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1. The MGB
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It was the automotive story for almost a decade: former GM superstar John DeLorean had set out to build his own high-tech sports car, only to end up in handcuffs. This week, we present the complete saga ...
It was born as a glorified Dodge Coronet with a fastback roof; in its later incarnations, it became a facelifted Chrysler Cordoba, a Plymouth Horizon in drag, and even a family sedan. In between, it became ...
The Ford Capri, launched in 1969, was Europe's answer to the Ford Mustang, and one of the first fruits of Ford's newly unified European operations. This week, we look at the birth of "the car you always ...
When the first BMW 6-Series appeared in 1976, many BMW partisans dismissed it as an overpriced, overweight boulevardier, inferior to the company's sporty sedans. When production finally ended 13 years ...
Designed as a Volkswagen, powered by an Audi engine, Porsche's entry-level 924 rubbed many purists the wrong way. In 1982, a new look and a new engine transformed it into an eighties icon, a favorite toy ...
Although Porsche and Volkswagen hadn't exactly set the world on fire with their first joint-venture sports car, the 914, the two companies decided to try again in the early seventies with the Porsche 924. ...
The 1976 Cadillac Seville was Detroit's first response to the growing popularity of luxury imports like Mercedes. Although it was an immediate hit, earning a handsome profit and inspiring numerous imitators, ...
For most people, the words "Ford Mustang" evoke one of two things: the original 1964-66 icon of sixties Americana, or the boxy Reagan-era "5.0s" so beloved of amateur hot rodders. This week, we consider ...
Certain cars become emblematic of a time and a place, perfectly encapsulating the values, priorities, and obsessions of their eras. For America of the fifties, it's the 1955-57 Chevrolets and the '59 Cadillac; ...
Launched in 1983, the Pontiac Fiero promised to be a good-looking, affordable mid-engine sports car, introducing exciting new techniques in production and design. Alas, it proved to be one of GM's great ...
If you're an American over 30, you may have some hazy, not necessarily happy memories of Renault's "Le Car," sold here from 1976 through 1983. To Europeans, who will need little introduction, it was known ...
... World War 2. The V8-powered Century of the mid-fifties was hot stuff, and the big-engine GS and GSX of the late sixties and early seventies ranked among the most fearsome of muscle cars. In the mid-1980s, ...
The arrival of the Lexus LS400 in 1990 was evidence that the Japanese could build a serious luxury sedan, but stylish coupes were another matter entirely. The Japanese automakers had already demonstrated ...
If the idea of a Japanese sports car would have been laughable in 1965, the thought that a Japanese company might take on the finest European luxury sedans would have seemed completely absurd. The idea ...
Introduced in 1976, Volkswagen's Golf GTI was not the first sporty family car, nor even the best, but it defined an entire genre of practical performance cars: the ever-popular hot hatch. Click here to ...
Fast, luxurious, and stylish, with a thoroughly modern platform shared with Saab, Fiat, and Lancia, the Alfa Romeo 164 could have been the hit to resuscitate Alfa's flailing business and put the company ...
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19. Days of Future Past: The Porsche 928
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Since its debut in 1964, the Porsche 911 has come to define the Porsche brand. The company's periodic efforts to expand their market with new models, however worthy, have inevitably prompted grumbling ...
20. Cafe Society Racer: The BMW M3
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Even drivers who don't consider themselves car nuts (or enthusiasts, if you will) often love the idea of owning a car that feels like a real race car, whether for the bragging rights or just to pretend ...
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