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...
Fiat 8V Berlinetta: Postwar Streamlining
For me, the high point of Italian sports car styling was reached during the early 1950s. Most famous are the automobiles designed and built...
Styling Plymouth to Death
The term "badge engineering" is used in automobile circles to refer to car models that are marketed under different brand names, y...
Chrysler 300C: An Unexpected Preview
Some concept cars are intended to test public reaction to various styling ideas. Others are thinly-disguised versions of cars scheduled for...
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