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Close-up of a jet-age 1957 Cadillac dashboard with a chrome ribbon speedometer and pushbutton controls
Car Features

Luxury Car Dashboard Design Through the Decades

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1956 Continental Mark II hardtop coupe showing clean restrained styling and the subtle spare-tire trunk hump
History & Heritage

Eldorado vs Continental Mark II: The Personal Luxury Coupe Duel

Sarah Whitfield · · 5 min
Turquoise 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air outside a neon lit diner at dusk
Car Features

Why the Bel Air Defines 1950s America

Sarah Whitfield · · 7 min
1932 Packard Twelve with senior coachwork showing its ox-yoke grille and long hood
History & Heritage

Packard's Rise to America's Premier Prewar Luxury Marque

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1930 Cadillac V16 engine — ornate porcelain and chrome sixteen-cylinder detail
History & Heritage

Cadillac V16 and V12 vs Lincoln Zephyr and K-Series

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1976 Lincoln Continental Mark IV with heavy federal bumpers, vinyl roof and opera windows, a malaise-era luxury car after chrome fell away
Car Features

The Death of Chrome: How the Malaise Era Changed Luxury Design

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1930 Cadillac V16 Fleetwood dual-cowl phaeton — pre-war showpiece on concours lawn
History & Heritage

Cadillac's Rise to GM's Flagship Marque

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Late 1990s Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage side by side on a concours lawn
History & Heritage

1998: How BMW and Volkswagen Finally Split Rolls-Royce and Bentley for Good

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Bronze earth tone Oldsmobile Cutlass Colonnade coupe with vinyl roof outside a brick building
Car Features

Colonnade Cutlass Colors

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
1946 American sedan on a post-war dealership showroom floor
Car Features

Cars of the 1940s: The Pre-War Tail and the Wartime Pause

Nora Beckett · · 8 min
Burnt orange 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Colonnade coupe with fixed pillar roof
Car Features

The Colonnade Roofline and Federal Rules

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min