Concept cars are not a new thing. Automakers have been building these oftentimes fanciful vehicles for many decades. These mockups are a great way for designers to explore new ideas, push styling boundaries and, of course, tease future products that are under development and under wraps. Concepts can also be a great way to gauge public interest in certain design elements or other industry trends.

The tenth generation Cadillac Eldorado proved a breath of fresh air over its long-lived and bloated predecessor. When the old car bowed out at the conclusion of 1978 it was amidst big changes in the domestic luxury car market, and indeed in the car market in general. The oversized enormous 225-inch American car had come to its end via market and regulatory pressures. 

Competition from Europe was also ever-hotter and demanded more Continental-style automobiles. To that end (and prior to screwing up its entire lineup, more on that in future) the Eldorado of 1979 was svelte and crisp, and even added a Touring Coupe trim for further European cred. Let’s see how Cadillac’s sales fared at the end of its market dominating era.

As part of the debut of the 2026 BMW iX3, we’re getting a glimpse of the updated operating system going into the brand’s “Neue Klasse” vehicles. However, the reveal didn’t just show us an upcoming model. It also serves as the death knell of the much-praised iDrive knob, which future BMW models will not receive.

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Richard Thaler, a University of Chicago scholar and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, developed what is called “behavioral economics.”

Volkswagen’s ID.4 and ID.Buzz offer more climate control flexibility than most owners realize. The stationary mode allows the HVAC system to run while parked — perfect for warming up before a winter commute or cooling down after a summer hike. Through the myVW app, owners can schedule pre-conditioning sessions, activate defrosting, or even warm seats based on timers. This functionality draws from the high-voltage battery, meaning there’s no need for an idling engine or separate auxiliary heater like in some ICE vehicles. Watch how it all works in this episode of the VWIDTalk Podcast.

A very interesting historical automotive moment came to light the other day on Twitter, and it’s right up the alley of Abandoned History. It was a short post that described a branding venture your author had never heard of. Specific to the Austrian market, the brand was called Sauber. It marketed an amalgam of domestic Nineties vehicles familiar to us all from across the Big Three. Let us venture into the Austrian importation mindset circa 1993.

When Apple aired its now-legendary “1984” ad on January 22, 1984, during a commercial break in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII, it wasn’t just as a tease for its Macintosh computer, which was unveiled two days later at a shareholder event in Cupertino. The ad also positioned Apple against IBM

In the subsequent years following the tenth generation Cadillac Eldorado’s debut in 1979, GM’s engineers and emissions regulations joined forces to mandate updates to the brand’s expensive coupe. Advancements like electronic fuel injection and more modern digital displays that were a plus balanced against negatives like a V6 engine, a diesel, the V8-6-4 failure, and 6.0-liter V8 engines that produced just 145 horsepower. The Eldorado kept selling meanwhile, and Eldorado’s adjustments through the end of its run shifted more towards trim and the illusion of “sportiness” the affluent luxury car buyer of the Eighties desired so much.

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In this thrilling video, I take a 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS for a spin, but this is no “normal” 2.5RS. This car has been taken to the next level with a crazy engine, transmission & drivetrain swap.

The tenth generation Eldorado was updated in almost every way over its predecessor, turning the model into a much more modern personal luxury coupe in 1979. Our previous two Rare Rides installments reviewed the new-for-1979 Eldorado’s sleek exterior and its interior accommodations. After its debut, American car manufacturers’ tradition dictated it would be visually updated annually to keep sales flowing, but GM had other ideas.

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The sleek and svelte tenth generation Cadillac Eldorado debuted in 1979 with a whole new exterior appearance, which we reviewed in our previous entry. As it happened, the illustrious coupe would end up one of the last nicely styled vehicles to come from GM for quite some time. Before we explore the Eldorado’s interior, we take a quick diversion to GM’s sudden change in design ethos. With new and very different leadership at the helm, it was the dawn of a new stylistic era.

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In our previous installment, Cadillac introduced the tenth generation Eldorado coupe of 1979. The new car was smaller in all dimensions, 900 pounds lighter, and wore very different styling to its predecessor. The changeup was necessary, as Eldorado ventured into a PLC market fundamentally different to the one the enormous and boaty ninth-gen Eldorado occupied between 1971 and 1978. For the second time in its history Eldorado was a clean break design, and attempted to return to the sharp angles and simple lines it wore in 1967.

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In 1979, Cadillac launched the tenth generation Eldorado into a changing car market. The Eldorado was Cadillac’s last model to downsize, after the rest of the brand bowed to the interests of fuel economy and cleaner styling in 1977. There was of course another big downsizing coming in just a few years, but nobody was focused on that yet. It was time to enjoy a thoroughly modernized, smaller, and more electronic Eldorado coupe.

In an unforgettable 2018 marketing stunt, Black Rifle Coffee Company turned an unassuming Toyota Prius into a jaw-dropping military-inspired machine.

The 1968 Ford Mustang is now on the road and doing cars things. We go for a drive and I give my impression how it drives and some looks into future plans for it and what I plan to do with it.

As we've said almost too many times over the past two weeks, it is uncertain if NASCAR will return to downtown Chicago in 2026. NASCAR drivers seemed to hope that the Chicago Street Race returns -- and so, too, did a few fans I spoke to at the race.

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