Hagerty Archives - Indie Auto

Did African-American car buyers save Cadillac in the 1930s?

November 25, 2024 Steve 8

(EXPANDED FROM 4/18/2023) According to Ed Cray’s (1980) Chrome Colossus, in 1932 Cadillac was in danger of being discontinued when a young service manager named Nicholas Dreystadt crashed a General Motors’ executive committee meeting to […]

Will cars with ‘crying-eyes’ styling withstand the test of time?

February 18, 2022 Steve 5

The automotive media tend to “normalize” even pretty weird styling trends. One result is that robust critiques often don’t get much visibility until after a trend is fading away. I thus found it refreshing to […]