Diego Rosenberg

For the first automotive puzzle for 2025, let’s consider these four cars that are listed for sale on AutoHunter or ClassicCars.com. They all are of a similar blue hue. Can you name their respective colors? And, can you tell us the year, make, and model of each?

Ford was successful with Total Performance, but that wasn't translating to street cred. That was fixed with the 1968 428 Cobra Jet Mustang.

Happy New Year to ClassicCars.com Journal readers! This is my first AutoHunter Picks of 2025 and, to my delight, I’ve chosen four eclectic vehicles that tickle several of my fancies. Certainly there’s something for you to fancy as well? Tell us which one you’d pick!

Any automotive enthusiast will be familiar with the news from several weeks ago that Nissan and Honda will be integrating their businesses, assuming the memo of understanding goes as planned. Perhaps the biggest automotive news since the many shakeups around the 2009 global recession (sorry, Stellantis, you were a yawner), the two Japanese automakers hope to share resources to counter the likes of Chinese and Tesla, both of which lead the industry in EVs and software.

After the marketing success of the 1955 Chrysler C-300, other Chrysler Corporation brands got in on the auction with their packaged performance cars. DeSoto, sitting in a rung one step below Chrysler, took a 1956 Fireflite Sportsman, dressed it up in gold, injected a bit of horsepower, and called it the Adventurer. One of these rare Mopars is our Pick of the Day. It’s listed for sale on ClassicCars.com by a dealer in Conroe, Texas. ( Click on this link to view the listing )

Now on AutoHunter is this restored 1969 Pontiac Firebird 350 coupe. Power comes from a 350 V8 backed by a Turbo Hydra-matic 350 automatic transmission. Features include 400 hood, Custom interior, dual exhausts, Rally II wheels, console, and more. Painted Palladium Silver with a black vinyl top and matching interior, this Poncho pony car comes from the selling dealer with a clean title.

Imagine you design the perfect car. It’s so perfect that its basic design lasts nine model years. So, what do you come up with next? Is a “sophomore slump” undeniable? Our Pick of the Day may be able to answer that question: a 1970 Lincoln Continental coupe. It’s listed for sale on ClassicCars.com by a dealership in Lakeland, Florida. ( Click on this link to view the listing )

Here are four cars currently listed for sale on AutoHunter or ClassicCars.com. As you may notice, they all feature vertical headlights, which was turbine-influenced trend in the 1960s but existed before and after that decade. Can you tell us these cars that wear this style?

1952 Crosley fire truck one of many special-interest classics

409-powered ‘61 will lead race at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion