Generally, this column focuses on the details of design and the history surrounding a specific car or manufacturer. This month we’re taking a slight detour. We’ll be off the highway for a bit, then on a dirt road that leads us to a dilapidated barn on the edge of what...
In 1954, Southern California designer Bill Miller, designed a low slung, custom sports car for himself using Packard V12 running...
Introduced in 1934, the pioneering Citroën Traction Avant was designed by André Lefèbvre and Flaminio Bertoni. With a welded unitary body and front-wheel drive, the Traction Avant, was technologically decades ahead of its competitors, but this combined with a number of manufacturing miscues nearly spelled disaster for the venerable French manufacturer....