For nearly as long as the automobile has existed, owners have been tinkering with them to extract more speed, better handling, and reliability. Prior to ...
The success of the BMW-Isetta microcar ensured BMW’s survival in the difficult economic environment of the mid-Fifties. As happens, it also conditioned consumers to ...
E.L. Cord broke new ground with his front wheel drive automobiles, officially designated the Cord Front Drive but now universally known as the L-29 (its ...
Much as it had with the Traction Avant in the 1930s, Citroen shocked the world yet again when it introduced the revolutionary DS to the ...
Essex Motor Company was a small manufacturer of affordable cars that debuted in 1918 but only lasted as a standalone manufacturer until 1922. That year, ...
The BMW of today, with its tech-laden super-sedans, hybrid sports cars, and ultra-luxury SUVs would probably not exist if it weren’t for an Italian appliance ...
The Rolls-Royce New Phantom (retrospectively known as the Phantom I) was introduced in 1925 to replace the outgoing Silver Ghost, which had evolved over a ...
Like many automobile manufacturers of the early twentieth century, Triumph got its start in the bicycle business, beginning operations in 1887. Bicycle production expanded rapidly, ...
The BMW of today, with its tech-laden super-sedans, hybrid sports cars, and ultra-luxury SUVs would probably not exist if it weren’t for an Italian appliance ...
When Donald Healey built the very first “Healey Hundred” prototype in 1952, he was taking a significant risk. The fate of the Donald Healey Motor ...
Standard-Triumph firmly established itself in the highly competitive sports car market with its fun, energetic, and stylish TR (Triumph Roadster) series of sports cars. Americans ...
The Chrysler Corporation was not incorporated until 1925, but Walter P. Chrysler was already hard at work putting the ailing Maxwell Motor Company back on ...