Luxury Cars
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How Packard’s 1955 Torsion-Level ride linked front and rear wheels and leveled itself with an electric motor
For 1955, Packard gave its big cars a suspension built on torsion bars instead of coil springs. Packard Torsion-Level ride used long torsion bars that…
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6 Packard engines from the 1916 Twin Six V12 to the 310-hp 374 V8 in the 1956 Caribbean
Packard engines tell the story of the company in six steps, from a World War I-era V12 to the twin-carburetor V8 of its Caribbean convertible.…
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Rolls-Royce built just 18 Phantom IVs, and one of them was a factory pickup truck
The Rolls-Royce Phantom IV was a car almost nobody could buy, and its customer list reads like a guest list for a coronation. Rolls-Royce says…
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Cadillac flew Allanté bodies 56 at a time from Turin to Detroit aboard Boeing 747s
The Cadillac Allanté was a two-seat luxury roadster with an Italian body and a Detroit chassis. To join the two, Cadillac’s Allanté Air Bridge flew…
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Cadillac built just 532 Eldorados for 1953, and one carried Eisenhower in his inaugural parade
The 1953 Cadillac Eldorado was a coach-built convertible with a top that folded completely out of sight, and the factory records count just 532 of…
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8 American cars that offered factory air suspension for 1958, from Chevy’s Level Air to Ford-Aire
For one model year, Detroit tried to put cars on air. In 1958, every General Motors division, plus Ford, Mercury and American Motors, offered 1958…
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8 Cadillac V8 displacements from the 1949 331 to the 1980 368
Cadillac launched its overhead-valve V8 for 1949 at 331 cubic inches. Over the next three decades, Cadillac V8 displacements grew in steps to 500 cubic…
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Only about 320 Jensen FFs were built, and every one had four-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes in 1966
The Jensen FF was a British grand tourer that combined four-wheel drive with anti-lock brakes. Jensen Motors built it in West Bromwich, England, from 1966…
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7 Facel Vega models from a 10-year run that built 490 HK500s but only 26 Facel 6s
Facel Vega built French grand tourers with American V8 power, and it did so for only about 10 years. In that time the company made…
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Why Pierce-Arrow put its headlights in the fenders
Pierce-Arrow headlights sit in the tops of the front fenders, and that one design choice became the Buffalo company’s trademark. The company introduced the fender…
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