1950s

PORSCHE 542

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porsche type 542 studebaker

Porsche 542: The Car Studebaker Paid For And Never Built Studebaker wrote Porsche a check for roughly half a million 1952 dollars and got nothing out of it. Porsche used that money to build the assembly hall in Zuffenhausen that still turns out 911s today. The dying American company paid for the German company’s factory. … Read more

FIAT 500

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Fiat 500 Nuova 1957 visto de tres cuartos delantero, motor trasero refrigerado por aire, diseño de Dante Giacosa

Fiat 500: when a car was actually a platform in disguise Chris Harris once said the best small cars are the ones that feel honest about what they are. He was talking about a modern hot hatch. He could have been talking about the original Fiat 500, except the 500 takes that idea further than … Read more