Vintage

  • 1919 Rauch & Lang electric car. Image: Hyman Ltd. Classic Cars

    It may not be the first electric car ever built, but the original 1919 Rauch & Lang electric car currently for sale on eBay is truly an object of beauty. With elegant blue and black coachwork, whitewall tires and brass detailing - including a wonderful clock inside the cabin - it really lives up to the "Cinderella" styling and is more silent than a pumpkin carriage pulled by horses ever could be. The interior is trimmed in gray broadcloth and like many early vehicles, control is via a tiller mechanism, rather than a wheel. The whole car has been lovingly restored and only 276 miles have...

  • Renee Zellweger's 1988 Honda CRX [via eBay Motors]
    Five Classic Cars With Modern-Day Gas Mileage

    Ask most people to name a classic or vintage car, and they’ll probably give you a list of V8 powered muscle cars not known for their high gas mileage. But the quest for fuel efficiency isn’t a new concept. In fact, there is a fairly large number of classic cars which when properly...

  • 1899 Columbia Electric Laundaulet
    1899 Vintage Electric Car Sells For Record-Breaking $550,000 In Auction

    If you had over half-a-million dollars to spend on an electric car, which car -- or cars -- would you buy? For $550,000 -- that’s about the same price as the gas-guzzling rocket ship that is the 2011 Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 race car - you could buy 7 Tesla Model S Signature Series Sedans. Or you...

  • Swedish Customized Toyota Prius
    Five Things You Shouldn't Do To A Toyota Prius...Ever

    The venerable Toyota Prius has been around for over a decade now, first as an awkward but fuel-efficient sedan, then a geeky hatchback and soon a platform in its own right. But while Toyota is now putting the Hybrid Synergy Drive technology from the Prius into a whole range of vehicles from tiny...

  • 1938 S100 Replica Electric Car
    Are Quirky eBay Conversions Really Worth Buying?

    If the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, 2011 Nissan Leaf, 2011 Coda Sedan or 2011 Tesla Roadster are a little too modern for your tastes, an eBay auction ending this weekend could offer just what you’re looking for. But is it and other converted or one-off cars worth buying when commercially made cars...

  • 1912 Edison Electric Car. Image: Sunday Express
    Thomas Edison's 1912 Electric Car Gets A Chance To Shine

    American-born Thomas Edison might be best known for coming up with one of history's most significant inventions, the lightbulb, but the inventor had other bright ideas too. Just over a decade into the 20th Century, Edison also turned his hand to electric cars, as part of his vision to make the...

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