If you think the words “aerodynamically designed” apply only to cars manufactured during the last several years, we respectfully submit Exhibit A, the 1938 Lincoln Zephyr. The Zephyr proves once again that few of today’s ideas are truly new. It was considered the slickest of the sleek back in the late 1930s, and no one [...]
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The Audi 100, introduced in the States as the 5000, will go down in history as the car that made unintended acceleration famous. Yet this wrongly maligned automobile did at least as much for design as it did for the bank balances of the nation’s attorneys. Back when the 100 was unveiled, the world had [...]
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