Established in 1852 with roots in wagon manufacture, Studebaker ranked among the world’s longest-running automakers through 1966. The company’s post-WW II years were particularly vibrant, ...
Riding high on a wave of success in the 1950s, General Motors found itself at the top of its game in the early 1960s, leading ...
Production of Chrysler’s range-topping New Yorker in postwar America began in January of 1946, and the straight-eight-powered car was both attractively priced and available in ...
Founded in 1873 by Thruxton Slocum LaFrance in Elmira, New York as the LaFrance Manufacturing Company, American LaFrance remains one of the oldest and most ...
To today’s enthusiasts, the name Delahaye conjures images of opulent, art-deco sports cars that grace the lawns of the world’s most prestigious concours d’elegance ...
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 refrigeration ...
The Mercedes 190SL was built at the suggestion of Max Hoffman, Mercedes largest US importer. The S represented ‘Sports’ while the L meant Light, or ...
E.L. Cord had worked wonders at Auburn in his relatively short tenure at the head of the company. When he arrived in 1924, Auburn cars ...
In 1902, Erwin Ross Thomas created the E.R. Thomas Motor Car Company, taking over the assets of Buffalo Automobile & Auto-Bi Company in the process. ...
Like many great motoring engineers, the Duesenberg brothers struggled to translate their remarkable sporting success into a viable business. Despite an impeccable reputation building some ...
Cadillac’s long time slogan has been “The Standard of the World”. During the 1930’s the company went to great lengths to live up to that ...
For most of Cadillac’s early history, The Standard of the World was more than simply a marketing slogan used to sell cars. From its earliest ...