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The Past Lane: Big Three Small Cars Unlikely? “Doubtful” said news outlets
HISTORY Larry Printz 3/28/25 HISTORY Larry Printz 3/28/25

The Past Lane: Big Three Small Cars Unlikely? “Doubtful” said news outlets

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10 Hybrids That Helped Pave the Road to Popularity
HISTORY Larry Printz 11/19/24 HISTORY Larry Printz 11/19/24

10 Hybrids That Helped Pave the Road to Popularity

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10 Pickups You May Have Forgotten About
HISTORY Larry Printz 10/3/24 HISTORY Larry Printz 10/3/24

10 Pickups You May Have Forgotten About

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The 1963 Ford Cardinal—too radical for America
HISTORY Larry Printz 9/26/24 HISTORY Larry Printz 9/26/24

The 1963 Ford Cardinal—too radical for America

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GM’s Powerama Celebrated All Things Diesel
HISTORY Larry Printz 9/13/24 HISTORY Larry Printz 9/13/24

GM’s Powerama Celebrated All Things Diesel

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Car-Toons: Animated Auto Ads through the Years
HISTORY Larry Printz 8/30/24 HISTORY Larry Printz 8/30/24

Car-Toons: Animated Auto Ads through the Years

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The Birth of a High-Performance Chrysler
HISTORY Larry Printz 2/10/24 HISTORY Larry Printz 2/10/24

The Birth of a High-Performance Chrysler

It’s the early 1950s, and sports cars are becoming increasingly popular. Chrysler’s answer? The C-300.

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Not General Motors’ Cup of Tea
HISTORY Larry Printz 9/16/23 HISTORY Larry Printz 9/16/23

Not General Motors’ Cup of Tea

Attempting to gain a manufacturing foothold in Europe, GM looks to the French and British.

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The Rearview Mirror: Honda’s Do-Or-Die Moment
HISTORY Larry Printz 7/15/23 HISTORY Larry Printz 7/15/23

The Rearview Mirror: Honda’s Do-Or-Die Moment

The car that saved Soichiro’s Honda’s childhood dream.

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“A Path Filled With Hardships” – The Birth of American Honda
HISTORY Larry Printz 6/10/23 HISTORY Larry Printz 6/10/23

“A Path Filled With Hardships” – The Birth of American Honda

While Honda Motor Company’s accession as an American bestseller seems to have happened overnight, what it took will astound you.

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Congress Clears the Air
HISTORY Larry Printz 12/17/22 HISTORY Larry Printz 12/17/22

Congress Clears the Air

How a bizarre meteorological inversion prompted the federal government to regulate air pollution.

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The first luxury SUV? It wasn’t the Range Rover
HISTORY Larry Printz 10/1/20 HISTORY Larry Printz 10/1/20

The first luxury SUV? It wasn’t the Range Rover

Land Rover didn’t offer the first luxury SUV. That honor falls to Kaiser Jeep, which fielded the first one in 1966. Too bad it didn’t succeed.

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Porsche’s first four-door sedan isn’t the Panamera
HISTORY Larry Printz 4/23/20 HISTORY Larry Printz 4/23/20

Porsche’s first four-door sedan isn’t the Panamera

A proposed design for Studebaker became Porsche’s first sedan, until an executitve killed it. Who it was will surprise you.

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How Packard could have doomed Chrysler Corporation
HISTORY Larry Printz 11/29/19 HISTORY Larry Printz 11/29/19

How Packard could have doomed Chrysler Corporation

Imagine Packard being bought by Walter Chrysler and Charles Nash after their stints at GM. It came close to happening.

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Lincoln’s Corsair is new, but the name isn’t
HISTORY Larry Printz 5/23/19 HISTORY Larry Printz 5/23/19

Lincoln’s Corsair is new, but the name isn’t

If Lincoln’s Corsair name sounds familiar, it should.

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Why gas is sold in gallons but engines are sized in liters
HISTORY Larry Printz 9/20/18 HISTORY Larry Printz 9/20/18

Why gas is sold in gallons but engines are sized in liters

Here’s why the United States is the only industrialized country in the world that still uses Imperial measurements.

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For a brief spell, Fiat built cars in America
HISTORY Larry Printz 5/22/18 HISTORY Larry Printz 5/22/18

For a brief spell, Fiat built cars in America

Many think that Mercedes-Benz was the first foreign automaker to build cars in America. But that honor belongs to Fiat.

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