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Amphicar owners have been quoted to say, "It's not a good car and it's not a good boat, but it does just fine" and "We like to think of it as the fastest car on the water and fastest boat on the road." Guess what else they've said about owning an Amphicar?
November 9, 2009 marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and if any of you have been watching some of the recent documentaries to celebrate the event, you may have noticed a particular little car keep showing up.
The Lincoln, known for it's grand styling and quality construction, its no wonder that it was used by 5 US presidents as their official automobile.
You just don't see new cars with hood ornaments anymore. They used to serve many purposes once upon a time, and it wasn't just to adorn or compliment the hood of a car.
From its beginning, Packard built vehicles were perceived as quality, high-priced, luxury American automobiles. The company was commonly referred to as being one of America's motor royalty - a title that still rings true today.
General Motors has been given a royal bashing in the papers, on the news and around the dinner table at night, and deservedly so. But General Motors wasn’t always this bad, in fact from 1920 to well into the 1970’s many folks wanted a GM model car in their garage; and that still hasn’t changed. Whether it’s Pontiac’s GTO and Firebird, Chevrolet’s Corvette or Cadillac, Buick’s Rivie…
General Motors started out in 1908 as a holding company for Buick. One hundred years later, over nine million General Motors cars and trucks are being produced globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall.
Most folks have never heard of the Bantam Motor Car, but it deserves a special place in the automotive history books.
Maybach became established as a luxury brand which exploits all technological possibilities to the fullest. Their cars would not be cars for the common man, but for those of great wealth and discriminating taste.
The history of the Crosley is one of those stories that owners love to tell, and they tell it often because curious folks can't help but ask, "what kind of car is that".
With diminishing oil supplies and fuel rationing in the 1950's, gas guzzling cars that the British public once loved were now being replaced by the German "Bubble Car" as the new transportation choice. British car makers had a big job to perform to win their customers back. And they did it with the Mini.
The Isotta Fraschini automobile was a product of two Italian master craftsman. Driving one of these rolling works of art was a true sign that you had significant financial wealth or celebrity.
During WWII, American soldiers stationed in England became very fond of British roadsters, one in particular was the MG. Upon their return, there was nothing back in the US that had the same sporty handling. It didn't take too long until the MG found it's way onto US roadways.
In our opinion, French automotive styling and engineering has never received the recognition it deserves for the contribution early pioneers made to the industry, especially the Avions Voisin.
How does a car company that started out making three wheeled delivery vehicles, evolve into producing one of the fastest sports cars around? You're about to find out.
In 1909, Ettore Bugatti began producing cars instead of art like the rest of his family. But to the car enthusiast, a Bugatti is a work of art.
The Edsel, was it the wrong car at the wrong time, was it too big when small was in, or was the name just too strange to be a luxury car. It was all of those and more.
The Duesenberg, was it a race car or a luxury car? Actually, it was both.
How to do take a horse drawn carriage and make it into a horseless carriage? It's not as easy as one might think.
This Moon Car wasn’t designed by NASA, it was built by Joseph Moon back in 1906 and was known affectionately as the "The Ideal American Car"; a name that it well deserved.
When the stock market goes into a nose dive and the economy is in a crisis, auto makers should not make the same mistakes the Hupp brothers.
It was the genius and initiative of Louis Renault that makes this marque the oldest surviving French auto company, and well known for numerous revolutionary designs, security technologies, and motor racing.
When most car folks hear the name Sunbeam, the first model that may come to mind is the 1967 Tiger. But this little car maker broke land speed records and won Grand Prix races.
Under the orders of Adolf Hitler, the VW Beetle was initially designed to provide cheap transport for the hard working German masses.
