Car Spot: 1960 Jeep Surry

The DJ-3A Dispatcher finds another niche It all began at a resort in Acapulco named the Las Brisas, featuring luxury rooms built into the hillside but without elevators. So they needed to get the guests up the winding roads to their room and utilized up to 50 of the DJ-3A Jeeps (flat fender Jeeps) like... Continue Reading →

Car Spot: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda

The first barrage in the pony car wars ... Ford and Plymouth were in a race to be the first to enter the pony car era and to get there they were using off-the-shelf stuff. Ford, the Falcon, and Plymouth the tried and true Valiant, Chrysler’s A-body, and while it shared a great majority of... Continue Reading →

Car Spot: 1987 Jeep Comanche

A small pickup before they were cool ... I wasn't sure if it was on my dime or Jeep's when I received an email almost five years ago this past week inviting me to a media event in California introducing the new Jeep Gladiator (JT). I was just giddy to find out they were paying... Continue Reading →

Car Spot: 1968 Oldsmobile 442 Mod Rod Concept

A car that fit right in with the movement ... Chances are if you're reading this, like me you remember the late 1960s. It was a time when much of my generation was protesting and trying to find its own way. Not me of course, I was more interested in cars. Car marketers knew that... Continue Reading →

Car Spot: Man with The Golden Gun 74 AMC Hornet

The most famous hatchback built in 1974 Not having the same mega budgets that General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler left scrappy little American Motors scrambling for attention. In 1974, they scrapped together 5 Million bucks for one of the biggest PR coops in automotive history by getting its car placed in the newest Bond film,... Continue Reading →

Car Spot: 1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk

Studebaker was already on the ropes when it launched the stunning Golden Hawk. Thank goodness some have been restored to show off their beauty.

Car Spot: 1966 Tuxedo Park Mark IV Jeep

Jeep goes for the younger urban crowd I've been a Jeep guy beginning in the late 70's when I had a SJ Cherokee Chief as a news car. Went even deeper when my dad was working at American Motors and they bought Jeep in 1970. I thought I knew all the special editions until my... Continue Reading →

Car Spot: Tesla Cybertruck

Electric futuristic Cybertruck flip your switch? Here's what we learned in Chicago.

Car Spot: 89 Pontiac Trans Am Pace Car

20th Anniversary Special Before the Indianapolis Motor Speedway made the Corvette its official Indy Pace Car in 2004 there were a variety of brands that provided vehicles for the race. Pacing the 73rd Indianapolis 500 on May 28, 1989, was the 1989 Pontiac Trans Am, the subject of this week's spot. I found this example... Continue Reading →

Car Spot: Saab 9-3 Aero SportCombi 2.0T

The car Born from Jets There was a time, back when I was a boy when every family had a station wagon. I remember family trips to Washington DC, New York for the World's Fair, and Wyoming to see Yellowstone Park. I love the TV series by the way. And then they went away being... Continue Reading →

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