Vintage vehicles, Automotive history and stories from motoring's past. 

Studebaker Avanti: 40 Days to World Speed Record

Studebaker Avanti: 40 Days to World Speed Record

After 40 days in seclusion Raymon Loewy's team of designers emerged from seclusion with the Avanti, a stunning design that was supposed to help struggling Studebaker survive. So what happened? Find out this week as Jim Cherry sets his sights on the Avanti as part of his Cherry Classics series. 

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General Motors’ 1956 Firebird II: World’s First Self-Guided Car

General Motors’ 1956 Firebird II: World’s First Self-Guided Car

The Firebird II was more than just a turbine-powered fantasy, it was an automated wonder that could steer itself down the highway while the family played board games under a plexiglas bubble top. And on its specially prepared test track, it worked. What happened to this jet-powered wonder? Jim Cherry has the details in the week's Cherry Classics. 

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Continental 1956-57; A Modern Collector Classic

Continental 1956-57; A Modern Collector Classic

A family owned business can do whatever it wants, even if what it wants to do is create something wildly impractical, just because they can. The Ford Motor Company was still family-owned in the early 1950s when it decided to build an ultimate “halo” car to captured the elegance of the great pre-war classics. 

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