The Big Three—General Motors, Ford and Chrysler—have long ruled over the American auto industry. But somehow that didn’t stop ambitious automakers like Preston Tucker from working to find a place in ...

Preston Tucker’s curious creation, the Tucker ’48 would likely be relegated to a few footnotes in automotive publications and obscure web links, were it not for faithful collectors and historians who ...

The Tucker Corporation operated for a little over a year on the American auto market, but it still left an indelible mark: the Tucker 48, named after its model year, which Preston Tucker himself ...

The Tucker Corporation was merely a flash in the late 1940s pan, but it remains an incredibly intriguing story in American automobile history. The company's turmoil, conspiracy, and demise is a story ...

Automotive history has a lot of stories to tell and one of the most intriguing is the story of Tucker. A short-lived brand in the 1940s named for its founder Preston Tucker, it had one model that was ...

The Tucker 48 is perhaps one of automotive history’s greatest flops. What started as a big post-World War II ambition to take on Detroit’s booming “Big Three” (General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford) ...

Since only 51 Tucker 48s were ever completed, of which 47 survive to this day, it makes sense for one such vehicle to change hands for a lot of money. This one, a one-of-one convertible prototype, is ...

It might not be impressive that Preston Tucker only built 51 of his car of tomorrow, but find one of the 47 surviving cars today in any condition, and the rear-engined Tucker 48 will continue to amaze ...

Most, if not all, know the story of the 1948 Tucker sedan. Yes, there was a movie, and it’s well worth watching. But even if you’ve never seen or heard of a the machine, one look at Preston Tucker’s ...

Preston Tucker’s personal car until 1955 is crossing the auction block. Heading to the RM Sotheby’s Arizona 2018 auction is Tucker Number 1029, a 1948 Tucker 48 owned by the automobile designer ...

Taking place at Northern California’s Monterey Jet Center on August 14 and 15, Monterey Car Week’s Broad Arrow Auction will host a roster of impressive supercars and sports-car classics. Yet one ...