http://mycarblog.org Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:18:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Edsel has passed into popular modern mythology as the ultimate in corporate blunders. It was a marque pitched by Ford at the lower medium market sector, between the much bigger Fords and the budget Mercury models. By the time it was launched, the market was in a slump, buyers ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/11/edsel/ Although European enthusiasts often deride post war American cars, the Duesenberg SJ model is proof that, before the Second World War, the Americans could produce a car as good as any in the world. As well as being the basis for some spectacular coach work, the SJ was more than ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/10/duesenberg-sj/ One of the largest and quickest growing segments of the American new car market is the last half of the nineties was the full size pick up truck. Huge and brutish, these vehicles sold on their macho image rather than their utility – massive carrying capacity and the ability to ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/09/dodge-ram-v10-pick-up/ The Dodge Viper GTS wasn’t just a Viper with an impressive roof. About 90 percent of the car was all new. Inspired by the 60s Cobra Daytona Coupe racers, the GTS sweeping double bubble roofline gave a much batter drag factor too, helping to push the top speed up to ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/08/dodge-viper-gts/ Embodying the whole spirit of “Dependable Dodge,” the Diplomat was highly reliable, a real workhouse that endeared itself to police forces and taxi companies across the US. Its immediate design predecessor was probably the Dodge Aspen, but it is also shared design characteristics with many other vehicle of the time, ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/07/dodge-diplomat/ A classic American ‘muscle car’, the Dodge Charger was a full size fastback coupe. With its buttressed rear pillars and tastefully simple front, the twin headlights were mounted behind electric flaps; it was a far cry from the chintzy gin palace American cars of the 1950s. The first car to ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/06/dodge-charger-rt/ The De Tomaso Longchamp was basically a two door version of the Deauville, although the bodywork by Tom Tjaarda Ghia was different and built on a slightly shorter wheel base, giving the car a very different, sexy and distinctive look. Among many proprietary components to be found on the car ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/05/de-tomaso-longchamp/ Hot on the heels of the Lamborghini Miura, Alexandro de Tomaso introduced his own mid engined super car, the Mangusta, in 1967. Styled by Ghia, de Tomaso owned the company, it was a low slung, muscular two seater powered by a 4.7 liter Ford V8 mounted amidships. This could be ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/04/de-tomaso-mangusta/ Alexandro de Tomaso initially made his name building racing cars, but dreamed of producing a high performance road car. The Pantera and Mangusta are his most famous efforts, but before those big V8 machines came the delicate little Vallelunga of 1962. One of the pioneers of the mid engined layout ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/03/de-tomaso-vallelunga/ The Fairlady was Datsun’s answer to the British sports cars that dominated the lucrative North American market in the 1960s. is trim lines showed a strong European influence, and it is similar to the MGB of the time had to have been more than a coincidence. Even the hood looked ... http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/02/datsun-fairlady/