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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 ...
The words "sporty Buick" have never quite rolled off the tongue, but over the years, Buick has produced a surprising number of performance cars, from the speedy prewar Century to the turbocharged Grand ...
In January 1930, Cadillac introduced its mighty Sixteen, a bold and extravagant bid for supremacy in the luxury car field. Naturally, the Packard Motor Car Company, the reigning champion of the American ...
4. TorqueFlite
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TORQUEFLITE
By any standard, the original Hydra-Matic transmission was one of the most important innovations in the history of the automobile. It wasn't the first automatic transmission, but it was the first one that ...
6. Jet Crash: Hudson's Compact Jet
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When it was first announced in 1952, Hudson officials thought the compact Jet would be a renaissance for the venerable automaker. Today, many historians will tell you it was Hudson's fatal mistake. This ...
In 1956, GM's Pontiac Motor Division was close to death. Its sales were down, its market share declining, and its image at a low ebb. That summer, however, help arrived in the form of Bunkie Knudsen, Pete ...
Between 1935 and 1956, the Packard Motor Car Company went from the top of the heap among American automotive brands to just another independent, struggling to survive on the scraps of the Big Three. This ...
9. Cammer: Pontiac's OHC Six
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With all the furor surrounding Ford and Chevy's new 300+ horsepower V6 Mustang and Camaro, you would think hot six-cylinder engines were a new idea, at least in America. Not so -- in 1965, about a decade ...
Originally a flashy, limited-edition image leader, by 1961, the Plymouth Fury had become a bread-and-butter big car, the mainstay of the Plymouth line. Starting in 1962, it began a bizarre odyssey, going ...
Some cars are seemingly immortal, but the Studebaker Hawk had more reincarnations than the Dalai Lama. Originally developed by the design firm of Raymond Loewy as a show car, it became a highly acclaimed ...
Ford's ill-fated Edsel Division was born in 1957, part of an ambitious plan to match General Motors division for division. It died only two years later, but it remained the butt of jokes for decades, while ...
... an American muscle car icon, and one of the most fearsome stock car racers ever built. This week, we look at the history of the Dodge Charger. Click here to read more about the 1968-1978 Dodge Charger ...
The AMC Javelin was American Motors' only foray into the popular "pony car" market, and the model that almost single-handedly transformed American from a peddler of Scotsman-like economy to a two-time ...
As we saw in our first installment, Kaiser-Frazer's initial success in the postwar automotive boom came to an abrupt end in 1949. The debacle that followed ended the partnership of Henry J. Kaiser and ...
It seemed like a sure thing: an alliance between the auto industry's most dynamic and respected salesman and one of the 20th century's most visionary industrialists. It was a partnership that promised ...
... ugliest designs of the seventies, and it remains one of the most controversial. It was a bold move for struggling American Motors, and ultimately became a financial disaster. This week, we look at the ...
18. The Perilous Success of the 1976 Cadillac Seville
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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, ...
Popular Mechanics once dubbed Chevrolet's peculiar hybrid of passenger car and pickup truck "the Cowboy Cadillac." Ford and Chevy prosaically described these crossovers as sedan pickups, while our Australian ...
... it launched the American fascination with inexpensive V8 engines, and spawned countless hot rods and customs. This week, we look at the history of Ford's famous flathead -- Henry Ford's final triumph, ...
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