The XL-500 dream car represented the Ford Motor Company’s Lincoln division in the automaker’s Golden Anniversary celebration. But reportedly, it met an odd fate. . Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
The Rebirth of a Brand: 1957 at Pontiac
Starting In 1957, GM’s Pontiac division was transformed from supplier of grandma cars into the Motor City’s hottest youth and performance brand. Continue reading
End of the Line: The 1980-83 Chrysler Cordoba
The hot-selling 1975 Cordoba saved the Chrysler division, but just a few short years later the automaker could barely give them away. Continue reading
Brief Sensation: The 1926-31 Whippet
Willys-Overland shot to the top of the sales charts, briefly, with the sporty Whippet of 1926-31. Continue reading
How the 1967 Pontiac Firebird Was Born
The Pontiac Firebird was conceived as a badge-engineered version of the Chevrolet Camaro, but it soon stamped out its own identity. Continue reading
GM Creates the Hardtop: 1949 Buick Roadmaster Riviera
The pillarless hardtop body style was a sales leader in the Motor CIty for decades. Buick got the ball rolling in 1949 with the Roadmaster Riviera. Continue reading
A Novel 1952-54 Ford Feature: The Coronado Deck
Ford’s Coronado Deck of 1952-54 seems to foreshadow the spare-tire bump of the 1956-57 Continental Mark II. Continue reading