36 mpg in the city, 32 on the highway, and 34 combined. My colleagues and I averaged a slightly disappointing 32.7 mpg over 407.5 miles.
Despite essentially being a stretched version of its sibling model, the Grand Highlander wasn’t ungainly. The combination of its Cement paint and Nightshade accents gave it a certain sleekness and brought to mind the 2025 Lexus TX 350 F Sport Handling I reviewed earlier this year.
The largely black interior was less visually dynamic, but nicely equipped. The gauge and infotainment screens were generously sized, although the wireless Apple CarPlay connection kept dropping—an experience I’ve had in multiple Toyota test vehicles. Fortunately, the JBL audio and the HVAC systems had simple dials and buttons that were laid out well and easy to reach. Storage areas in the first row were abundant.
In the second row, the captain’s chairs could be manually slid, tilted, and folded. I didn’t have to make many adjustments to the one behind the driver’s seat to see that there was plenty of room for someone my five-foot-ten height. When my mother-in-law rode back there, she had the controls for her heated seat and the second-row climate zone, as well as various charging options, at her fingertips.
Not all three-row SUVs are built equal. Many of them have space in the very back that’s only fit for children. I had a feeling that that would be the case with the Grand Highlander, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover how roomy the reclining third row was. Although the height of the floor raised my knees slightly, I had enough legroom to sit behind the driver-side second-row captain’s chair after it was adjusted to my height. I also had plenty of headroom—something that was lacking in the larger 2025 Sequoia 1794 Edition.
In a way, the Grand Highlander is a “trendy” vehicle, but Toyota’s choice to follow the trend of three-row SUVs led it to making something functional, not purely fashionable. The Grand Highlander is a three-row SUV sized for everyone, whether it’s a family with small children or a group of adult friends.
My colleague Luke Lamendola also drove the 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid Nightshade, so check out his video review below.
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As classic car owners, we’re familiar with strangers approaching us at gas stations, eager to share stories about the ’67 Mustang their dad once owned or the ’69 Camaro they wish they’d never sold. We know the rumble of a well-tuned V8 firing to life on a Sunday morning, and the satisfaction of finally tracking down that elusive original part. Classic cars are time machines, conversation starters that bring enjoyment to owners and admirers alike, and are often the culmination of years of meticulous restoration work and weekend garage sessions.
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Third-generation Mercedes-Benz SLs are not exactly rare. Mercedes built more than 200,000 of them during the R107 model’s 1971-1989 lifecycle. But given the R107’s age, finding one with low miles can be difficult unless you know the right person. SLSHOP, an English business specializing in the service and restoration of Mercedes’ iconic roadsters, happened to know a man with an unregistered, 42-mile 1982 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL.
SLSHOP and the person who preserved the 500 SL, Mr. Hough, crossed paths more than 15 years ago at The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show. He mentioned the ultra-low-mileage 500 SL that he had been keeping in his climate-controlled garage since 1982; of course, SLSHOP asked if he would be willing to sell it. He declined, but in August of this year, he changed his tune and reached out to SLSHOP to offer a shot at his time capsule of a car.
Like other R107s, the 500 SL is fairly common. According to the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Archive, the automaker produced 11,812 of them between April 1980 and August 1989. Those numbers aside, Mr. Hough’s SL was a singularity. The Metallic Blue-Green paint was untouched by the effects of sunlight. Inside, the leather still had its new-car smell. The SL even had its factory-applied Waxoyl in the engine bay around the 5.0-liter V8 and on the exhaust.
There was something that wasn’t original, though: the solid silver Mercedes badge on the nose, which Mr. Hough made himself. (Someone should make him a trophy for his dedication to preserving a piece of SL history.)
The good news is that the 500 SL is in good hands; the bad news is that if you want to buy it, you can’t. SLSHOP says, “We are committed to never offering this vehicle for sale. Instead, we are creating a permanent climate-controlled display here in Stratford-upon-Avon, where it will stand as a tribute to Mr. Hough’s vision and to the future of the classic car community.”
Step back in time and get ready to cruise in style. For countless enthusiasts, the 1957 Chevrolet is the crown jewel of Detroit’s golden age—a rolling symbol of American craftsmanship and chrome-clad confidence. And now, in this all-new ’57 Chevy Dream Giveaway, one lucky winner will bring home a restomod masterpiece built at a cost exceeding $400,000.
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If you’ve ever watched jaw-dropping restomods cross the Barrett-Jackson auction block, you know what to expect: perfection. This ’57 Chevy isn’t a restoration—it’s a complete re-imagination. Every inch has been upgraded to deliver show-car looks and modern performance that’ll make your pulse race.
Bathed in a deep Red Fire Pearlcoat and finished with a hand-stitched Italian leather interior, this showpiece blends yesterday’s beauty with today’s power. Under the hood, a Chevrolet Performance 572ci big-block cranks out 620 horsepower, paired with a Richmond five-speed manual and a limited-slip 9-inch rear end for old-school control and new-school performance.
Modern touches—A/C, four-wheel disc brakes, power steering, custom gauges, tilt steering wheel and polished wheels wrapped in performance rubber—make this restomod as comfortable as it is powerful. Underneath, the Art Morrison Tri-5 GT Sport chassis delivers precision handling worthy of the world’s best builds.
From its mirror-smooth Red Fire finish to the unmistakable fins that defined a generation, this ’57 Chevy stands as one of the finest Tri-Fives in America. It’s a build that belongs on the Barrett-Jackson stage, yet could be sitting in your garage instead.
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