After earning his engineering degree from the University of California Berkeley, Indianapolis native Howard Marmon went straight to work at his family business, The Nordyke ...
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 ...
When Ferrari announced the much-anticipated successor to the 512 BBi at the 1984 Paris Auto Salon, onlookers were immediately struck by the dramatic Pininfarina design, ...
It was no secret that in the early 1960s, Studebaker Corporation was up against the ropes. Long-term financial troubles led to a dubious merger with ...
If someone were asked to name the greatest and most advanced car companies of the early 20th century, names like Duesenberg, Packard and Cadillac might ...
Among the myriad of American automobile manufacturers that have come and gone, there have been a few shining stars that have produced some very important, ...
Discussions of the great American automobile companies will likely include the mentions of Packard, Duesenberg, and Cadillac, while firms with illustrious histories like Marmon often ...
The annals of automotive history are rich with fascinating and eccentric characters. For every Henry Ford or Enzo Ferrari, we have dozens of other bit ...
At the 1934 edition of the New York Auto Show, Chrysler Corporation surprised onlookers with the introduction of the revolutionary Airflow series. At a time ...
Handsomely restyled for 1965 with exceptionally clean, European-influenced bodylines, the second-generation Chevrolet Corvair remains an unqualified triumph of Bill Mitchell’s legendary GM design studios. A ...
At first glance, the Cord 810/812 may not seem like it is a car born of the Great Depression. But at that time, high end manufacturers were struggling ...
While Marmon is best known for its exotic and powerful V16 that marked the swansong for the company, the Indianapolis-based marque was long-known for building ...