The 1959 Cadillac was the epitome of American automotive elegance taken to the illogical extreme. 
If you believe in the principle “less is more” and “form should follow function” then the ’59 Cadillac may strike you as some evil alien life-form, as appealing as fungus, as pleasant to the eye as a sharp spike. But if, on the other hand, you believe the objective of a car is to please its driver, to send her or him off into the distance affixed with a smile, then the Cadillac that arrived in showrooms for the 1959 model year was a very big success indeed. Read more . . .
Ironically, the origins of Cadillac, the pre-eminent division of General Motors, revolve around the guy who would become General Motors greatest rival. 
Even today, the Cadillac’s official history intentionally keeps the union murky, but the fact is that the first Cadillac was designed by none other than the famous Henry Ford. The story is all part of the confusing maze of transactions, incorporations and reorganizations that were part and parcel of the dawn of the American automobile industry. Read more . . .
This morning it is very probable that you had an encounter with David Dunbar Buick’s most important gift to the world, 
and we don’t mean the Buick Roadmaster or any other Buick automobile. Truth be told, Buick’s most amazing contribution to our lives came in the bathroom. He patented a procedure for bonding porcelain to iron, creating the bathtub as we know it today. So if you took a shower this morning (and we definitely hope you did), you owe a tiny bit of gratitude to one D.D. Buick. Read more . . .
Imagine a car company that produced not only the most highly regarded luxury cars of its era, but also the most successful racing cars.
Imagine a company that combined the best attributes of Rolls-Royce and Ferrari. And imagine such a company not being controlled by corporate boards of directors, but only by a single visionary man. If you can imagine all this, then you can imagine what Bugatti was like in 1930. Read more . . .
The phrase “over the top” had not been invented in 1927, but if it had, it would definitely have been applied to Ettore Bugatti’s Royale. 
This short series of cars–only six or seven were built, and no one is quite sure of the figure–lent new meaning to the word conspicuous consumption. At the same time, the behemoth Bugatti Royale was a beautifully engineered and meticulously crafted piece of automotive art. Read more . . .
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