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Editor's Note
Shall we debate what is a ‘four-door pillared hardtop?’
Today Indie Auto received a comment that critiqued how we have distinguished between different types of four-door body styles. I had referred to the 1961 Lincoln Continental as a four-door hardtop sedan, but Bostwick9 insisted […]
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Knudsen’s favored 1972 Mark IV design borrowed from the Eldorado
Dean’s Garage recently posted a fascinating story about the battle over the 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV’s styling. Jim and Cheryl Farrell (2022) describe how a design proposal championed by Ford President Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen […]
Media Analysis
Was AMC seriously considering a late-70s Gremlin wagon?
Dan Strohl (2022) has posted a photograph of what could have been a Gremlin wagon prototype. His story and comment thread offer a number of plausible ideas about what AMC had in mind, but I […]
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Design Notes
1967-73 Mercury Cougar: A classic goes to hell
UPDATED FROM 7/9/2021) The 1967-73 Mercury Cougar is a tragic story of a classic design going to hell. The first-generation models, which were produced from 1967-68, were among the best-looking pony cars of the late-60s. […]
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History
1954 Packard Clipper: The car that ended the automaker’s independence
Packard may have died from a thousand cuts, but the 1954 Clipper was arguably a pivot point in the automaker losing its independence. As a stand-alone automaker, Packard needed a certain amount of volume to […]
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Eugene Bordinat: Robert McNamara was too logical
“[P]robably the guy that was most admired [by Ford Motor Company executive Lewis Crusoe] was [Robert] McNamara. He was a very concise speaker, he was a logician and prided himself that he was. He knew how […]
Design Notes
1968 Chrysler New Yorker: The peak of ‘peak Chrysler?’
Paul Niedermeyer (2021) has called the 1965 Chrysler New Yorker “the last great Chrysler.” He argued that this particular vintage “represents a pinnacle: never again would the New Yorker attain this degree of success, prestige […]