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Packard tried to stay relevant with the 1955 Caribbean and nearly pulled it off
The 1955 Packard Caribbean arrived as a last, almost desperate attempt to prove that Packard still belonged at the top of the American luxury market.…
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Nothing about the 1963 Studebaker Avanti made sense and that’s why it worked
The 1963 Studebaker Avanti arrived as a last-ditch rescue plan for a struggling independent automaker and promptly ignored almost every rule of Detroit common sense.…
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Somewhere between luxury and excess the 1957 Chrysler 300C decided to do both
The 1957 Chrysler 300C arrived at a moment when American cars were growing longer, lower, and louder, yet few managed to fuse genuine luxury with…
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The 1971 Riviera Boattail was designed to be remembered instantly
The 1971 Buick Riviera arrived with a shape that refused to fade into the background. Its “boat-tail” rear end, tapering like the hull of a…
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A 1966 Mustang Fastback still feels right no matter the era
The 1966 Mustang Fastback occupies a rare space in car culture. It is old enough to be iconic, yet it still feels instantly usable, intuitive…
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Ford’s 1963 Galaxie 500 XL made space feel fast
The 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL arrived at the height of the space race, with a name that promised orbit and a body that looked…
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The 1959 Chevrolet Brookwood turned practicality into something memorable
The 1959 Chevrolet Brookwood was never meant to be a halo car. It was the wagon that took kids to school, hauled plywood on weekends,…
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The 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint hinted at what was coming next
The 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint arrived as a compact coupe with a new sense of purpose, taking a sensible economy car platform and giving it…
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The 1956 Packard Patrician tried to hold onto something slipping away
The 1956 Packard Patrician arrived as a confident, chrome-laden flagship just as its maker was running out of road. It carried new engineering, modern luxury…
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Chrysler’s 1963 Turbine Car sounded like the future and almost was
The Chrysler Turbine Car did not just sound like the future. For a brief moment in the early 1960s, it put jet technology in American…
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