Was Preston Tucker a visionary or a charlatan, a promoter or a huckster, a sinner or a saint?  Five decades after he introduced his great car upon an unsuspecting public, those questions are impossible to answer. But the fact is, he was possibly all of these things and more, for the story of Tucker and his Torpedo is the story of America in the wonderful, dreadful aftermath of World War II. It’s the story of hoping against hope and daring to be different and,finally, the story of failure either unfairly thrust upon him or richly deserved. Read more . . .