A collective sigh of relief went out over the Monterey Peninsula Monday morning. The sky hadn't fallen, Ferrari owners weren't seen with signs saying "will work for a new set of Pirellis," nor was RM offering rebates of up to $100,000 plus gas at $2.99 a gallon for a year with the purchase of a Duesenberg.

Cars That Matter is now part of the Hagerty family of insurance related businesses. We are happy to announce that Cars That Matter has entered into a strategic partnership with Hagerty. Welcome to Hagerty's Cars That Matter!

A woman approaches James Peterson’s 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, a chrome- and gold-emblem encrusted red ruby of a car. The woman is a spectator at the 36th annual Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance, set in the rolling farm country and fir forests of northwest Oregon.

There's an old marketing principle called "the wheel of retailing," the wheel turns when originally low-priced retailers upgrade their merchandise and services thereby creating a competitive opportunity for new discounters and thereby continuing the process.

As gasoline flirts with $5 a gallon in some places, more than a few people are pressing their collector cars into service as their daily, or possibly “more than occasional” drivers.