Nearly half a million were built over 1955-1975 in Germany and Brazil. That was the original version of Volkswagen's sporty Karmann-Ghi...
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Ford Allegro 1963 Concept
Almost as if a switch had been flipped near the end of the 1950s, American stylists dropped baroque, overly complicated and ornamented desig...
Buick's Stylish, Impractical Fastbacks
Fastback styling was something of a fad in 1940s America. It had to do with providing cars with a streamlined, aerodynamically-inspired app...
Powerful Styling: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado
The mid-to-late 1960s brought forth many competently styled American cars, but few memorably outstanding designs, in my opinion. However, o...
What Were They Thinking?: Type 34 Karmann-Ghia
"Styled by Ghia's Sergio Sartorelli with assistance from American Tom Tjaarda" is how this article summarizes the 1961-1969 ...
Ford's Funny-Face Taunus 17 M P3
Its sales greatly exceeded the previous version, states the Wikipedia entry for the German Ford Taunus 17 M P3 (built 1960-1964). That suc...
1960 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Coupé
I wrote about Chevrolet's rear-air-cooled-engine Corvair here , mentioning in passing that there was a coupé version. (For more detail...
Deutsche Pony: 1969 Capri
The market success in the USA of the Ford Mustang and competing brands' "pony cars" (a real mustang is a wild horse) led ...
The Exciting 1962 Corvair Monza GT Concept Car
The Corvair was a "compact" (USA terminology) car marketed by Chevrolet for model years 1960-69. Unusual features (again, for t...