Pontiac gave a major boost to its already growing performance image with the luxurious but powerful 1962 Grand Prix. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
One Year Only: The 1958 Chevrolet Delray
The modestly equipped Chevrolet Delray offered the lowest price in a full-sized car from the Big Three in 1958, but it was discontinued after a single year. Continue reading
The Royal Prerogative: Chrysler’s Very Last Imperial, 1990-93
Chrysler resurrected the Imperial name one final time with a four-door luxury sedan in 1990-93, smallish but packed with features. Continue reading
Greater Than the Sum of its Parts: The 1965 Corvair
The Corvair was a highly controversial product, but there’s no dispute about this: With a few straightforward changes, the ’65 edition was a car transformed. Continue reading
Engine Swap: GM’s 1977 Rocket V8 Scandal
They were called Chevymobiles. Thousands of 1977 Oldsmobiles were equipped with Chevy engines without the full knowledge of their buyers, and they weren’t the least bit happy about it. Continue reading
Along the Mustang Trail: 1963 Falcon Futura Sprint
One more important step for the Ford Motor Company on the road to the Mustang was the 1963 Falcon Futura Sprint. Continue reading
What’s a Hooke’s Joint?
One of the most familiar components in the auto industry—the universal joint—was actually invented centuries before the automobile by a British scientist named Robert Hooke.
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