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Turbocharging and Genuine Simulated Wood

BlogBy webmin May 9, 2011

The 1986 Chrysler LeBaron Town and Country convertible comes from a time when the combination of a few bowling lanes’ worth of genuine simulated wood and computerized turbocharging made perfect sense. This luxurious machine with Mark Cross interior leather appointments started life on a mundane K-Car platform, but was transformed to post-assembly line perfection by […]

Nothing New: 7 modern car technologies that are actually 100 years old

BlogBy webmin January 18, 2011

I often say, flippantly, that the industry is just now starting to master the technologies of a century ago. That’s been more an impression than a statement of fact; I recall seeing many things in early publications and thinking, “Wow, I had no idea they did that so soon,” but if pressed, I wouldn’t be able […]