Hemmings Find of the Day – Oleg Cassini AMC Matador

We know what you’re thinking. Another Matador? What on earth did the husband of Gene Tierney and official designer for first lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s wardrobe have to do with this mighty 1974 AMC Matador? Everything. Cassini lent a further touch of class to the already elegant Matador. The designer Matador was a pre-emptive strike against […]

SIA Flashback – 1956 Hudson Hornet Special

Hybrids are all the rage today, but AMC had a hybrid on the market more than 50 years ago… Oh, wait, different kind of hybrid. However, both the modern-day Prius and the Hudson-Nash “Hash” of the mid-1950s did both get chided on their looks, so there’s at least one thing they both had in common. […]

Ad of the Week: The Gremlin of 1970

It’s hard to forget this two-page spread from American Motors that ran in just about every automotive magazine in 1970. Sure – go ahead and laugh. To be honest, I did as well when my dad brought one home on occasion (it was a company car – he didn’t actually go out and purchase one). […]