Retro

Plymouth Motor Corporation created this video back in the 1930s to show just how tough the 1936 Plymouth automobiles were, somehow equating the Plymouth engineering laboratory and stunt-testing of the cars to medieval torture techniques.…

David Obendorfer created the BMW CS Vintage Concept as a tribute to Giovanni Michelotti who designed many important BMW and Triumph models in the 1960s including the 1968 BMW E9 series.…

This incredibly cheesy commercial for the then newly released 1968 Mustang is a far cry from today’s youth-oriented ad campaigns for Ford’s pony car. And while the cast of characters are clearly different, the marketing message is largely the same that it is today – driving a Mustang will automatically free you from your hum-drum life.…

The mid-engined Pontiac Fiero was made from just 1984 to 1988, and was the first two-seat Pontiac the company made since 1938. Despite having issues with reliability, the Fiero still has a serious cult following.…

This driver safety film seems to have been created for the Bell Telephone Company sometime in the 1960s to train the drivers of Bell’s repair vehicles regarding safe driving practices.…

If you’re looking for a tiny roadster that puts you in touch with the road, there’s nothing quite like an old Triumph. We stumbled onto this classic car commercial from the late 1960s that shows off the good old Triumph TR4A.…

It’s 95Octane’s motto that we feature “cars that don’t suck,” but we occasionally need to feature a vehicle that’s notable for other reasons. One such vehicle is the AMC Pacer.…

The tiny BMW Isetta was first introduced in Germany in 1953. The single-cylinder car was built for efficiency and for convenience around town. When introduced, it was unlike any other car on the road, with the entire front-end of the car on hinges and acting as the car door.…

The Datsun 280Z was a true classic of the 1970s. The car was upgraded and relaunched as the 280ZX in 1979, with refinements to comfort and design which were initially met with mixed reviews, despite scoring Motor Trend’s Import Car of the Year in its first year.…

Although most of us in the Northern Hemisphere are still digging out from the recent snows, it’s never too early to begin planning for your summer driving excursions.…

While most of today’s cars are built using a combination of robots and human labor, the robots are clearly winning. Even back in the 1960s, machines provided automotive builders with a helping hand, though workers certainly played a bigger role than they do today.…

While today we can enjoy Chevy’s impressive C7 generation Corvettes, let’s take a ride back to 30 years in the past to see how Chevy was pimping their then brand new C4 ‘Vette.…

In 1964, famed rally driver Paddy Hopkirk won the Monte Carlo Rally with his car number 37, a Mini Cooper S, which won the race despite being pitted against far more powerful vehicles. …