Think 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 Continue reading
Think 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 Continue reading
When 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 Continue reading
On 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 Continue reading
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 Continue reading
AMC 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. Continue reading
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 Continue reading
A little over four years ago GM factories stopped producing the last of over a hundred years of Oldsmobiles. Indeed 2004 was a sad year; it was the departure of what was once the golden division of General Motors. Though Continue reading
Never let it be said that Jeep didn’t know and take care of its customer base. Ever since the end of World War II, Jeep has carved out a nice market niche offering reliable go anywhere 4×4 vehicles. Before the Continue reading
Why is it that we love stories about the underdog beating all the odds and obtaining ultimate victory? Buick knew what it was like to beat all the odds and produce the fastest American muscle car for the 1987 model Continue reading
There’s an old saying – “you have to start somewhere”, for the Corvette it started from very humble beginnings as Chevrolet’s answer to those little European two-seater sports cars that were popping up all over the US after WWII (World Continue reading