General Design History/Themes/Trends
An Illustrated History of Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 1 (1899-1939) Part 2 (1940-59) Part 3 (1960-Present) Paul N
Winging It: An Archeology Of The Pontoon Fender Tatra87
Automotive Aerodynamics: Drag Area – Size Matters Mike Butts
Hidden Headlights: Now You See Them… Now You Don’t Part 1 Part 2 Mike Butts
Upside Down Headlights: A Brief And Incomplete History Stainsey Stainselstein
History Of Six Tail Light Corvettes Tom Halter
Cars Without Grilles: I Have Not Mouth And I Must Scream Mike Butts
The Short And Odd Life Of The Two Door Station Wagon Paul N
One Box To Rule Them All: An Archeology Of The Minivan Tatra87
The Bucket Seat Era Started Modestly In 1958 And Now Bench Seats Are History Paul N
VW Goes To Italy For A New Design For The Beetle: Myth And Reality Paul N
Planes, Rockets And Automobiles: Aero Influence In Car Design Barry Koch
Fade To Gray: Where Have All The Car Colors Gone? Tom Halter
Vinyl Top Styles Of The 1970s: Landau Tops, Canopy Tops, Carriage Roofs, And More Aaron Severson
Most Colorful Vinyl Roofs Of The 1970s: Dramatic Two-Tone Effects In Contrasting Colors Aaron Severson
From Chrome To Clear Plastic: Bold Steering Wheels Of The Jet Age Rich Baron
How Aerodynamic Were Old Cars? Here’s Actual Wind Tunnel Data On Some 1960 Models. Aaron Severson
Wow! Automotive Design and Marketing Concepts Hailed As “The Next Big Thing” That Fizzled Out Stephen Pellegrino
Sunshine Turret Top: Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, And Pontiac Offered This Ultra-Rare Pre-WW2 Sunroof Option Aaron Severson
Specific Car Model Design Analysis/History (Chronological)
How The 1938 Lincoln Zephyr Ushered In A Design Revolution Thanks To A Hot Radiator Paul N
No, The Lincoln Continental Did Not Invent The Continental Kit: Griff Borgeson Makes The Case Aaron Severson
Who Actually Styled the 1952 Bentley Continental? Don Andreina
Buick’s Fully-Open Rear Wheel Wells (1953-1957): The Year-By-Year Opening Paul N
The Studebaker Sedan’s Last Decade of Styling: Magic With Leftovers (1953-1963) JP Cavanaugh
Studebaker Hawk: How Studebaker Made A Mess Of This Raymond Loewy Classic, And How Brooks Stevens Brought It Back Aaron Severson
1955 Chevrolet Biscayne (XP-37): Chuck Jordan’s Motorama-mobile Had A Better Rear End Than Front End Paul N
Pininfarina’s Revolutionary Florida: The Most Influential Design Since 1955 Paul N
Alternate Designs for the Continental Mark II Tom Halter
How The 1959 Pontiac’s Split Grille Defined The Brand For The Next 50 Years Aaron Severson
Why The 1959 Studebaker Lark Front End Looked So Much Like The 1960 Valiant’s Paul N
Mercedes-Benz W110/111/112 Fintails: Béla Barényi And The Elusive Pluckenheckflosse Don Andreina
How The 1960 Corvair Started A Global Design Revolution Paul N
1960 Plymouth XNR: Exner’s Hot Slant-Six Corvette Fighter That Almost Got Built Paul N
Did This 1962 Exner Model Inspire the 1966 Toronado? Paul N
1962 Plymouth & Dodge: Brilliant Blunder, Or Suddenly It’s 1977 Paul N
Pininfarina’s Shared Language of Beauty in 1963—From Ferrari to FIAT Aaron65
Virgil Exner’s 1963 Stutz Revival: The Drawing That Launched The Whole Neo-Classic-Brougham Era Paul N
1966 Mazda Luce: Mazda, Bertone and the Alfa That Wasn’t Don Andreina
1966 Batmobile: Lincoln Futura and the Building of Character Don Andreina
The Volvo Rear Door Dilemma Ingvar Hallstrom
1974 Fiat 130 Maremma: Breaking Bella Don Andreina
Trying To Make (Business Coupe) Sense Of The Gremlin Paul N
Giugiaro And The Golf: Rare Pictures Of The Original Italdesign VW Golf/Rabbit Prototype Aaron Severson
Rolls-Royce Camargue: Two Out Of Three Camargues Don Andreina
Bill Mitchell’s Parting Shot: 1977 Pontiac Phantom Paul N
2009 BMW EfficientDynamics and the History of the Sleek BMW Sportscar Shape Don Andreina
BMW Vision Neue Klasse Concept Car: To Kidney or Not To Kidney Don Andreina
Designer Biographies
John Blatchley of Rolls-Royce Don Andreina
Paul Bracq Part 1 Part 2 Don Andreina
Philippe Charbonneaux: Vive La Différence! Tatra87
Sir Alec Issigonis Roger Carr
Wayne Kady (GM) Paul N
Claus Luthe Perry Shoar
Chrysler’s Dream Cars from the Fifties
by Paul N
Dreams For Sale: Ghia GS1 – The Early Production Chrysler Ghias
1951 Chrysler K-310: The Beginning Of The Exner And The Toilet Seat Eras
The Bad Dreams: Turboflyte and Imperial D’Elegance
Dual Ghia and Ghia L 6.4: Turning Dreams Into Semi-Reality
