English Touring The car we present to you this week is the Lagonda 16/80 Special Six in the Demers Car Collection. Lagonda was a luxury British car brand that Aston Martin eventually absorbed. Through its association with Aston Martin, it is sometimes hard to remember...
The Standard of the World “No other American car on the market in the first decade of the century was constructed to higher standards than Cadillac.” - Stephen W. Sears in The Automobile in America Some of you may know that Cadillac has long had the slogan “Standard...
The Best of America’s Best “Fred Duesenberg’s brain and E.L. Cord’s money produced what they-and many others-called with no exaggeration “the world’s finest motor car”” Richard M. Langworth in The Great American Convertible Although the name sounds German, the...
A 1990s Icon “A dream come true” - Lamborghini website Introduced in 1990, the Diablo marked the decade’s supercar scene. The enthusiasm built by the Countach fueled interest in the Diablo. A black Diablo GT was many people’s car of choice in the very first...
A Fabulous Grand Tourer “The D8 was perhaps Delage's finest example of automobile construction.” - Rob Leicester Wagner in Classic Cars French classic cars are one of the many attractions in the Demers Car College. In their time, Delage cars were the height of...
A Car Fit for Royalty “Like having an elderly elephant in the garage, a Phantom I is to be loved for what it is rather than what it isn’t.” - Andrew English for Hagerty The Demers Car Collection holds many Rolls-Royces and we’ve already discussed one of them on the...
The Best of 1955 “In a way, traveling in a Speedster is like arriving at a party in the company of a Hollywood celebrity—no one ignores you, or at least no one ignores your companion.” - Murray Stahl in Auto Restorer The subject of this week’s blog article is...