If our expectations for the new Maserati seem unduly high, blame the Ghibli. In fact, blame the Ghibli for completely warping our standards for automotive aesthetics since most cars sitting next to one look like cinder blocks. It isn’t their fault.The Italians routinely get away with design murder because they can’t be bothered with temporal [...]
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How do you follow a warm, cuddly leg end like the Beetle? Volkswagen wisely decided on something completely different. Herbie the Love Bug was replaced by a businesslike, front-engined, front-drive, water-cooled sedan that looked like a stylized shoe box. Indeed the Golf, known as the Rabbit on our shores, was a bona-fide member of the [...]
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