In 1998, the animated television comedy The Simpsons celebrated the red-hot SUV craze with a pair of hilarious commercial parodies for the fearsome Canyonero. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Junior Johnson’s Infamous ’66 Galaxie, the Yellow Banana
Here’s one of the stranger-looking cars in early NASCAR history: Junior Johnson’s notorious ’66 Ford Galaxie, which quickly earned the name Yellow Banana. Continue reading
Bill Mitchell’s Olds Toronado Two-Seater
Great as the car was, General Motors styling boss Bill Mitchell thought the Olds Toronado would be even better if it were Camaro-sized. So he built one. This is the short tale of the Toronado two-seater. Continue reading
Chevy’s Triple-Jointed Rock Crawler: The 1964 Sidewinder
General Motors has produced some far-out prototypes over the years, but few as wild as this one: the triple-jointed 1964 Chevrolet Sidewinder. Continue reading
The Mightiest Duesenberg: a 3,393 Cubic-Inch V16
The Duesenberg brothers built every type of engine for road and track, air and sea, but the biggest of them all was a WWI aircraft engine of 3,393 CID and up to 900 hp. Continue reading
What Was GM Knee Action?
General Motors didn’t invent independent front suspension, of course. But the automaker was among the first to bring the feature to the American mass market in 1934 with the colorful name Knee Action. Continue reading
Secrets of the 1951-64 Studebaker V8
Studebaker introduced an overhead-valve V8 in 1951, years before Ford or Chevrolet, and it was an impressive achievement for a company a fraction of the size of the mighty Big Three. Continue reading