Lee Iacocca in 2005. Screen grab from video, courtesy FCA. Editor’s note: He was the driving force behind the Ford Mustang, as well as the Ford Pinto, intended to be the compact car that save Ford fr...
Ian Callum pilots a Jaguar at the Mini Miglia 2015. Photo courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. Ian Callum was 14 years old when he penned a letter to Jaguar, declaring his desire to design sports cars for the...
Henry and Clara Ford in the Quadricycle. Image courtesy The Henry Ford. The “what-if” game, as we all know, is awful fun to play with automotive history. Relying less on facts and more on imagination...
1959 Mercury Park Lane convertible (top, image by Richard Lentinello); 1960 Buick LeSabre convertible (bottom, image by the author). Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two...
1966 Shelby G.T. 350H; all images by the author. It’s presale estimate was set at $150,000 – $200,000. Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine print cycles have dictated that we bid farewell to the 2018 Sc...
1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator Boss 302 (top); 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 (bottom). Images by the author. This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enabl...
1955 Lincoln Capri Coupe (top image by Richard Lentinello); 1955 Packard Clipper Custom Sedan (bottom image by the author). Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles...
1939 Mercury Town Sedan (top; image by the author); 1941 Studebaker Commander Sedan Coupe (bottom; image by Jim Donnelly). Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles,...
Jim Hackett (L) with Bill Ford on May 22, 2017. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. On January 9, Ford CEO Jim Hackett–who spent two decades in executive positions with office furniture giant Steelcas...
1957 Dodge Coronet D-501 (top image by Jim Donnelly); 1957 Ford Custom E-Code (bottom image by the author). That or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that ena...
2004 Shelby Cobra Concept. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. In the 1960s, Carroll Shelby and Ford were indelibly linked, but the relationship had soured by the mid-1970s. After a few years of lend...
Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. Last month, six-year Woodward Dream Cruise sponsor Chevrolet ended its relationship with the annual rolling celebration of the American muscle car, temporarily leav...
Ford Motor Company is poised to launch a new division to build fully electric vehicles, Hemmings Motor News News has learned. The new division will be called e-Dsel, putting a high-tech spin on a wid...
1969 Hurst/Olds 455 (top); 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enables ...
1968 Ford LTD Brougham (top); 1968 Plymouth Fury III (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enables us,...
1964 AC Cobra (top); 1965 Griffith Series 200 (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enables us, in an ...
1960 Edsel Ranger (top); 1961 De Soto two-door hardtop (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That enables us, in an idyllic world, to add a collectible vehicle into our dream garage ...
Building Fords in the new San Jose plant, 1955. Black and white photos courtesy Ford Motor Company archives. A complete transformation can sometimes eclipse a lifetime of significance. Some people on...
1954 Mercury Sun Valley, from factory sales literature. During the dream-car days of the 1950s, it seemed as if anything could have found its way onto the car of the future. Oftentimes, some subtle v...
The Savoy Camera from the 1961 Mercury-Comet Prize-O-Rama contest; image by the author Pop quiz: What’s the fastest means to get foot traffic into a dealership? A mass mailing claiming that the count...
Photo by the author. It is well known that before World War II, Ford Motor Company was never a well-organized corporation, and that in the wake of Edsel Ford’s death in 1943, things spiraled so nearl...