Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Chevrolet Citation (1980-1985)

The Chevrolet Citation was a compact car sold by the Chevrolet brand of American automaker General Motors from 1980 to 1985.









Monday, May 30, 2011

Pontiac Chieftain (1949-1958)

The Pontiac Chieftain was an automobile produced by the Pontiac Motors Division of General Motors from 1949 to 1958. Chieftains were one of the first all new car designs to come to Pontiac in the post World War II years.






Saturday, May 28, 2011

Pontiac Firebird First Generation (1967-1969)

The Pontiac Firebird was built by the Pontiac division of General Motors. The first generation Firebirds had a characteristic Coke bottle styling.







Monday, May 16, 2011

Buick Skyhawk First Generation (1975-1980)

The Buick Skyhawk are automobiles produced by the Buick division of General Motors. 1975 through 1980 models, all 2-door hatchbacks, were built on the subcompact, rear-wheel drive H-body platform.









Saturday, May 14, 2011

Volkswagen Rabbit GTI (1983-1985)

The Volkswagen Golf is a small family car manufactured by Volkswagen.
The Volkswagen Rabbit GTI, the North American version of the high-perfomance Golf GTI, debuted in the 1983 model year and was in production for two seasons.







Friday, April 29, 2011

Edsel cars (1958-1960)

The Edsel was a marque of car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. Consequently, the Ford Motor Company lost millions of dollars on the Edsel's development, manufacture, and marketing. The name "Edsel" has since become synonymous with failure.


Products:
Full-size: Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger.
Station wagon: Bermuda, Villager, Roundup.





Real Mississippi Highway Patrol 1958 Edsel patrol car shown with Trooper in Port Gibson, Miss. in 1958. 



Thursday, April 14, 2011

Chevrolet Camaro 1st Generation (1966-1969)

The Chevrolet Camaro is an automobile manufactured by General Motors and Chevrolet under the Chevrolet brand, classified as a pony car and some versions also as a muscle car. It went on sale on September 29, 1966 for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang. The production of the first-generation Camaro ended in 1969.












Sunday, April 10, 2011

Lotus Turbo Esprit (1981-1986)

Introduced in April 1981, the Turbo Esprit is a sports car that was built by Lotus in United Kingdom. 1986 was the last year of production of the Turbo model.


1981 original ad




Sunday, April 3, 2011

Citroen DS (1955-1975)

The Citroën DS was an executive car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën between 1955 and 1975.
Citroën sold nearly 1.5 million D-series during the model's 20-year production run.




Citroën DS 19 (1955)




Sunday, March 27, 2011

Peugeot 404 (1960-1975)

The Peugeot 404 is a large family car produced by French automobile manufacturer Peugeot from 1960 to 1975, with the exception of the truck which was sold until 1988.




Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Matra Bagheera (1973-1980)



 The Matra Bagheera is a sports car created by the French engineering group Matra in cooperation with the automaker Simca. Production of Bagheera ended in 1980.


1979






Monday, March 14, 2011

Oldsmobile Rocket 88 (1949-1960)

The Oldsmobile 88 was a full-size car sold by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors. The fourth generation was the last to produce the so-called Oldsmobile Rocket 88 in 1960.

1949 
1955
1957