Throughout the 70s and early 80s, compact, lightweight machinery like Ford’s world-beating RS Escort, the Lancia Stratos, and the Fiat 131 Abarth dominated the World ...
For more than 140 years, American LaFrance stood as one of the most prestigious names in firefighting apparatus. In 1873, the LaFrance Manufacturing Company was established in Elmira, ...
In the late 1930s, MG adopted the robust and affordable XPAG engine from Morris for the new T-series. The change wasn’t necessarily welcomed by traditional ...
The Chrysler Corporation made automotive history when it premiered the Airflow at the New York International Auto Show in January 1934. A product of Chrysler ...
In the early 1950s, Jaguar took the world by storm with the introduction of its magnificent twin-cam inline six-cylinder “XK” engine. The brilliant design brought ...
Ford’s glamorous 1962 Thunderbird Sports Roadster was a star at birth. While at the peak of his popularity in the Fall of 1961, Elvis Presley ...
By the time the Ford Mustang made its sensational debut in 1964, Carroll Shelby was well-established within the Ford Motor Company hierarchy. Ford actively pursued ...
The Cadillac has long been the epitome of an American car: large, powerful, luxurious, and expensive. However, Cadillac started with a small vehicle created by ...
Initiated during the late 1930s to meet a new requirement issued by the Pennsylvania National Guard for a light and fast, all-terrain reconnaissance car, the ...
By 1971, competition within the off-roader market was heating up. Ford’s Bronco, the new Chevy Blazer, and Jeep’s CJ and Wagoneer were all vying for ...
International Harvester introduced the Travelall in 1953 as one of the first competitors to the forerunner of the category, the Chevrolet Suburban. Like the Suburban, ...
In parallel with Henry Ford’s efforts to create the essentially simple, strong Model T that could be repaired by any farmer a few manufacturers who ...