There were thousands of start-up automakers that made only a handful of cars, but the one most know is Tucker. Many believe he was put out of business by the “Big Three” of GM, Ford and Chrysler – but that likely isn’t what happened.Preston Tucker planned to build an all-new …

More than half a century ago Dodge introduced the Challenger – and it remains one of the hottest cars on the market. The Challenger was brought out in the fall of 1969 as a 1970 model.Dodge was a latecomer to the pony car race. The Ford Mustang launched the segment in the spring of 1964, and it wasn …

Photographs courtesy Mary Kay Inc.Whether online or at a show, if there’s a pink 1950s Cadillac, someone will say, “Must be a Mary Kay car.” And that’s a logical assumption, given how the cosmetics company famously awards pink cars to its top salespeople. But unless it’s a new vehicle, it like …

The 1950s and 1960s were the best years for convertibles.This was the era when convertibles were eye-catching, glamorous, exotic, expensive cars. With the top down, the sun out, the wind blowing, there was romance in driving a convertible. They were associated with fun, not function. Convertibles we …

There’s no question that the most famous 1969 Dodge Charger of all time was an orange one driven by Bo and Luke Duke as The Dukes of Hazzard. And everyone knows it was based on an actual car that had earned its keep as a moonshine runner. But there’s lots of fiction there. The real car wasn’t orang …

Car companies spend millions of dollars on research, focus groups, surveys and consultants to come up with just the right names for new cars. But it turns out that studying maps has also been an effective way to come up with names for vehicles.A roadmap of the U.S.A. has been the inspiration fo …