Autos
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7 forgotten Thunderbirds years ahead of the competition
Ford sold 92,843 Thunderbirds in 1960, and a buyer who chose the 1960 Thunderbird hardtop could order a manually operated sunroof. Even so, that small…
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7 Studebakers that almost no one has seen
The Studebaker Big Six arrived in 1918 with a 354-cubic-inch six and a price that put it in Buick territory. It helped establish Studebaker as…
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8 vans quietly proving impossible to wear out
A junkyard in San Jose, California, once held a 1991 Chevrolet Astro cargo van with 425,127 miles on the odometer. It had spent most of…
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Jean Rondeau won Le Mans in 1980 in a car of his own make, two laps ahead of Jacky Ickx’s Porsche
Jean Rondeau won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 1980 driving a car that carried his own name. The Rondeau M379B finished two…
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8 Mercury models we’d quietly rank among the best
The Mercury Monterey arrived in 1950 as the top two-door in Mercury’s lineup. Six decades later, on January 4, 2011, the last Grand Marquis rolled…
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7 European sports cars that sold for far more than anyone expected
Every big car sale starts with a number printed in the catalog. The auction estimate is the house’s best guess at what a car will…
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9 Cadillacs that never seemed to quit
Cadillac built 92,554 cars in 1949, and 55,643 of them were the Cadillac Series 62. That one line tells you how much of the brand…
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Toyota’s five Woodland concepts for SEMA lift a RAV4 plug-in hybrid, a Sienna and an electric bZ
Toyota is taking five Toyota Woodland concepts to the 2026 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and none of them is a pickup. The list runs…
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Studebaker’s 1963 Wagonaire had a rear roof that slid forward so it could carry tall loads
The Studebaker Wagonaire looked like an ordinary Lark station wagon from the curb. Then the owner pushed the rear section of the roof forward, and…
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8 Yamaha motorcycles that quietly became icons
Yamaha built nothing but two-strokes from its founding in 1955 until the Yamaha XS-1 arrived for 1970. That one twin opened a door, and the…
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