Autos
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Saab’s first car, the 1949 Saab 92, had a 0.30 drag coefficient and every early one was painted dark green
Saab built airplanes before it built a single car. Its first production model, the Saab 92, carried that background in its shape. It slipped through…
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Michèle Mouton won Pikes Peak in 1985 in an Audi Sport Quattro and set a record time doing it
On July 13, 1985, Michèle Mouton drove an Audi Sport quattro to the top of the mountain in 11 minutes, 25.39 seconds. That made the…
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7 Continentals so rare they rarely turn up at auction
The first Lincoln Continental cabriolet began as one man’s vacation car. Edsel Ford wanted something European in feel for a trip in March 1939, and…
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7 Pontiacs worth more than most owners realize
In December 2023, a 1957 Pontiac convertible that would not even start sold for $78,645. It had sat for at least 10 years, and its…
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Edsel’s 1958 Teletouch put the automatic’s push buttons in the steering wheel hub, where the horn button sat
Most automatics of the late 1950s shifted with a lever on the column. The 1958 Edsel did it differently. Its Edsel Teletouch system put five…
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Clark Gable said he ran his 1949 Jaguar XK120 through a dry-lake measured mile at 124 mph
In early 1950, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars wrote a magazine piece about his favorite sports car. The car was Clark Gable’s Jaguar XK120, chassis…
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7 Power Wagons to avoid before buying one
Dodge put a civilian Power Wagon WDX on sale in March 1946. The name carries real weight with truck buyers to this day. The postwar…
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9 forgotten cars from the muscle-car era pure driving fans still seek
Ford’s Galaxie 7-Litre arrived for 1966 with a 428-cubic-inch V8 and power disc brakes as standard, yet it rarely comes up when people talk about…
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7 rare luxury cars executed without compromise
The Bugatti Type 41 Royale went on sale with a basic chassis price of $30,000, just as the Great Depression began. Only three found outside…
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8 forgotten Alfa Romeos that outran everything in their class
Alfa Romeo once sold a family sedan with the line “The family car that wins races.” That attitude ran straight into the Alfa Romeo Giulietta…
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