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1971 Cadillac Eldorado
Letters to the Editor

Peter Wilding analyzes the 1971-78 Cadillac Eldorado’s design

February 26, 2023 Steve 6

Peter Wilding wrote a thoughtful comment about our 1971-78 Cadillac Eldorado story that I don’t want to get buried in the comment thread: Late to the party here. Design analysis first. As an Aussie, I […]

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Automotive Views: Ford tries to spark sales with new top-end Lightning

February 25, 2023 Steve 0
1971 Cadillac Eldorado
Media Analysis

1971-78 Cadillac Eldorado: Collectible Automobile tells only part of the story

February 24, 2023 Steve 49

(EXPANDED FROM 4/30/2021) A big reason Collectible Automobile has survived longer than the late, great Automobile Quarterly may be because it is less — how you say — highbrow. For one thing, Collectible Automobile‘s presentation […]

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Trending Books: The amazing story of an American legend

February 19, 2023 Steve 0
1959 Oldsmobile
Current Events

Will history repeat itself by punishing automakers for their big SUV binge?

February 1, 2023 Steve 15

It’s an old trick in the U.S. auto industry to blame consumers for bad corporate behavior. Automotive News (2022) recently lent a helping hand by playing the victim card to justify the lack of improvement […]

Media Analysis

Popular Mechanics published amusingly wrong predictions about 1968 cars

January 18, 2023 Steve 1

The June 1967 issue of Popular Mechanics may have been published only a few months prior to the beginning of the 1968 model year for U.S. cars, but it had a few amusingly wrong predictions. […]

Design Notes

The 1956 Lincoln’s styling proved to be a one-year wonder

January 6, 2023 Steve 15

The 1956 Lincoln was one of the brand’s most-important postwar cars. Almost 54,000 cars left the factory — an all-time record not broken until 1966. The Ford Motor Company was clearly intending to make a […]

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Collectible Cars: If you had to choose one?

December 9, 2022 Steve 0
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Automotive Views: Ford goes for safe bets after losing billions on self-driving tech

November 4, 2022 Steve 1
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
Quotes

Halberstam: Big Three’s ‘shared monopoly’ held back innovation for years

November 4, 2022 Steve 1

“The Big Three in the auto industry stood virtually alone, possessors of what was in effect a shared monopoly, for the price of entry was too great for any start-up company. In an environment like […]

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    May 9, 2025 5
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    The 1958 Packard went too far in styling, size and pricing
    May 6, 2025 17
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    Was the 2002-5 Ford Thunderbird two-seater inspired or stupid?
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