(EXPANDED FROM 2/25/2022) The 1954 Chevrolet’s greatest claim to fame — or, more accurately, infamy — was contributing to the demise of independent automakers by engaging Ford in a brutal price war. Less discussed is […]
(EXPANDED FROM 12/2/2022) Paul Niedermeyer (2014) has suggested that the 1966-67 Cutlass Supreme brought the “Great Brougham Epoch” to the mid-sized field. Oldsmobile’s top-end intermediate nameplate was one of the most iconic of an era […]
(EXPANDED FROM 8/16/2021) Did Virgil Exner have any involvement with the 1953-54 Plymouth’s design? Automotive historians have tended to either dance around that question or offer varying — or even contradictory — information. As a […]
(EXPANDED FROM 9/8/2021) Bill McGuire’s (2021b) story about the Mercury El Gato got me thinking about Ford’s conflicted design direction in the early-70s. The concept car hinted at what the 1969-70 Cougar might have looked […]
(EXPANDED FROM 9/16/2022) We should start with a more impertinent question: What should — and shouldn’t — the creators of the 1968-70 Dodge Charger get credit for? Yes, this was an iconic design, but it […]
(EXPANDED FROM 7/27/2022) The 1963-65 Buick Riviera was one of the more memorable designs of the 1960s. However, the car didn’t really look like a Buick. Nor did it sell very well — arguably due […]
Indie Auto reader Jim Volgarino suggested that I check out the Internet Archive for hard-to-find automotive literature. That was terrific advice. One publication I have been exploring is Consumer Reports in the early postwar period. […]
(EXPANDED FROM 12/31/2021) The Edsel is generally pointed to as the Ford Motor Company’s biggest post-war flop, but the 1958-60 Lincoln deserves a consolation prize. This car represents the disastrous final phase of Ford’s no-holds-barred […]
One of the most underrated cars of the 1960s was the 1963-66 Dodge Dart. This “senior” compact anticipated the size of the contemporary family sedan during a time when the American auto industry was fixated […]
Patrick Foster (2023) recently suggested that a merger of Hudson and Willys could have made sense — and he devoted a Hemmings column to explaining why. This is an intriguing scenario, but I have a […]
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