Retro

Under the guiding hand of the talented Jonathan Ward, ICON is known for some amazing restomods of classic 4X4s, including the classic Ford Bronco. And while they’ve already made eleven of their ICON BR, every time we see one, we’re impressed.…

The Buick Centurion concept car was seen at the 1956 General Motors Motorama auto show (alongside the Pontiac Club de Mer). Although the car was never meant to be driven, it had a 325 V8 engine under the hood.…

In this classic video that pre-dates the type of challenges seen on Top Gear, they put a Porsche 928 up against an everyday Ford Sierra, as well as a Formula 1 race car.…

While the Chevrolet Biscayne might not be a name that most people know, this 1955 design study was actually highly influential in some of Chevy’s most popular cars.…

We’ve seen some unusual station wagon conversions over the years, but we can honestly say this is the first time we’ve seen a Mustang turned into a wagon. …

According to this 1935 education video from Chevrolet, the American motorist is looking for the right balance of speed, comfort, economy, safety, and power. But no one wants to ride around in an ambulance, or a full-sized RV, or even Sir Malcolm Campbell’s record setting Bluebird.…

It seems as if those looking towards the future have always imagined a day where cars will be able to fly. In this cartoon by the Automobile Manufacturers Association from 1956, we get a neo-futurist look at what they imagined automotive technology to look like in the distant year 2000.…

Russia’s “classic” LADA cars have a reputation for poor build quality, bad performance, terrible handling, and a complete lack of safety for occupants. But that doesn’t mean their marketing department didn’t try to convince unsuspecting buyers that the cars were brilliant, taking anything you could dish out.…

While today’s BMWs are exceptional vehicles in their own right, we have to admit that our favorite BMW styling comes from the early 1970s, when the cars sported their original vertical “kidney” grille and just looked more like sports cars to us.…

The promotional image for the Mercury Cougar above pretty much sums up the old “a picture is worth a thousand words” saying. A sexy swimsuit model, a deadly animal, and a hot new coupe to pick them up in.…

It’s not often that a concept car has as much influence on popular culture as the 1955 Lincoln Futura. After all, it served as the basis for the Batmobile from the late 1960s Batman TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.…

There’s nothing too thrilling about an old 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300 series, and the Chevy El Camino was a “classic” for all the wrong reasons. But put them together, and you get an epic vehicle like no other.…

Of course, the origin of the Willys Jeep is well known: it was first designed as a response to the U.S. Army’s need for a general purpose workhorse vehicle to be used during World War II.…

Back in the late 1960s and into the 1970s, the Pontiac Firebird was a highly desirable muscle car. Pontiac saw their biggest (non GM) competition in the form of the Mercury Cougar, Ford Mustang, and Plymouth Barracuda.…

Designed by General Motors, the Oldsmobile Golden Rocket was created for the 1956 GM Motorama, an auto show the company staged from 1949 to 1961. The 1956 show was also the reveal for the second variant of GM’s rocket-like Firebird.…