The 1959 Chevrolet looked like nothing else on the road, with gull-wing fins, cat’s-eye taillights and eyebrows over the grille. For 1960, Chevrolet calmed it down. The advertising promised “everybody’s kind of elegance,” and the car underneath the new sheet metal was nearly the same. Calm did not mean slow. The same 1960 Chevrolet that wore the quieter styling could still be ordered with a 348-cubic-inch V8, three two-barrel carburetors and 335 horsepower. And Chevrolet…
In 1956, a Mercury buyer could get a 312-cubic-inch V8 and a rubber floor mat in the same car. No carpet, no bumper guards,…
On July 7, 1959, Ford photographed a prototype compact station wagon with large EDSEL letters on its side. Four months later, the Edsel brand…
The Edsel is remembered as the car nobody wanted. That is only half the story. When Ford decided to build it, nearly everyone in…
Look at a 1957 Ford Custom 300 today and you see a family sedan. Two doors or four, a bench seat, armrests and a…
Mercury’s advertising for 1955 made a bold promise: “You don’t have to look twice to tell it’s a Mercury!” Underneath, the car shared its…
For more than two decades, a Buick meant a straight eight. Long hood, long crankshaft, smooth and unhurried. Then came 1954, and that tradition…
The new Tesla Roadster can launch with cold-gas thrusters. Refilling them is another matter. Tesla engineering chief Lars Moravy told Top Gear that the…
The internet has decided that America’s millionaires drive Toyotas. A “scientific study” says so, the headlines say so, and a TikTok clip by real…
Plenty of Ford engines were meant to be temporary. A bridge to the next design. A truck motor that would do until something better…
