Automotive History Central: Portal To All Of Them Here
Many new Automotive Histories as well as updated and expanded versions of many of these articles below are at the author’s new Curbside Classic site here]
Industry
Detroit Deathwatch – The Prequel (Part 1: 1950s-1960s)
Detroit Deatwatch – The Prequel (Part 2: 1970’s)
Detroit Deathwatch – The Prequel (Part 3: 1980’s)
GM
Those Amazing Psychedelic Pontiac Ads by Fitzpatrick and Kaufman
Wild and Garish Cadillac V16 Concepts From the Sixties
Those Deadly-Glamorous Seville Conversions
The Cars of Bob Lutz: A Gallery of Winners and Losers
The Story Behind The Best Bob Lutz Photo Ever
GM’s Suburbans: Celebrating 75 Years of Myth and Reality
Chevrolet Veraneio: Brazil’s Own Suburban
In Praise of the ’55-’57 Chevy
Stunning Corvair Concepts by Pininfarina, Bertone and GM
Cadillac’s OHC V12 Engine That Was Almost Built
Pontiac – Part 1: 1926 – 1970 (2010)
GM’s Branding Fiasco: Buick (Updated 2010)
GM’ Branding Fiasco Part 1: Sloan’s Vision Betrayed (2007)
GM’s Branding Fiasco Part 2: Chevrolet’s ADD (2007)
GM’s Branding Fiasco Part 3: Pontiac Only Lived Twice (2007)
GM’s Branding Fiasco Part 4: Oldsmobile Pegs Out (2007)
GM’s Branding Fiasco Part 5: Buick, Fading Fast (2007)
GM’s Branding Fiasco Part 6: Cadillac Falls Down (2007)
GM Deathwatch 2752: Mistakes from the 1940s-1950s
Ford
1972 Ford Carousel Concept: The Minivan’s True Father?
Ford’s Déjà Vu Moment, Part 1 (re: Donald Petersen/1981 crisis)
Chrysler
The Truth About Why Chrysler Destroyed The Turbine Cars
Book Review: Chrysler’s Turbine Car – The Rise And Fall Of Detroit’s Coolest Creation
Hemi Love: A Personal Retrospective on the Hemi
Other US Makes
Germany
VW Kübelwagen and Schwimmwagen
VW’s Stillborn Big Wide Car: The AmiWagen (EA128)
1949 DKW Schnellaster: The Mother of all Minivans?
Mercedes 207D and other Vintage MB Vans, Small Buses and Campers
Tempo Boy – Three Wheeled Trucks And World Speed Record Holder
England
Bristol Coupes: The Ultimate Living Dinosaurs
The Jenson-Built Austin A40 and other Austins of the Fifites
France
1968 Quasar Unipower: The Rolling Glass Cube
Italy
Ferrari Pinin: The Four Door Ferrari That Was Almost Built
Czechoslovakia
Tatra T613 and T700: The Ultimate Rear-Engined Sedans
Japan
TTAC Celebrates Forty Years of the Corolla
Honda’s Wild 9000RPM Mid-Engine 1963 T360/T500 Pickup
Subaru: The Scrappiest Car Maker Ever?
Vintage Subaru 360 TV Ads And Promo Film
Technology
Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 1
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Paul. Good job, keep them coming. You and your boss Ed, plus all the other contributors are doing a great job. And happy mothers day to all you muthas.
This is a great part of TTAC. Why is it not being updated?