The 1950s are remembered for tailfins and chrome, but the decade’s most important cars did something subtler than grab ...

American car buyers in the 1950s were primed for chrome, comfort, and a sense of postwar optimism, but some new models still managed to stop them in their tracks. A handful of cars did not just look ...

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 ...

Many enthusiasts would love to buy the classic car of their dreams, but while affordability is often their primary concern, resale value is just as important.

"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 ...

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 ...

Bernardo Casian of Cathedral City, California, went to his first lowrider car show in 1992. "Since then I've been wanting a lowrider, but I couldn't afford one at the time. I got into greaser cars ...

At 2 years old, Adriel Espinoza may have an affinity for cartoons, but it's his natural attraction to lowriders and his parents love that really got him started. To combine the two, his parents got ...

The new Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, which makes its world debut this autumn at the Frankfurt motor show, celebrates the formidable SLR race cars of the 1950s and will mark a new era of M-B grand ...