Cover Image from Hemmings Motor News, September, 2005
Hemmings Motor News is an automobile magazine founded by Ernest Hemmings in Quincy, Illinois, in 1954. The first issue consisted of 4 pages, and 500 copies were sold at 50ยข per copy. Today, Hemmings has over 210,000 subscribers, paying $31.95 for a one-year, 12-issue subscription. An additional 50,000 copies are sold at newsstands and bookstores throughout the United States for $5.99 a copy.
Located in the town of Bennington, Vermont, Hemmings Motor News publishes the world's largest collector-car magazine. Affectionately known as the "bible" of the collector-car hobby, Hemmings is considered the source where car and truck enthusiasts find the cars of their dreams, as well as the parts to keep them running.
In the late 1960s, Terry Ehrich and his partners purchased the publication and moved it to his native Vermont. To meet the growing information needs of car-collecting enthusiasts, in 1970 Hemmings introduced a "companion" magazine, Special Interest Autos. To further inform hobbyists, Terry Ehrich in 2003 Hemmings launched Hemmings Muscle Machines, Hemmings Classic Car in 2004, and Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car in 2005.
In the late 1980s, Hemmings introduced a line of collectible die-cast model truck banks, and the world's first and only calendar of "Aesthetically Abandoned Ancient American Automobiles" was originally published in 1991. T-shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags and other memorabilia have followed.
Today, Hemmings Motor News employs over 100 people at its publishing facilities in Bennington, Vermont. Hemmings also attends car shows, swap meets and auctions around the country, represented by many staff from the home offices, and by Leon and Eileen Desmarais, Terry Thompson, and Brian & Ginny Cooper.
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