The 1988 Francis Ford Coppola film "Tucker, The Man and His Dream" provided a lift for prices of Tuckers as well as a renewed appreciation for the company's founder and his automobiles.

Preston Tucker, for whom the car was named, started his car company in 1947, and it produced only 51 of these giant, oddball, rear-engine luxury cars before going belly-up in 1948.

Did you know these cars existed?How many rear engine cars can you think of off the top of your head? Chances are, maybe two, ...

36 cars were completed before the Tucker factory was eventually forced to close down due to the company’s financial woes and Preston Tucker’s fight against fraud charges.

The Tucker Automobile Club of America, founded in 1972, honors an auto considered by enthusiasts and collectors to be decades ahead of its time. Introduced just after World War II, it was named ...

A car as unique and striking as the Tucker convertible will take on a life of its own and will find its own value. Classic cars, as with any collectible, are worth whatever a potential buyer is ...

Richard Jones has never owned a Tucker. He swears he never will. Just because he’s president of the car’s fan club doesn’t mean he has to own one of the fool things — or even like them ...

Ann Arbor resident John R. Tucker Jr., grandson of Preston Tucker, who created the Tucker automobile, smiles as he talks to former neighbor Kaye Ewalt, right. Ewalt lived in the house next door to ...

Tucker dreamed of building cars and, in 1946, he hired designer Alex Tremulis to design the Tucker automobile. Tremulis had designed the 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt before being drafted into the USAF.

TUPELO, Miss. — A Mississippi car museum’s four-wheeled stock was auctioned off for $8.6 million, with $1.8 million of that for one of the 51 Tucker automobiles ever made.