Motorama

Motorama

Do you love the history of the automobile? So we do! Here at Car Show Safari, we know that classic car history is as important today as it was the day it happened, and that events from decades ago continue to impact the automotive industry and motorsports events that we all love.

That’s why we developed the Motorama page of Safari News, our automotive news and event update outlet! The Motorama page of Safari News features many great blasts from the past, highlighting the development of some iconic automobiles that changed the modern face of motoring, featuring important players from the past, and exploring how the races, auto company expansions, and innovative developments that have taken past over the last century and a half impact the car culture we know today.

Dive into the weird and truly wonderful world of the early tinkerers, racers, and designers, who didn’t just make automotive history when they set land speed records and developed front windshield wipers, but impacted the whole history of the world.

Special Report: Marques That Have Never Won Best Of Show at Monterey

by Andre Swygert | Aug 7, 2025

This year’s Guide to Monterey contains a list of Best Of Show winners and the analyses generated from that information. As accompaniment to that history, this article contains illustrations and narrative concerning several marques who do not yet have examples that have won the show’s top award.

Automotive Archaeology: The Barn Find – Monterey

by Andre Swygert | Aug 6, 2025

Stories of individuals who have found a classic vehicle in an obscure location will probably always juice the pulses of classic car enthusiasts. The thought of discovering a long-forgotten treasure tucked away in a dusty old barn is a dream that almost anyone with an interest in classic cars has entertained at some point.

Army Vehicles at Monterey’s Fort Ord

by Andre Swygert | Aug 6, 2025

During Fort Ord’s 20+ years as a barren maneuvers area and 50+ years as an active U.S. Army installation, its personnel, facilities, and equipment were a visible presence throughout the Monterey Peninsula. From its activation in 1940 until it was shut down in 1994, Fort Ord was primarily a basic training base and later home of the service’s Seventh Infantry Division (Light).

Local Automobile and Aviation Connections – Monterey

by Andre Swygert | Aug 6, 2025

Most travelers coming to the area for Monterey Car Week and its showcase event, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, will fly into Monterey Regional Airport. Upon arrival, many of the airline passengers will probably have a different experience than what they have experienced at other airports due to Monterey’s facility being smaller in size along with its remaining throwback touches that include a dedicated observation deck.

From Cars to Planes and Back Again, Part III

by Andre Swygert | Jun 27, 2022

This third installment begins an exploration of Ford Motor Company’s involvement in also building airplanes during WWII by focusing on the story of its facility in Willow Run, MI.

From Cars to Planes and Back Again, Part Two

by Andre Swygert | Jun 26, 2022

Henry Ford was able to indulge a long-standing interest in mass-producing airplanes when in 1941 the Ford Motor Company garnered a contract to produce complete B-24 bombers at a specially-built plant in Willow Run, MI.

From Cars to Planes and Back Again, Part I

by Andre Swygert | Jun 25, 2022

It may not be well-known but there is more history of automobile manufacturers who have also produced aircraft, of which Honda is only the most recent example.

The Drivin’ ‘O the Green

by Bob Marlow | Mar 17, 2022

This St. Patrick’s Day, celebrate both Irish pride and the arrival of Spring by taking a drive in your 1959 Shamrock.

Bonnie and Clyde, Thelma and Louise, Daimler and Maybach

by Ruby Rae Scalera | Mar 17, 2022

On March 17, 1834, Gottlieb Daimler was born in Germany. Had he been born 100 years later, he would have seen an automotive industry the likes of which early automakers could hardly dare dream, and yet, had he been born 100 years later, that very auto industry might never have come to pass.

This Week in Motorhead History: Nash—From Bicycles to Jeeps

by Bob Marlow | Jul 12, 2021

It was 100 years ago this week that Charles W. Nash, at the time a former president of General Motors, acquired the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and renamed it the Nash Motors Company.