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Do your friends and family think that because you’re a car enthusiast that you have no other interests? Do they not recognize we car…

In 1954, the Chevrolet Corvette was still struggling to prove that an American automaker could successfully sell a two-seat sports car. Inside General Motors,…

For more than 60 years, Ford has experimented with just about every variation of the Mustang formula imaginable. There have been hatchbacks, turbo fours,…

Long before the Mercury Cougar became one of Ford Motor Company’s most recognizable muscle-era nameplates, Ford used the name on something considerably stranger. The…

The pickup market has spent years moving toward bigger dimensions, more complicated technology and higher prices. A handful of upcoming trucks are heading in…

This Was Supposed to Be the Car of the Future In 1958, American automakers were convinced almost anything was possible. Jet aircraft were shrinking…

The Jeep Historians Said Was Never Built This is a story of the original sport and utility vehicle, as the marketing material called it.…

When Packard unveiled the Predictor at the Chicago Auto Show on January 7, 1956, people reportedly crowded ten deep around its turntable. That was…

The auto industry loves a comeback. Volkswagen resurrected Scout as an electric truck and SUV brand. Toyota brought back the Supra after nearly two…

James Dean Owned “Little Bastard” for Just Nine Days As September 30 approaches, so does the 71st anniversary of James Dean’s death. The actor…

There was a time when buying a car was about more than getting somewhere. You bought the red one because you wanted the red…

Henry Segrave Was the First Human to Officially Break 200 MPH in a Car We’ll get right to it. The answer to who was…

Where Did the NFL Start? Long before billion-dollar stadiums, television contracts and Super Bowl commercials, professional football was a disorganized regional business. Teams operated…

Karl Benz Invented a Car the World Wasn’t Sure It Needed Karl Benz did not invent the first self-propelled road vehicle. Steam-powered machines had…

The Classic Car Market Is Not Nearly as Hot as the Headlines Suggest If you only looked at auction headlines, you might think classic-car…

Despite the economic turmoil of the Great Depression, America’s luxury automakers spent much of the 1930s fighting a multi-cylinder arms race. Packard revived the…

Supercars Suddenly Became Everyone’s Business At the turn of the millennium, the supercar world exploded. Ferrari was preparing the Enzo, Porsche was developing the…