Back in fall of 1985, Dire Straights’ song “Money For Nothing” was at the top of the Billboard charts, Growing Pains premiered on ABC TV, Sylvester Stallone and Bridgitte Nielson were married, and Ford released its first Mustang with a Continue reading →

Pontiac released the original Firebird for the 1967 model year, at the same time Chevrolet released the first Camaro. Both cars were rushed to the market to compete with Ford’s Mustang which had been a runaway sales sensation after it Continue reading →

To put it bluntly the Chrysler Corporation had a real difficult time connecting with the emerging youth market back in the early to mid-1960s. GM and Ford did a much better job giving youth buyers what they wanted. Ford had Continue reading →

If you were a performance car fan back in the 1970s, finding something on the new car dealership lots that could burn the tires was a very hard task especially by the late-1970s. Every automaker during the 1970s ran away Continue reading →

The history of the Fiero is a mixed bag. On one hand it was a breakthrough car that initially was a big sales success and on the other hand it later became a punching bag for the U.S. press and Continue reading →

When a new generation release of the Corvette occurs it’s usually a large leap forward from the previous model year Corvette. Nowhere was this more true than when the first C2 (second generation) Corvette rolled off the assembly line back Continue reading →

The 1980s were interesting times, everything from the music to the politics and even the culture was in some respects different than many back in the 1970s would have expected. It was the same way in the automotive world, everything Continue reading →

Sometimes when analyzing the current crop of cars it requires a reflection upon the past to see where the new cars fall short, meet, or exceed the pinnacles of the past. Nowhere is this more helpful then in  case of Continue reading →

In the study of history, there are plenty of “what ifs”. Such as – what if Archduke Franz Ferdinand had not been assassinated, would World War I been averted and 16 million lives have been saved? Even in our own Continue reading →

It has been a long winter, one of the longest I can remember. Normally in the nation’s Capitol, weather gets cold in the fall but doesn’t get bitter until January rolls in. By March winter is forgotten and spring is Continue reading →