The Pre-War Opel Admiral: An Interesting Mélange

General Motors took over the German automobile builder Opel around 1930.  In 1937, GM established a design studio at Opel, part of the staf...

Airflows, Large and Smaller

Chrysler Corporation's aerodynamically-influenced Airflow body design was a marketplace failure.  Despite that, it was highly influentia...

How "Pregnant" was the 1929 Buick?

Once Harley Earl had been hired as General Motors' styling director, an early major project was to produce a design for the forthcoming...

1934 Chrysler Airflow Grille Up Close

Unsuccessful sales-wise in its day, the Chrysler Corporation Airflow continues to fascinate the design community, and not just automobile ...

Market Hierarchy-Based Trim Variations: 1950s USA

I touched on the matter here , and am now expanding on it.  Many automobile models have variations in price and prestige.  For example, my ...

Chrysler's German Engineered, American Styled Crossfire

During the DaimlerChrysler AG era there were efforts made -- some strong, others not -- to share parts and engineering design between the Ge...