1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
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Was GM’s approach to 1970s car design superior to Mercedes-Benz’s?

by Steve in History 0

For its September 1973 issue, Motor Trend published a pro/con feature asking whether “romantic” styling was dead. In other words, did new considerations such as safety and pollution laws as well as more emphasis on the functional aspects of automobiles lead to a “styling crisis”? Even more pointedly, Motor Trend (1973) asked: “Will our new cars [...]

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1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk
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1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk: A match made in hell

by Steve in Gallery 15

(EXPANDED FROM 4/2/2021) After Studebaker and Packard combined in 1954, Motor Trend anticipated the possibilities of the two automakers sharing resources. For example, the magazine imagined Studebaker’s lightweight cars getting Packard’s “monstrous new V8 engine, torsion bar suspension and, lately, its 1st-in-the-industry limited-slip [...]

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1971 Dodge Charger RT
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1971-74 Dodge Charger: Making the most of a questionable idea

by Steve in Data Dive 15

(EXPANDED FROM 5/16/2023) In response to the interesting conversation in the comment thread about Chrysler’s early-70s compacts, I thought it could be useful to expand on a data dive I did a while back on the 1971-74 Dodge Charger. This was arguably the single most ambitious new Chrysler passenger car of the early-70s. Chrysler’s 1971 mid-sized [...]

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