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Year: 2021
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Hotcars.com offers advice that every guy should know!
I am so glad that I found Hotcars.com! They have an article I really needed to read: “15 Extremely ‘Girly’ Cars Every Guy Needs To Avoid At All Costs.” See, the problem is that automakers […]
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Car and Driver: Rambler was a ‘dreary’ protest car
“This nation’s car market has always supported a handful of what seem to be ‘protest cars.’ There were a lot more of them before World War II, but the post-war era has had it share: […]
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1951 Studebaker: Pointing in the wrong direction
When viewed from 1951, Studebaker was the independent automaker most likely to succeed. The South Bend, Indiana-based automaker generated unusually high sales by inventing the family-sized compact. This allowed Studebaker to invest in both a V8 engine and an automatic transmission well before […]
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Chris Bangle: 1960s supercars more distinctive than modern ones
“I’m not going to call (today’s high-priced sports cars) supercars, that is why I refer to them as supercar-ish. Besides Ferrari and McLaren you will find them scattered all around (the 2018 Geneva auto show). […]
Readings
Patrick Foster’s Hudson book emphasized pictures and boosterism
Patrick R. Foster’s Hudson Automobiles: An Illustrated History lives up to its title. If you are mainly interested in pictures, this is your book. The 128-page paperback is dominated by photographs, artist sketches and advertising, […]
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1981-82 DeLorean illustrates Detroit’s failure to understand the rise of imports
(UPDATED 9/23/2022) The easiest way to sum up the spectacular failure of the DeLorean Motor Company is to say that its founder was exceptionally unlucky. I am hard pressed to think of a worse time […]