1987: Lower price Z
The on again, off again saga of the attractive Nissan Mid-4 continued. After causing such a stir at the Frankfurt show in the mid 80s, plans o produce the 4-wheel-drive 4-wheel-steer mid engined...
View Article1987: Blazer to get more doors
We all know the answer to the question: “will GM add two more passenger doors to the S-model Blazer/Jimmy SUV?” But in 1987, it was valid. Other than the possibility of higher rate suspension tuning...
View Article1987: An entrier level Saturn?
What you see here, is the vehicle reliable GM sources identified as the entry level Saturn, a bean like 3-door hatchback. The illustration was prepared from a detailed analysis by a Saturn source ans...
View Article1973: Design proposals for the original Cadillac Seville
These photos show an early Cadillac proposal, code named “LaSalle“. It was completed during the winter of 1972-73. The “La Scala” depicted below, was the alternate 1973 design. The car established...
View Article1975: Big changes for Ford’s small cars.
There were rumors afloat in 1975 that the Pinto and Mustang I would get GM-esque center pillar vents, as well as point front ends to help visually reduce the mass of their bumpers. This was to be...
View Article1987: Revealed! Chevy’s GM10
Chevrolet was the last to emerge from GM with its own version of the GM10/W-car. Engineers within GM were particularly closemouthed about the Chevrolet car due to a late flux of changes that...
View Article1987: Doing the Continental – 88′ style.
The new for 1988 the ‘big’ Lincoln set to replace the FN-9. Reportedly unseen and missing from surveillance shots of the test mules, was the Lincoln Trademark rear deck lid hump, a reminder of when...
View Article1975: Was Chevy developing a FWD minivan in the 70s?
The van craze and the miniaturization movement have both been with us for some time now, and its been obvious that sooner or later the two would meet. Chevrolet would be the first Detroit automaker to...
View Article1975: Lincoln’s Seville?
Cadillac had the Seville, Lincoln had the…..the what? It was probably a safe bet that Lincoln was working on a car to counter Caddy’s so called “international sized” sedan. The Zephyr was only...
View Article2001: 11th Olds and first SUV to pace the Indy 500
PRESS RELEASE: March 8, 2001 DETROIT – Oldsmobile’s 2002 Bravada will go where no SUV has gone before when it paces the 85th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27, 2001. The all-new Bravada is the...
View Article1975: Granada and Monarch wagons?
One of the most persistent rumors of the mid-late 70s was of a forthcoming Granada and Monarch station wagon. With Chrysler’s introduction of its Aspen and Volare wagon, Ford could not afford to wait...
View Article1975: Pacer Pace Car?
Although it never happened, the idea of a Pacer Indianapolis 500 Pace car was brilliant. Then name made it a natural, and after all, wouldn’t an American Motors car be appropriate for the Indy being...
View Article1975: Out of the Ashes?
In late 1975,Pontiac showed a rather interesting version of their Ventura compact, called the Phoenix. The Phoenix was, in essence, a plastic Ventura. The car used plastic for all major body panels,...
View Article1988: GEO – GM’s plans
The Geo badge, used a squat image of the western hemisphere to form the letter o, joined Saturn as GM’s latest new light in the General Motors marque marquee. It was intended to be an umbrella...
View Article1975: Ford trades with Honda
Rumor was that Ford, was preparing a spinoff of the Honda Civic, as a mid year 1976 entry. THe Honda-Pinto, or “Honto” was the first major step in the Honda-Ford “association”, in which Ford was to...
View Article1988: The sleek look of Lexus
Even though Lexus models didn’t roll into showrooms until late 1989, Toyota released this preliminary rendering of the car destined to stand as the flagship of its ‘then’ new luxo-division, in mid
View Article1988: Ford was Exploring a four door Bronco II
The 4-door SUV market was heating up quickly in the late 80’s. Ford, undaunted by the mammoth sales success of Chrysler’s Jeep Cherokee, was putting final touches on a Bronco II with two extra doors....
View Article1988: Fiero’s plug gets pulled
In a statement issued March 1 1988, Pontiac announced it would stop production of the Fiero in August. Failing sales and a recall of all 1984 Fiero’s (125,000) to correct conditions that might have...
View Article1988: F-Body Illustrated
Pontiac sources claimed that the Banshee concept car was a prelude to the fourth generation Firebird, thee conceptions show how a production trim Firebird T/A and the Camaro Z28 could have appeared....
View Article1988: Could this have been the 1990 Escort?
Should Ford have replaced the Escort subcompact and Mercury the Mazda inspired Tracer with a form of this car? Uh, yeah! The vehicle was code named the CT20, and talk was this was the replacement for...
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