GM’s 1956 Vision of the Self-Driving Car of the Future
I’d not seen this one before. To say things have changed would be an understatement to the extreme.
Design of the 1963 “Full-Sized” Ford
”For the man who wants everything—The ’63-1/2 Super Torque Ford Sports Hardtop.“
Tribute to Bernie Smith 1929–2023
Fond memories.
Part II: Design of the Ford Falcon
It was quickly obvious that McNamara was the smartest guy in the room.
Part I: Predecessors to the Ford Falcon
The Ford Falcon was preceded by 30-years of attempts to develop a car smaller than what Ford was already producing.
Ford’s Levacar Mach 1
Ford’s answer to Michigan’s potholes.
Lincoln Sentinal
The Sentinel was savaged by the American automotive press, but the Europeans loved it; its design received multiple awards.
Rare Cyclopes
What about the rare Cyclopes models about which even the elder and well-informed enthusiasts may not have heard?
Ford’s First Automatic Transmission
What could possibly go wrong?
Guindon’s Detroit
An ’80s collection of Guindon’s cartoons from the Detroit Free Press.
Growing Up in a Car Guy Family
Stories by Bruce Troxell
A Tribute to Genius—Soviet Aircraft Designer Igor Sokerov
All the world is familiar with Igor Sokerov’s more famous aircraft—the ones that flew. By Stan Mott.
Corvair Spyder GT?
What is a Corvair Spyder GT?
Brooks Stevens‘s radical plan to save Studebaker
Brooks Stevens believed he could turn Studebaker around.
Harry Bradley’s Corvettes from Corvette News, 09/82
Three of Harry Bradley’s future Corvette illustrations.
Hideo Kodama Rendering Seminar
Published in Car Styling, Issue 6, April 1974.
Ford’s Contribution to Chrysler’s Turbine Car
The Chrysler Turbine Car’s design was heavily influenced by ex-Ford designers.
The Lincoln XL-500 (Phantom)
Possibly the only show car that ever destroyed a restaurant.
King Kong Cub
Exclusive, Mindboggling, Scaled-up Giant J-3 by Robert Cumberford and Stan Mott
Ford’s X-100 (aka Continental 195X)
The X-100 is easily Ford’s most important concept car—and it was distinctly a Ford product.
John Gable—GM Designer and Fine Artist
Featured Designer and Artist, John (Jack) Gable
The Ford Mexico
Alex Tremulis told Mr. Ford he needed a zero-lift car to fix the T-bird lift problem.
NDI-Nissan Design International
The story of NDI published in Car Styling, September 1989.
Alex Tremulis, Fortune Teller
The Story of Alex Tremulis and Ford’s Gyron.