To: James D. Farley, Jr., president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Co. Why would I advise that Ford buy DeTomaso? Last time in the early '70s it didn't go too well. The car--the Pantera--was flawed. Ford even had to go visit the first 100 … [Read more...]
Open Letter to Jim Farley, CEO of Ford: Ford Should Buy DeTomaso (Again)
March 13, 2021 By 3 Comments
Cadillac CT5 – A Super Sleeper
March 11, 2021 By 4 Comments
America's Answer to Audi, BMW and Mercedes. by Wallace Wyss - The Cadillac CT5 arrived last year as a replacement for Cadillac's previous midsize luxury sedan, the CTS. You could say this 5-seater car is aimed at German car buyers - those who … [Read more...]
Design History: 2004 Chevrolet Nomad Concept
March 9, 2021 By 8 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Oh I remember the original Nomad--the '55,'56 and '57--but somehow this attempt to bring it back eluded me. Actually the '54 Nomad concept had a Corvette front end, but the production car was regular Chevy, using only the show … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Ultimate Book of the Porsche 356
March 8, 2021 By 3 Comments
Review by Wallace Wyss - Title: The Ultimate Book of the Porsche 356 Sub-title: Catalogue Raisonné Author: Brian Long Publisher: Veloce Publishing Published: November 2019 ISBN: 978-1-787112-13-1 Print run: Limited to 356 hand numbered … [Read more...]
Concepts: 1997 Pontiac Rageous
March 3, 2021 By 2 Comments
Maybe it was the name...a 1987 Pontiac Show Car that (thankfully) rushed into Obscurity. by Wallace Wyss - Whenever I see pictures of a Detroit concept car from decades ago that I never saw before, I do a double take. How could it have … [Read more...]
Concepts: The 1966 Pontiac Banshee XP-798
March 2, 2021 By 4 Comments
The GM show car that never was (shown). by Wallace Wyss - There are, in industry, rivalries. One that I remember was in 1966, when an old line exec, Ed Cole, resentful of youthful side-burned John Z. DeLorean sought to pull the rug out … [Read more...]
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