Today, the 1950s are seen as a golden age by many, a time of postwar prosperity, television, rock and roll, and McDonald’s.

The 1950s was a transformative era for the automobile industry, marked by innovation, style, and the birth of iconic models that are still cherished today. These vehicles are not just historical ...

Even though it managed to survive the Great Depression, Packard eventually disappeared in the 1950s, being unable to compete with Detroit giants like Ford, Chrysler, and GM. Following a merger with ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Photographer John Zimmerman worked out of the Time-Life bureau in Detroit in the 1950s, covering the Big ...

Let's be honest: However much we appreciate contemporary design, there's little in the automotive world today that excites us as much as some of the cars from the 1950s and the days before mandatory ...

PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS / PART 3: THE 1960s / PART 4: THE 1970s / PART 5: THE 1980s / PART 6: THE FUTURE Even though we had two years of publishing HOT ROD Magazine under our collective belts and ...

When it comes to 1950s cars, we usually think about iconic nameplates like the Chevrolet Bel Air, Chrysler 300 "letter series," or the Cadillac Eldorado. But some lesser-known automobiles are just as ...

If you can run ships on nuclear power, why not cars? In an era of atomic optimism, Ford unveiled its plan for a car that ...

George Barris, the "King of the Kustomizers," has collaborated with freelance writer/photographer David Fetherston to present this entertaining look back at the heyday of the Barris brothers' ...