America’s Sport Custom Production Car I had no idea who Howard “Dutch” Darrin was, as I pedaled my Schwinn Sting Ray...
The BMW 507 is frequently cited as one of the most beautifully designed cars regardless of era, origin or classification. Designer...
Cleverly Proportioned & Intuitively Perfect Let’s be clear about one thing. The Shelby Cobra is one of the most iconic sports cars of all time. Since its release, the Cobra’s popularity has continued in version after version, as kit cars, “continuation cars” and tribute cars. Both Ford and Shelby have...
We’ve seen visions of the future before. Cars that can fly, jet-powered cars, atomic-powered cars, robotics within cars, and a...
Studebaker was an innovative company. In the pre-war years, it built some of the finest and most elegant art deco...
OK sports car fans. Put on your post-war, European history caps. What 1950s coachbuilt aluminum-bodied, twin-cam, two- and three-liter exotic sports car set speed records, raced and showed in the finest salons, winning the hearts of wealthy enthusiasts, press and aspiring kids worldwide? Here’s a hint. The company (launched in...
While you might think this article is going to address the Chrysler Norsman, we are instead going deep sea diving,...
The 1953 Turin Auto Show must have been quite a sight. It presented cars of what would become a landmark...
Throughout the 1950s, American automobile manufacturers developed some of the most extravagant concept cars. While many of these efforts were styling exercises and prototypes, a great many were visionary, featuring futuristic (if not dream-like) scenarios including self-driving cars, flying and nuclear-powered cars. With enormous resources behind them, car designers had...
It’s hard to imagine any scene from “Americana” that does not include a wood-bodied station wagon. Not only were wood...
Among car collectors, enthusiasts, even kids who’ve yet to master driving, the Chevrolet Corvette needs no introduction. Introduced in 1953,...
In 1962 the worlds of fashion, design and cultural norms were changing faster than we were sending a man to the moon. Television was in more than 90 percent of all American homes. We welcomed the dashing and hatless John F. Kennedy and the European-influenced First Lady Jackie into the...
The Ghia 450 SS challenge arrived at Ghia studios as one of the first assignments offered to their newest employee,...
We’re all creatures of water. Millions of years ago we emerged from a boiling primordial stew as multi-cell organisms, evolved...
The Earth is round. These days we say this with reasonable certainty (thanks in part to space travel) and considerably less caution than 500 years ago when it might have gotten our heads cut off. Strangely, all that planetary curvature has a big impact on everything we see. Even the...
My Top Ten list changes every year. I know what I like, but once in a while new cars creep...
Every car guy, collector and car designer knows the two major categories that separate car designs—Pre-war and Post-war. Pre-war cars...
When people hear I am a car designer, questions come up: “What is your favorite car?” “What car do you drive? “What makes a car beautiful and how come cars are not as pretty as they used to be?” The first questions are easy to answer. The last one, a...
Car design has been a key part of automotive history since the very first series of carriages was built for...
No More Content
