by Wallace Wyss - When Harley Earl was GM VP in charge of Styling (later a word replaced by "Design" as "styling" sounded too frivolous) in the Fifties, it seems he had an obsession for testing the limits of how each brand was regarded by the … [Read more...]
Design: The First Generation Mustang Could Have Looked Weird in 1965
November 10, 2021 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I am currently researching old clay model shots and have come up with some Dueseys that surprise even me, an auto writer since the '60s. Like this 1962 clay model that was one of many clays intended to be for the sporty car … [Read more...]
Another Lost Cobra Found Hiding Under the Name Ford Cougar II
October 20, 2021 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - For our purposes, the word “lost” needs to be defined. Usually, “lost” is a descriptor applied to an object that no one can find, or something that hasn’t been seen since its original reveal. But in the case of Ford’s Cougar II … [Read more...]
How a Ford Engineer Ended Up With the Dream Car He Dreamed Up
October 6, 2021 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Now you got to believe there are car enthusiasts employed by automakers. They are not all bean counters...So one of them is Chris Theodore, ex-product development head for Ford. He actually worked for several Detroit automakers … [Read more...]
Design: Looking Back At The Pininfarina Sergio Concept
July 24, 2021 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Now cars are supposed to have windscreens, right? So the Pininfarina Sergio Concept, a rare Ferrari introduced back in 2013, got away with running without a windscreen, they had the advantage of making a car look very dramatic … [Read more...]
The New Maserati Neptune: Student-Designed Wave of the Future….
June 19, 2021 By 8 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - While I'll admit that I was taken back by the radical lines of the Maserati Neptune (mostly regarding visibility) I hafta admit that it is a giant step for Maserati in that they used an existing chassis for this new … [Read more...]
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