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1993 Ford Explorer

SUV Mania: 1993 Ford Explorer Limited

in American Cars Trucks on 12/24/2019 03/05/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

The year was 1985. Just a year earlier, famous auto exec and future Chrysler and GM product Czar Bob Lutz had returned to Dearborn, Michigan. He was still working for Ford then, and fresh off…

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1996 Audi A4 1.8T

Reversal of Fortune:
Audi A4 Mk1

in German Cars on 12/23/2019 12/23/2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

In 1992, Audi struggled to move less than 15,000 cars in the United States. Ten years later, it moved more than 85,000. Although Audi reinvented its entire lineup in that time, one car more than…

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1953 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

Cream of the Crop: 1953 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

in American Cars on 12/22/2019 01/08/2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

If you wanted to say you’d “arrived” in 1953, there were few better ways to get that point across than a Coupe de Ville. In the immediate postwar years Cadillac solidified its dominant position as…

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1968 Moretti Sportiva

Moretti 850 Sportiva: Dino in Miniature

in Italian Cars on 12/21/2019 05/30/2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Moretti as a manufacturer came to an end thirty years ago this month, after 64 years of producing motorcycles, sports cars, and what it was best known for by 1989 – Fiat based specials. The…

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1988 Volvo 780 Bertone

Sprezzatura, Swedish Style: Volvo 780 Bertone

in Swedish Cars on 12/19/2019 12/19/2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

At the time of Volvo’s first collaboration with Bertone in 1976, Volvos were still distinctly middle-class cars. By 1991, they were “premium” machines, at least in the U.S. At the very top of the line…

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1976 Mazda Cosmo

The Malaise Mazda: Cosmo AP/RX-5

in Japanese Cars on 12/16/2019 12/16/2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

It was planned when Mazda was riding high on Rotary success in the early 1970s. That decade was the golden age of “personal coupes,” be they Toyota Celicas or Lincoln MkIVs, so it made perfect…

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1993 Oldsmobile SIlhouette

The Cadillac of Minivans: Oldsmobile Silhouette

in American Cars on 12/15/2019 12/14/2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

GM’s first attempt at minivans, the long-lived 1985 Chevy Astro/GMC Safari, were more “van” than “mini.” This wasn’t so surprising since they were designed in a hurry and therefore based mostly on off-the-shelf truck components….

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1958 Sachsenring P70

Sachsenring P70: Designed in Duroplast

in Eastern Bloc Cars on 12/14/2019 05/10/2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Chances are good you’ve at least heard of the Trabant, national car of the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR); but the Trabant wasn’t invented overnight. This dour gentleman is standing next to a Sachsenring P70 –…

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1971 Iso Lele

Glorious Swan Song:
Iso Lele

in Italian Cars on 12/10/2019 12/10/2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

It ended up being the company’s last new production car, although nobody could have known that when the Iso Lele debuted in 1969. Meant to replace the original Iso GT, the Iso Rivolta IR300 that…

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1994 Infiniti J30

The Japanese Jaguar: Infiniti J30

in Japanese Cars on 12/07/2019 12/07/2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

“Let`s just say that Jerry Hirshberg is a real fan of Jaguar,” said Nissan USA CEO Thomas Mignanelli in 1992. The Infiniti J30 that Mignanelli was being interviewed about hailed from the opposite side of…

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1955 Renault Frégate - ©Oliver Söhlke

Renault Frégate: Une Parisienne très Américaine

in French Cars on 12/06/2019 05/26/2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

It was November 30th, 1950 when Renault CEO Pierre Lefaucheux the company’s newest car – the Renault Frégate – to great fanfare. The car would be in production for a decade, sort of, but had…

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1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III

Lincoln Continental Mark III: The Magic Number

in American Cars on 12/05/2019 03/11/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

It was one of Lee Iacocca’s greatest successes. It was exactly what its target audience wanted, it was extremely profitable, and it created the template for an era of unprecedented sales success for Lincoln. Introduced…

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