By Al Vinikour  
MotorwayAmerica.com

Just like everyone who remembers where they were when they got the news that President Kennedy had been assassinated, so, too, they remember their first new car.

By Al Vinikour
MotorwayAmerica.com

There’s nothing like a divorce from a 20-year marriage to propel one into a mid-life crisis. Except unlike finding an 18-year-old blonde I channeled my new life through a 1984 Dodge 600 Convertible. It was black with a black top and red vinyl interior. It was cool and I thought I was as well.

(July 15, 2010) ROCKLEIGH, N.J.  — As a record-breaking automotive pioneer turns 70 today, he shows no signs of slowing down — literally. In fact, Irv Gordon — driver of the highest mileage vehicle on the road, a 1966 Volvo P1800 — aims to reach an unmatchable record sometime in the next three years.

With more than 2.8 million miles on his sporty red Volvo sports car, Gordon is celebrating his birthday by affirming his goal of reaching three million miles before his 73rd birthday forever enshrining him as an iron man in automotive endurance.

(July 8, 2010) GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Cars have been a big part of Adrian Overbee’s life since he was old enough to drive. Beginning with a 1939 Chevrolet coupe, he has owned and restored several antique cars over the past 45 years.

He also owned some new Detroit metal in his younger years that have become classic cars today including a 1959 Buick convertible and a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette.

The U.S. automobile industry exploded in the years following World War II. As the industry worked to satisfy pent-up demand for new cars, automobile design was revolutionized. The late '40s through the early '60s was, indeed, the golden age of design as cars grew bigger and styling bolder.

It was truly an American phenomenon. There was no serious competition from the Europeans and Asians. American cars — and automobile design (fins and all) — set the standard for the world.

By Al Vinikour  
motorwayamerica.com

I was fortunate enough to have grown up in those halcyon days of the Muscle Car Era. Every manufacturer had a dog in the hunt.

By Jim Meachen
motorwayamerica.com

The memory is still vivid.

Many years ago I fancied myself a future designer of automobiles. For a few years after I became a teenager I thought design was what I wanted to do when I "grew up."

American life revolved around the automobile in the 1950s, much like today.

But in those days, the cars were virtually all American made. The SUV had not yet been invented. The minivan was still just an idea in the heads of such automotive folks as Lee Iacocca. If people needed room for passengers, cargo and the family dog, they bought a station wagon. Or perhaps a full-sized van or a Chevrolet Suburban. Fins were in and styling changed from year-to-year.