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It was a big star in The 3rd Rock from the Sun. The 62 Rambler American Convertible is this week's spot.

Car Spot: 62 Rambler American Convertible

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Car Spot: Buick Grand National

It revived Buick's image, the Grand National is this week's car spot.

Not your grandpa’s Buick Growing up I remember my uncle having a Buick and that’s pretty much the image the brand had with an aging demographic preferring a cushy ride more than performance. With not a lot of foot traffic in the dealerships they needed something much like American Motors that I’ve written about in the 80’s. The answer was to take a page out of the brand’s past when Grand Sport…

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Car Spot: AMC Eagle

A touchdown pass that came too late for AMC, the Eagle is this week's car spot.

A touchdown pass that came too late in the game … This is one of those “I was there when it happened” stories. For any of you who follow me regularly, you know I’m a huge American Motors geek and that’s because my dad worked there from 1963 to 1989. Those early years were booming for the company. Everything was clicking. AMC had 441,508 sales in 1963, up almost 10 grand from the year before.…

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Car Spot: Lamborghini Urus

An Italian muscle SUV, the Lamborghini Urus is this week's car spot.

Lambo’s big ol’ SUV packs a punch ,,, Fast SUVs were a thing for a while and this week’s spot, a Lamborghini Urus, is a great example. While Lambo had a run at an SUV with the beastly LM002, this one the Uris, was much more refined and built for speed. Spotted this Uris at a car dealer that features in high-end stuff. Since it introduced its last SUV Lambo has been purchased by the Volkswagen…

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Car Spot: Trabant 601 S "Delux"

A cold war relic is this week's car spot.

East Germany’s answer to West Germany’s “People’s Car” …. Growing up in the 1960s and ’70s I remember the Cold War, and how the communists used East Berlin as a showcase for the success of socialism. Automobiles were a big part of that but ultimately, they were just terrible cars like this week’s car spot, the Trabant 601 S Dulux. Found this example at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. I…

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Car Spot: Studebaker Lark and Pickup

The other independent car maker. Studebaker is this week's car spot

One of the last of the independents that just ran out of cash Being a big fan of the cars from American Motors, I can appreciate what Studebaker brought to market and how they tried to challenge the Big Three. Like AMC, at times they were brilliant, but other times, not so much. In 1939, the company entered the low-priced field with the popular Studebaker Champion, propelling it past the other…

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Car Spot: Mazda RX-7

And the Mazda goes hmmmmm. This week's car spot the RX-7.

Please bring the rotary engine back, in a sports car. MotorTrend loved the RX-7 when it was introduced in 1978 calling it “Sleek, Functional and Fast: An Affordable 2-Seater For the Enthusiast” It was the answer to sports car lovers’ dreams, being attractive, fun to drive, and at $7,195, a bargain competing against other cars in the American market like the Porsche 924, Datsun 280Z and, possibly…

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Car Spot: A Bathtub Nash

The pride of Kenosha. This week's car spot, 1950 Bathtub Nash. Who's up for camping?

America’s first adventure car before there were SUVs This spot brought back flashbacks for me when I spotted it on a lot/salvage yard because we had one as a kid, a 1950 Bathtub Nash. The pride of Kenosha. In the late 40s and early 50s, the bathtub styling trend was hot and Nash was seen as the leader. But this was much more than just styling. Nash Engineering VP Nils Wahlberg had thing about…

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