You meet all kinds. I recently encountered an aging swinger, a well-worn scamp, an old matador, an imp that had seen better days, and a fading celebrity. But I didn’t see any people. I was looking at nameplates on old cars as I was wondering through an auto wrecker.Although car manufacturers often u …

What do the Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Pontiac LeMans and Studebaker Daytona have in common? They all have racing names – but no racing history from those legendary circuits. Since the earliest days of the automobile, hundreds of car models have been named after racing events, racing circuits or r …

The hatchback body style combines the style of a coupe or sedan with extra hauling capacity. With the rear seat is folded down there’s a larger storage area. And the large hatch opening provides easy access to the rear storage area. Think of a conventional coupe or sedan. On a hatchback version …

When the Ford Motor Company looks for names for new trucks, it often looks at its cars of the past.The newest trucks in the Ford line-up – the small Ranger and even-smaller Maverick – have names that were first used on Ford automobiles.Ford brought back the Ranger pickup truck in 2019, after an abse …

While many cars are named after the surnames of the people who created them – like Buick, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Honda, Nash, Porsche, Studebaker and many others – in a few cases, first names have been used.The most famous girl’s name ever used on a car is Mercedes. In 1899 Emil Jellinek used his 10 …

Sedans may not have the style of coupes, practicality of stations wagons or the sexiness of convertibles. But sedans have proven to be immensely popular for most of the history of the auto industry. And they certainly remain the most popular body style of cars, although in recent years – whe …