“Gallery” presents original photographs without any narrative. Photos of the vehicles shown may also appear in articles.
1964 Studebaker Daytona 2-door convertible
Letters to the Editor
Did Great Depression, path dependency color independents’ postwar choices?
DECG50 offered an intriguing response to our article, “Did early-postwar independent automakers try too hard to be different?” I’m front-paging the comment to give it wider attention. I wonder if the lingering effects of the depression […]
Current Events
Should VW’s design chief fear civilization’s end?
(UPDATED 12/15/2022) Volkswagen Group’s global design chief Walter de Silva is worried that optimizing aerodynamics in order to meet tightening emissions standards could hurt aesthetics and branding. In an Automotive News question-and-answer piece, he complained […]
Links
In 1959 Road & Track predicted front-wheel-drive big cars within a few years
Flush with enthusiasm about the Big Three’s new compacts, the November 1959 issue of Road & Track made some bold predictions about what was next. “Detroit Beat” writer Don Mac Donald stated that “Detroit, stung […]
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