After a pair of high profile economy car kerfuffles (namely the Corvair and the Vega) in the space of a decade, Chevrolet circa Autumn 1975 was hoping against hope that its latest stab at an...
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After the great muscle car mass extinction of the 1970s, fans of these quintessentially American tire mincers were justifiably worried that this particular genus of the motoring kingdom would never again occupy a new car...
Even though there are many (some, like us, might argue far too many) Americans who are obsessed with celebrities and every infinitesimal thing they do, we doubt there are many folks who wonder “What do...
In the auto industry's formative years, coachbuilding was a very big deal. Just about every luxury car manufacturer in those days sold its cars as bare chassis with drivetrains and firewalls. Then the buyer of...
The original BMW 6 Series (also known by the chassis code E24) was a handsomely styled, deceptively nimble midsize luxury coupe which was beloved by the motoring press, coveted by style-conscious Yuppies and well-funded car...
Sometimes (okay, most of the time), life isn’t fair. Bad things happen to good people (and vice versa), good people are forced to pay the price for the transgressions of bad people, and we Americans...
Over the years there have been scores of automobiles born from two companies. The raison d’etre for such motoring mutts varies on a case-by-case basis; some are the product of a desire to save development...
Over the years, scores of independent sports car makers have come and gone. One of the rare few that has survived long term is Panoz, a Georgia-based company started by Danny Panoz, son of billionaire...
The Internet has done many things to change the world, from putting seemingly limitless quantities of information at our fingertips, to taking video chat from science fiction to science fact, to making funny pictures of...