The Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace in the UK is an extraordinary event that blends high society with all sorts of fascinating auto machinery. But among more than a century's worth of ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the automotive world was still in its early years, and car designers and engineers were overflowing with ideas. Moreover, engineers of that era often took ...

In 1909, Marcel Leyat, an engineer from the tiny mountain town of Die in southeastern France, designed and built his first airplane. Not long after, he ran out of money. The young engineer had trained ...