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Great Cars Hits the Road

Remember your first car? No, no, not the one you could afford, but the one you noticed, the one you couldn’t take your eyes off of, the one you wished you could afford, the one that made you feel good, the one everyone turned to look at – that cool great car.

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by Michael Rose
Studebaker had a great idea -- a station wagon with a sliding roof panel. This made the vehicle a semi-pick up truck or closed wagon. A versatile feature that never caught on but this promo shows that it could be useful for carting a giraffe or a gaggle of Girl Scouts. Of course, if you did that today, the police would haul you off for public endangerment. What were we thinking?


by Michael Rose
The 1963 Lark boasted disc brakes, a built-in lighted vanity mirror in the glove box and contemporary styling at an affordable price. Studebaker turned to Zsa Zsa Gabor to pitch this somewhat exotic, nearly compact car. Like her marriages -- the company didn't last much longer after she got involved.


by Michael Rose
Stuttgart -- Porsche has combed its massive archives and created a 2 1/2-hour film "The Porsche Way", that presents its entire history from the early years up to the present day.

Starting with the life of Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche, the film unfolds in eight chapters on the development of the famous sports car manufacturer, proceeding from one decade to the next. "This is the first time that a car maker is presented so exhaustively on a DVD", says Dieter Landenberger, the Director of the Porsche Archives.


Los Angeles, Calif – The Concorso Italiano, part of the auto hobby’s full immersion Monterey weekend, announced today that it will present its annual “La Bella Macchina” award to late-night host and a...
Car commercials helped to shape how we thought about our way of life. They gave us hope, told us what we should aspire to become, who we were, showed us where we wanted to go and told us...
In the 1950s American parents were afraid that their darling youngens would choose a life of fast cars, sex and dangerous living among the hot rod set.Movie makers were quick to exploit ...


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Carmel, CA -- Two Steve McQueen bikes and “The King of Cool’s” international driver’s license took top spots Saturday, May 9, 2009 as auctioneers Bo...
Bill PerryBill Perry, Rolan “Jeep” Worthan and Henry “Smokey” Yunick will be inducted into the SEMA Hall of Fame, an elite group of industry innovator...
Features
A visitor to the Jaguar factory in Coventry gets a treat when he's offered a spin in a brand new Jaguar E-Type. We forget how revolutionar...
In 1955, America was in a tizzy about teenage rebellion and Hollywood had a newly minted spokesperson who could explain the angst contagio...
New Products
Minneapolis, Minn. – When Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were assassinated in their driveway in the pre-dawn hours of March 16, 1988, the salaci...
Irvine, Calif.– Some car guys like their vinyl, rubber and plastic trim to have eye-popping, glistening shine. Others prefer a deep natural luster. On...
Tips
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the weather warms up, the open road invites us to jump in our vehicles, roll down the windows and turn up the radio....
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A driver with severely under-inflated tires can spend $800 more per year on fuel than necessary, according to E...
History
Dave Garroway, first host of NBC's Today Show, was tapped by Chevrolet to lend his presence to this promotional film announcing the intr...
Remember when Pontiac meant, "excitement?" This clip makes the thought of the demise of this once hot brand all the more painful. Even t...
Reviews
The Third-generation Mercedes-Benz CL-class more than lives up to its alpha-iconic name, in fact it overpowers it. The German automaker chos...
Jeep Grand Cherokee began with a crash in 1992 when then-Chrysler president Robert Lutz made a grand entrance at the Detroit Auto Show by dr...

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