(UPDATED FROM 7/24/2020) The 1955 Packard Request is a good example of how “retro” styling doesn’t always work very well. This show car took too literal of an approach in trying to evoke Packard’s classic […]
(EXPANDED ON 1/20/2023) The 1955 Packard’s styling was nicely done in many ways — but it was also an evolutionary dead end. The designers of the last “real” Packards deserve credit for two things. First, […]
(UPDATED 12/16/2022) The 1961-63 Lincoln Continental is commonly viewed as the first downsized American luxury car. However, during this same time time period Cadillac also offered a more compact variant that has received little attention. […]
This letter is a response to our story, “The 1955 Packard’s styling was an evolutionary dead end.” Your need to read more thoroughly what actually happened in the mid-1950s. In that era, Cadillac was the […]
Doing Indie Auto’s been fun, but it’s not making me rich. So when I heard that hotcars.com was hiring freelancers, I thought: Here’s my ticket! Thank you, Automotive Books and Periodicals, for posting their “We’re […]
“Instead of investing in mechanics or inventory, early dealers constructed lavish marble palaces on expensive parcels of land. They clustered on highly visible downtown thoroughfares, often called ‘Automobile Row’. . . . Early dealers could […]
In a post on the Saab 99 we briefly discussed how in the late-60s and early-70s a handful of iconoclastic automakers tried to mainstream their basic designs. A case in point is Citroen. This leading […]
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