Few decades reshaped the automobile quite like the 1950s. In a span of ten years, cars went from postwar appliances to rolling sculptures that mirrored the Space Age, the Space Race, and a booming ...

American automakers in the 1950s treated the showroom like a laboratory, using chrome, fins, and ever-larger engines to test how far buyers would follow them into the future. The most ambitious ...

A fleet of rare vintage vehicles — by Citroën, Jaguar and Allard, among others — helped turn modern-day Manhattan into midcentury Paris for director Josh Safdie's buzzy solo feature. By Brett Berk ...

Even though it managed to survive the Great Depression, Packard eventually disappeared in the 1950s, being unable to compete with Detroit giants like Ford, Chrysler, and GM. Following a merger with ...

A trio of rarely seen, futuristic concept cars from the 1950s are going up for auction at Sotheby’s, with an estimated value of up to $20 million. The Alfa Romeo B.A.T. Concept cars – each with a ...

Cars from the 1950s embodied a lot of things: style, class, bold paint colors, sharp lines, and SO. MUCH. CHROME. From American-made Fords and Chevrolets to more eclectic overseas Porsches, ’50s rides ...

When it comes to 1950s cars, we usually think about iconic nameplates like the Chevrolet Bel Air, Chrysler 300 "letter series," or the Cadillac Eldorado. But some lesser-known automobiles are just as ...

Introduction : The automobile, its history and influence, and some contradictions -- 1. Beginnings : from a mechanical curiosity to a plaything for the well-to-do -- European by birth, American by ...

Last week, a surprising cluster of 1950s European cars occupied some prime parking spots on Lexington Avenue and 75th Street in New York City. A low-slung and curvaceous Jaguar XK120 and a cherry red ...