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Automotive History: One-Year Colors – Kaiser-Frazer Edition
Posted on February 10, 2025 | No CommentsI have long been fascinated by automotive paint colors. In this era when automotive colors are so limited, it is fun to look back at the rainbow of choices that […] -
Curbside Analysis: 1996 Ford Taurus – Misguided Styling Creates The Biggest Automotive Fumble Of The Modern Era
Posted on February 9, 2025 | 90 Comments(first posted 12/24/2015) Picture this: You’re the top decision maker responsible for continuing the saga of a beloved institution. Tasked with keeping the flame of interest […] -
Automotive History: A Brief Guide To Early German Fords, Part 1
Posted on February 4, 2025 | 28 CommentsFor many Americans, even those who are aware of the better-known English Ford models, the German Ford cars offered prior to the unification of Ford of Europe may be […] -
1968-1972 Austin America – Yankee Doodle Disaster
Posted on February 2, 2025 | 74 Comments(First posted 11/28/2011) For a car that was derided in its day as slow, noisy and underpowered, the VW Beetle survived more assassination attempts than Fidel Castro. In […] -
Automotive History: Nissan Cedric – When The Pupil Becomes A Master
Posted on January 30, 2025 | 111 Comments(first posted 5/5/2014) I’d like to introduce you to my favourite Japanese car; the Datsun 260C sedan, aka Nissan 330 Cedric. For this article, I’m going to look at the […] -
Automotive History: 1949 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville – From Image Leader To Standard-Bearer For The U.S. Industry
Posted on January 27, 2025 | 25 CommentsAfter Paul posted his recent survey of the inflation-adjusted cost of a Cadillac Coupe de Ville over the years, I realized that CC had never run a history of […] -
Design: The Cars Of Claus Luthe
Posted on January 25, 2025 | 76 Comments(first posted 3/7/2014) When writing for anoraks such our readers, it’s difficult to gauge whether Claus Luthe needs an introduction. Certainly, his cars are famous and almost unanimously well-regarded, but […] -
Automotive History – The Joke’s On U.S.- The Short, Wild Ride Of The Yugo In America
Posted on January 20, 2025 | 159 Comments(first posted 10/10/2011) Every once in a while, a visionary, iconoclastic automotive pioneer bursts on the scene and, bucking the long odds and naysaying “conventional wisdom”, delivers a disruptive new […] -
Automotive History: 1997-2001 Cadillac Catera – GM’s Deadly Sin #29
Posted on January 19, 2025 | 180 Comments(first posted 8/9/2011) Lots of people rightfully think of Cadillac as the All American car. Founded in the U.S.A., long called the standard of the world, no other country […] -
Automotive History – 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline And Styleline – Seize The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolets
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 33 CommentsFor modern enthusiasts and nostalgists, the popularity of postwar Chevrolet cars (and trucks) is so tied up with the SBC V-8 engine that it’s almost hard to believe that […] -
1970½ Ford Falcon: Mission Implausible
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 148 Comments(first posted 1/1/2012) For most of us, the turn of the calendar represents a new (hopeful) beginning. A fresh start, if you will, to take stock, begin anew, […] -
DKW Schnellaster: The Mother Of All Modern Minivans?
Posted on January 15, 2025 | 36 Comments(first posted 11/2/2011) What are the defining characteristics of the modern mini-van? Front wheel drive? Transverse engine? Front wheels set forward of the passenger cabin? A […] -
Obscure Rebadges From Around The World: Part 7
Posted on January 8, 2025 | 33 Comments(first posted 1/8/2019) There are certainly plenty of North American obscure rebadges that could be featured in this series, like the Mitsubishi Precis and Saturn Relay. This series, however, has […] -
1961–1963 Cadillac Town Sedan And Park Avenue Sedan De Ville – Cadillac’s Bob-Tailed Nags
Posted on January 8, 2025 | 26 CommentsA bob-tailed Cadillac? Strange but true: Between 1961 and 1963, Cadillac briefly offered short-deck versions of its four-door hardtop, aimed at owners who’d complained that the big cars were getting […] -
CC History: 1968 German Ford 15M RS (P6) – The Successor To Dearborn’s FWD Cardinal Dons Its Track Suit, But Prefers To Walk
Posted on January 4, 2025 | 12 CommentsFord’s compact Cardinal never made it to America, but Ford of Germany managed to sell 680,206 units of the German Taunus 12M P4 version through 1966, plus a further […]