What Ed Sheeran Can Tell Us About the Market for Classic Cars
The 26-year-old pop star’s attitude to fast vehicles reveals a generational shift that the big auction houses will have to grapple with.
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CreditMajlend Bramo for The New York Times Among the Masters at the Ferrari and Lamborghini Museums
The designs are dazzling at three automobile museums in Italy. And then you get to drive.
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CreditClara Tuma for The New York Times Where Your Mercedes-Benz and Porsche Were Born
Two museums in Germany’s motor city, Stuttgart, supply automotive history, test drives and the awe of seeing cars being created.
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CreditMark Thompson/Getty Images Italian Grand Prix
At the Italian Grand Prix, a Passionate Home-Field Advantage for Ferrari
On Sunday, thousands of the team’s fans will fill the Autodromo Nazionale Monza for the Italian Grand Prix, and they will be making some noise.
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CreditTodd Spoth for The New York Times Storm Has Car Dealers Doing Swift Business, if They Can Open
More than a half-million vehicles may need to be replaced following the vast flooding from Harvey — a number that could surpass the effects of Sandy and Katrina combined.
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Your Money Adviser
For Car Buyers, Larger Inventories May Mean Good Deals
Labor Day weekend, typically a prime time for consumers to make new car purchases, may be even better for buyers this year given stagnant auto sales.
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CreditEdmund D. Fountain for The New York Times Car Owners Inundate Insurers With Claims After Hurricane Harvey
Losses on hundreds of thousands of autos will put a burden on underwriters in Texas, particularly regional and local companies.
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CreditFord Motor Company There’s a Pizza Delivery in Ford’s Future, by Driverless Car
The automaker is showcasing its autonomous-vehicle technology with a trial of Domino’s deliveries in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Tech Tip
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CreditThe New York Times Apps to Provide Peace of Mind With a Teenager Behind the Wheel
Keeping tabs on a young new driver is easier than it used to be, thanks to several new apps and services intended for nervous parents.
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CreditRemi Dargegen, courtesy of RM Sotheby's Bidding Before California Car Show Suggests Collectible Market Is Healthy
Prices for classic cars started to fall about a year and a half ago. But the bidding at six major auctions preceding the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance suggest the market may be stabilizing.
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CreditVirginia Lozano/Detroit News, via Associated Press Volkswagen Engineer Gets Prison in Diesel Cheating Case
A federal judge sentenced a key player in a decade-long scheme to evade federal emissions rules. The term was stiffer than prosecutors recommended.
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Wealth Matters
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CreditJohn Taggart for The New York Times Can’t Afford to Buy a $3 Million Ferrari Enzo? Lease One Instead
Leasing a collectible or high-performance car is an increasingly common arrangement in a rarefied world where want trumps need.
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Britain Joins List of Countries Testing Autonomous Trucks
The trial is one of several around the world examining “platooning” technology, where small convoys of trucks move in concert, aiming to cut emissions and congestion.
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CreditLuke Sharrett/Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Is at a Crossroads. It’s Looking to China for a Solution.
Even before one suitor’s interest emerged this week, the automaker had been in talks for months on Chinese investments or other deals, officials say.
