General Design History/Themes/Trends:
An Illustrated History of Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 1 (1899-1939) Part 2 (1940-59) Part 3 (1960-Present) Paul N
Winging It: An Archeology Of The Pontoon Fender Tatra87
Automotive Aerodynamics: Drag Area – Size Matters Mike Butts
Hidden Headlights: Now You See Them… Now You Don’t Part 1 Part 2 Mike Butts
Upside Down Headlights: A Brief And Incomplete History Stainsey Stainselstein
History Of Six Tail Light Corvettes Tom Halter
Cars Without Grilles: I Have Not Mouth And I Must Scream Mike Butts
The Short And Odd Life Of The Two Door Station Wagon Paul N
One Box To Rule Them All: An Archeology Of The Minivan Tatra87
The Bucket Seat Era Started Modestly In 1958 And Now Bench Seats Are History Paul N
VW Goes To Italy For A New Design For The Beetle: Myth And Reality Paul N
Planes, Rockets And Automobiles: Aero Influence In Car Design Barry Koch
Fade To Gray: Where Have All The Car Colors Gone? Tom Halter
Specific Car Model Design Analysis/History (Chronological):
How The 1938 Lincoln Zephyr Ushered In A Design Revolution Thanks To A Hot Radiator Paul N
Who Actually Styled the 1952 Bentley Continental? Don Andreina
Buick’s Fully-Open Rear Wheel Wells (1953-1957): The Year-By-Year Opening Paul N
The Studebaker Sedan’s Last Decade of Styling: Magic With Leftovers (1953-1963) JP Cavanaugh
1955 Chevrolet Biscayne (XP-37): Chuck Jordan’s Motorama-mobile Had A Better Rear End Than Front End Paul N
Pininfarina’s Revolutionary Florida: The Most Influential Design Since 1955 Paul N
Alternate Designs for the Continental Mark II Tom Halter
Why The 1959 Studebaker Lark Front End Looked So Much Like The 1960 Valiant’s Paul N
Mercedes-Benz W110/111/112 Fintails: Béla Barényi And The Elusive Pluckenheckflosse Don Andreina
How The 1960 Corvair Started A Global Design Revolution Paul N
1960 Plymouth XNR: Exner’s Hot Slant-Six Corvette Fighter That Almost Got Built Paul N
Did This 1962 Exner Model Inspire the 1966 Toronado? Paul N
1962 Plymouth & Dodge: Brilliant Blunder, Or Suddenly It’s 1977 Paul N
Virgil Exner’s 1963 Stutz Revival: The Drawing That Launched The Whole Neo-Classic-Brougham Era Paul N
1966 Mazda Luce: Mazda, Bertone and the Alfa That Wasn’t Don Andreina
1966 Batmobile: Lincoln Futura and the Building of Character Don Andreina
The Volvo Rear Door Dilemma Ingvar Hallstrom
1974 Fiat 130 Maremma: Breaking Bella Don Andreina
Trying To Make (Business Coupe) Sense Of The Gremlin Paul N
Rolls-Royce Camargue: Two Out Of Three Camargues Don Andreina
Bill Mitchell’s Parting Shot: 1977 Pontiac Phantom Paul N
2009 BMW EfficientDynamics and the History of the Sleek BMW Sportscar Shape Don Andreina
Designer Biographies:
John Blatchley of Rolls-Royce Don Andreina
Paul Bracq Part 1 Part 2 Don Andreina
Philippe Charbonneaux: Vive La Différence! Tatra87
Sir Alec Issigonis Roger Carr
Wayne Kady (GM) Paul N
Claus Luthe Perry Shoar
Chrysler’s Dream Cars from the Fifties by Paul N
Dreams For Sale: Ghia GS1 – The Early Production Chrysler Ghias
1951 Chrysler K-310: The Beginning Of The Exner And The Toilet Seat Eras
