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I’m normally not one to throw automakers a good ideas for free. I’m much more on the mocking bad ideas side of things, but this idea is so choice I’m going to break with tradition. General Motors , GM , The General, Bubbeleh, babe—to save your pivot to EVs in a time of slowing sales, you must bring back one of the best… Read more.
The Duster went through several big changes in the first half of the new decade, with the 1970 model year getting many of the goodies, including the engine options, offered on the Valiant. This strategy made sense, as the car was still called the Valiant Duster. However, it all changed in 1971, when the Duster became a separate series, and Plymouth removed the Valiant n. ( continue reading.
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Eleanor is perhaps the most famous of all Ford Mustangs, but it has a bit of a problem. Made so at the hands of Hollywood, the moniker has been used and re-used so many times it no longer manages to impress. But then you see something like this here version of it, and it starts to feel special once more. The name ( continue reading.
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