After World War II, Oldsmobile became GM’s de-facto performance oriented division by offering its legendary Rocket V8 in its cars. By the early-1960s most of the other American automakers had caught up and offered V8 engines as powerful or in

In order to compete with the Volkswagen Beetle, Chevrolet made it’s own version of the Beetle. This car was called the Corvair and just like the Beetle, it was a very inexpensive compact car, had a rear engine layout, an

The successful release of the 1960 Ford Falcon started the rapidly growing American compact car segment. Chevrolet countered with the release of its compact car offering the 1962 Chevy II which was built on GM’s new X-platform. Back in 1962,

American Motors Corporation (AMC for short) was small in size when compared to GM, Ford, and Chrysler. By the 1960s most of the remaining smaller sized automobile companies were gone. The automobile business had evolved into a complex business which

There have been so many notable Cadillac models produced since Cadillac’s inception in 1902. In fact there are so many of these different legendary Cadillac cars that they are all too numerous to name. These cars all had a hand

By the mid-1970s, U.S. automakers were facing a big hurdle with the upcoming government mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (or C.A.F.E. for short) which began to be enforced for the 1978 model year. C.A.F.E. meant a drastic reduction in

A wide array of cars available on the new car market today can trace there roots back to one car which made its debut during the mid-1980s, the Ford Taurus. Most cars today are front-wheel drive, have slippery aerodynamics, flush

Plymouth from the 1931 model year through the 1960 model year during most years was the number three automaker in the U.S. when it came to sales. For 1970, 1971, and 1974 Plymouth would again regain its title as number

Cadillac is GM’s luxury car division, and back in the days when GM was the largest automaker in the world, Cadillac was the king of luxury cars. Cadillac’s success was offering the most luxury features in attractive big cars which

Car historians will credit the Chrysler Corporation’s introduction of the front-wheel drive K-car for the 1981 model year as the main turning point for Chrysler after its 1980 Government financial bailout. This would indeed be true but only partially, Chrysler’s