Even in 1911, though, America already had a sports car—the Mercer Raceabout. One of these pioneering motorcars, built 111 years ago, is up for grabs at this year’s Monterey auctions.

Car of the Week: The Mercer Raceabout Is America’s First True Race Car, and Now a 1914 Edition Is Up for Grabs Presented by Gooding & Company in August, this rarified Brass-Era example is ...

The 1922 Raceabout was the evolutionary successor to the groundbreaking Mercer T-head Raceabout of 1911, a model widely considered the definitive American performance car of the Nickel Era.

Like the steam locomotive and the manual typewriter, Brass-Era automobiles are anachronistic curios, but there is no denying that these ingenious inventions allowed their users to accomplish epic ...

An ultra-rare 1914 Mercer Raceabout will go to auction during Monterey Car Week, which takes place in California from August 11 to 20. Concluding with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and ...

The 10 Most Expensive Cars That Sold at Monterey Car Week From a 1914 Mercer Raceabout to a 2003 Enzo Ferrari, these were the top contributors to the $400.1 million in total sales. Published on ...

The mighty Mercer Raceabout has long been celebrated as one of the ultimate examples among all automobiles of the Brass Era. Considered to predate the Ferrari GTO as the contemporary sports car of ...

Exner and his son, Virgil Jr., finalized the design of the modern Mercer, choosing the Shelby Cobra as the basis for the CDA one-off. However, the Exners didn't have the means to fabricate the car ...

The Raceabout sat very low to the ground, and its 58-horsepower engine gave it a top speed of 70 mph, nearly double that of most cars of the day. Furthermore, Mercer installed heavy-duty parts to ...

Like the steam locomotive and the manual typewriter, Brass-Era automobiles are anachronistic curios, but there is no denying that these ingenious inventions allowed their users to accomplish epic ...

Like the steam locomotive and the manual typewriter, Brass-Era automobiles are anachronistic curios, but there is no denying that these ingenious inventions allowed their users to accomplish epic ...