In the United States, a large share of passenger vehicle sales are for what are essentially station wagons. I'm referring to SUVs (spor...
Look-alikes: Mid-1970s Ford LTD & Dodge Monaco
Though I'm a firm believer in the existence of styling fads and fashions, there are times that cars from different manufacturers are so ...
What Were They Thinking?: 1951 Chrysler Grille
Facelifts for cars aren't always improvements. That's usually because the initial design is conceived as a whole by the (notional)...
Rolls-Royce Wraith for 2014
Rolls-Royce is reviving the Wraith name for a new "fastback" coupe design. Whereas I recognize that Rolls styling had to finally ...
Lincoln Grilles: Dip Into the Parts Bin
For a couple of decades, we in North America have become used to seeing Lincoln automobile grilles that looked like these shown below. Thes...
Lincoln Grilles : Dipping Into the Parts Bin
For a couple of decades, we in North America have become used to seeing Lincoln automobile grilles that looked like those shown below. Thes...
Oldsmobile's 1948 Transition
Before around 1960, most American car makers' product lines were centered on a basic four-door sedan from which variations such two-door...
Dodge's Molded Grenada
They were popularly called "dream cars" back in the 1950s, though the term used now is "concept cars." Then or now, the...
Aztek Rendezvous
The consensus (until a spasm of revisionism takes hold) is that the 2001-05 Pontiac Aztek was one of the worst designs ever. In a way, tha...
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