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Dude, Where’s My Car Interior Space?

February 14, 2009
Pete Dunton

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Cars have made some very impressive technological advances in the last thirty years. The transition from everything running on a car via basic electronics and mechanical parts has evolved into sophisticated on-board computers running and managing everything.  

Horsepower is way

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Commentary

2009 Washington D.C. Auto Show – Green Confusion?

February 5, 2009
Pete Dunton

09dc-as-s.jpgThe U.S. auto industry is on the ropes, and tough times are ahead.  This also applies to European and Japanese automakers.  With the shrinking U.S. economy and bad economic times appearing to be the likely course for the near future;

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Commentary

Top Five Post-WWII American Luxury Car Styling Trendsetters

January 29, 2009
Pete Dunton

trendsetter1-s.jpgAfter World War II (WWII) the U.S. auto industry thrived.  As the economy boomed and the days of the great depression before the war seemed like a distant memory, the luxury car market grew as never before.  Though styling had

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Classic Cars

1982 Ford Mustang GT – a New Beginning

January 20, 2009January 22, 2022
Pete Dunton

82gt1-2s.jpgFlashback to 1982 – there was a bad recession that had engulfed the U.S. economy and cars were shrinking faster than the value of the dollar at the time.  Horsepower had taken a mighty tumble since the early 1970s.

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Muscle Cars

1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile

January 11, 2009
Pete Dunton

66toro1-s5.jpgThink the current retro styling trend is a recent phenomenon?  Think again.  Believe it or not, Oldsmobile was first on the block to implement retro styling and they did it with great success more than 40 years ago.  For the 1966

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Classic Cars

1968 Dodge Charger R/T – Clean and Mean

January 7, 2009
Pete Dunton

68ch1-rt1-s.jpgWhen the 1964 Pontiac GTO hit the market, Dodge was paying close attention, for it was not about to be left out of this new emerging muscle car market.  Powerful V8 engines had been available since the 1950s in some

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Muscle Cars

1985 Mercury Capri RS – the Mr. Monk of Muscle Cars

January 1, 2009
Pete Dunton

85rs1-1s.jpgOn the TV show Monk, the lead character Adrian Monk is a private detective with more phobias and odd quirks than most people could ever imagine. He’s actually pretty dysfunctional as a person, his pretty assistant or shall we

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Muscle Cars

1970 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 – Buick’s Short Reign

December 22, 2008March 13, 2017
Pete Dunton

Every good thing must come to an end. 1970 was the pinnacle for GM’s high performance engines. Never again would there be such an array of different high performance V8s available from GM. Everything from small-block to big-block V8s

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Muscle Cars

1974 AMC Matador Coupe – the Forgotten Coupe

December 15, 2008January 7, 2018
Pete Dunton

74mat2-s.jpgAMC by far was the most conservative American automaker back in the day. AMC found its niche offering reasonably priced reliable cars with no frills. And the formula seemed to work with sales being good for AMC for many years.

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Classic Cars

1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS LS6 454 – the Apex

December 8, 2008March 8, 2017
Pete Dunton

Back in 1970 things looked great. The muscle car craze, which the 1964 GTO started, was in full swing. For 1970 horsepower and displacement were up, and there was a muscle car to fit everyone’s taste from all the different

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Muscle Cars
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