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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 ...
We're going to take a different approach for this week's article. Instead of presenting another history, we've decided to give you a look at the way we approach the research for these articles, and tackle ...
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 ...
The Hydra-Matic, GM's first fully automatic transmission, was a great success, inspiring a host of rivals -- including some within General Motors itself. This week, we look at the origins of Dynaflow and ...
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. 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 ...
7. 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, ...
8. Stayin' Alive: The Chevrolet Monte Carlo
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... for the sixties, the Mini, the Beetle, and the Mustang. For the seventies, we'd make a strong case for this week's car. Generally reviled by critics, staggeringly popular with the public, and much imitated, ...
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 ...
It sounded so promising at the time. After years of dismissing imported compacts as cars for kooks, GM was finally going to build an attractive, sophisticated subcompact, featuring the latest advances ...
11. Darth Buick: The Buick Regal Grand National and GNX
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Although it's best known for building stodgy middle-class sedans, GM's Buick division has occasionally cultivated a rather racy image. The 1938-42 Buick Century was among the fastest cars in America before ...
When this car debuted in the fall of 1966, many Cadillac loyalists were no doubt puzzled. Not only was it the sportiest Cadillac in many a year, it was also the division's most technically daring effort ...
As many of our readers are probably aware, General Motors announced at the end of April 2009 that its venerable Pontiac division will become extinct in late 2010. This week, we take a look at the rise ...
For more than 50 years, the Corvette has represented a curious paradox for General Motors. The product of GM's humblest division, it has frequently been among the corporation's most expensive cars. Designed ...
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Conceived in a farmhouse and inspired by a World War Two fighter plane, Cadillac's famous tailfins are still virtually synonymous with the brand. This week, we look at how the Cadillac got its fins. Click ...
17. The MacPherson Strut
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It's one of the most common suspension designs used on modern cars, found on everything from the lowliest Proton Savvy to the fearsome Porsche 911 Turbo. It's also frequently misunderstood and often misspelled. ...
18. Mr. Average: The 1967 Chevrolet Impala
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If any car deserves to be called the archetypal sixties American automobile, it's the Chevrolet Impala. In 1965, the peak of its popularity, one in every nine new cars sold in the United States was an ...
We said in the conclusion of our article on the multicylinder Cadillacs that the era of custom bodywork was fading away by 1940, but that wasn't exactly true. The era of bespoke bodies for elite luxury ...
20. Kings of the Highway, Part 2: The Cadillac V-12
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As we saw in our first installment, in January 1930, a few weeks after the stock market crash of October 1929, Cadillac introduced its fabulous V-16. After a few months of strong sales, its popularity ...
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