Hemmings Daily: Porsche reopens a renovated Nardo test track

Porsche reopens a renovated Nardo test track Constructed by Fiat in 1975, the Nardo test track was originally built to allow vehicle endurance and high-speed testing year-round. In the decades since, the facility has expanded to include over 20 different test tracks and test labs, able to simulate an incredible variety of conditions and elements. Owned by the Porsche Engineering Group GmbH […] Lees verder France's top police tactical unit once cruised in nitrous-equipped Citroen station wagons Typically, the members of France's Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale operate much like an American SWAT or SEAL team, with massive uparmored bulletproof vehicles to match. However, for a short time in the early 1990s, GIGN officials saw the need to go fast and haul all of their stuff and thus upgraded a small […] Lees verder Hemmings Find of the Day – 1968 Mercury M-100 Straight-six 1968 Mercury M-100 pickup for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Almost extinct-rare? Just recently, professionally rebuilt its' 302 engine, I have receipt proof, runs powerfully. Entire brake system completely redone. Truck is mechanically sound all the way around, etc..etc… I have clear title showing that it is, an authentic, Mercury M-100 Brief... Lees verder LAX, 1976 Date: 1976 Location: LAX, Los Angeles, California Source: Mike Mullen, via Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library What do you see here? Lees verder Do you have a Max Hoffman story to share? [Editor's Note: This piece comes to us from journalist, author and long-time friend of Hemmings Myles Kornblatt. He's working on a book about the life of auto importer extraordinaire Max Hoffman, so we're asking the Hemmings Nation to share any Hoffman-related stories directly with him.] Mercedes-Benz was not too happy when they discovered one of […] Lees verder Daily Briefing: New Saratoga exhibit celebrates female automotive pioneers; "Red Barns Spectacular" returns to Gilmore To honor the upcoming 100th anniversary of American women gaining the right to vote, the Saratoga Automobile Museum will celebrate female pioneers of the automotive world with a new exhibit. Titled "Wheels: Woman & Independence 1900-1920," the exhibit tells the stories of seven female car enthusiasts who lived and drove between 1900 and 1920 and the […] Lees verder David Hobbs and Will Buxton to host German Performance Demo Day at the Simeone David Hobbs at the Simeone in 2015. Images courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. From 2010 through 2017, David Hobbs and Will Buxton delivered the inside scoop on Formula 1 to U.S. viewers, first with the Speed Channel and later with the NBC Sports Network. On August 10, the pair will reunite at the Simeone Foundation […] Lees verder