“Thirteen years this thing sat in our garage. But I just couldn't let it go.” This is Larry's Z. It's a Bimini Blue 1977 Datsun 280Z, delivered in September of 1976. It's original, it's immaculate, it's beautiful – but babied? Coddled? Kept indoors and polished? No. When the ultimatum came, Larry reached for his chequebook and bought the Z

The museums of the world are filled with a hundred thousand everyday objects. Whether it's a carefully chipped obsidian axehead or the worn wood handle of a medieval ploughshare, man-made objects can become art merely by surviving, by acquiring the stories of those who use them. A Monet, an ancient tapestry – these you expect to be preserved. The t

The autoTRADER.ca Find of the Week is an icon that should need no introduction. Spawning hundreds, if not thousands of recreations, there were only so many originals. And this is one of them. It's a 1977 Pontiac Trans-Am Special Edition. If you don't already recognize the Special Edition, we're not sure that anything we say will be able to fill

In the world of automotive orphans, there's no SUV that's more cherished than the International Scout. Built by International Harvester, a conglomerate better known for its agricultural equipment, between 1961 and 1980, the Scout stood as an alternative to the Big Three in the still-nascent sport-utility scene, going up against rivals from Ford (th

The NBA season is entering its home stretch with several questions still to be answered, but mainly: can the Golden State Warriors break (or at least equal) the record for most wins in a season (72)? Also, can the Raptors win 50 for the first time in franchise history? There's so much going on it's hard to believe that we still have the playoffs to

Today is Star Wars Day, and if you don’t know why “May the Fourth” gets that honour then you probably didn’t click on the link to get this far. The Star Wars franchise is the 800 lb wookie in the world of entertainment. Movies, games, books, toys, sheets, commemorative plates, flamethrowers [Evan , I think that last one’s the wrong movie. –Ed.]

Pontiac may be long gone from General Motors' brand lineup, but the Trans Am name lives on thanks to a Florida custom shop called Trans Am Depot . Their latest creation pay homage to one of the most iconic Firebirds of all time: the Trans Am driven by Burt Reynolds' character in Smokey and the Bandit . The car is based on a Chevy Camaro , a s

It’s 2016, and no year can begin without a few ‘best’ lists, so we looked back over our Finds of the Week to find which were the most popular, as well as our own personal favourites. Some we found surprising, unlikely heroes like the Subaru Sambar and a subtle yet gorgeous Alfa Romeo classic, while it's no surprise to see a Corvette, a GT-R, a La

At forty, the Honda Accord is officially middle-aged. For those of us, it’s a blobby sort of milestone to be achieved, a time to look back in time and wish we could reclaim our youth – apart from the silly haircuts. However, the Accord needs no such nostalgia: it’s as quick as it’s ever been, and can still be purchased with a zippy four-cylinder an

When it comes to passenger car vehicle sales in Canada, I guess you could call it the Civic Authority. For nearly two decades, the humble Honda Civic has been the best-selling car in Canada. The Ford F-150 outdoes it, of course, but eliminate fleet sales and work trucks and the car that Canadians most turn to to get around has a Honda badge o

With interest rates at banks low, investors are looking for stable alternatives to build their money. Now a new report says that bankers in Germany are suggesting an alternative we can really get behind: classic German cars. Jens Berner, a vintage car expert for Suedwestbank AG, told Bloomberg  that "for customers with more than one million eur

All 36 Corvettes will be restored to running condition and resold In 1989, VH1 decided to do something unimaginable: accumulate 36 Corvettes, one for each year America's sports car had been manufactured, and give them away to one lucky viewer via a 900 phone number contest. And the best part of this story is it only gets more outrageous. Den

Remember that kid at the back of your high school math class – the one whose mother dressed him every day, who always seemed to have the right answer on every pop quiz, and who you never would have noticed had he not later gone on to become CEO at a Fortune 500 company, rubbing it in your face at your 25th year reunion? There are cars and trucks

Will Volkswagen's reputation overcome the lasting stain of the diesel scandal? Surely, this must be one of the worst skeletons in the closet for any car company to have. Actually... wait a minute. Today, the Volkswagen Beetle is a fun little front-driver that you can order as a pink convertible. Its origins, however, are basically pure evil. Ori

When Ferruccio Lamborghini first saw the engine that was to power his cars, he was furious. Engineering genius Giotto Bizzarrini, the man who shaped the Ferrari 250 GTO , had been given the task of creating a twelve-cylinder engine to rival Ferrari, but one built for the road. Clearly, this 3.5L 60-degree V-12 was a racing engine – its 11,000-rpm