Car Style Critic

A blog about automobile styling. The emphasis is on history, but the appearance of current production and concept cars will be evaluated as well.

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Low-Mid Level Ford Granada Becomes Continental-Peer Lincoln Versailles

The automobile industry is usually in a turbulent state. At times, the turbulence is more extreme than usual. One such period for American...

Monday, May 4, 2026

1991-96 Chevrolet Caprice Sedan

Because of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the gasoline shortage it caused, also Federal regulations related to fuel economy, by the late 1970s ...

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Looking Down on a 1971 Pontiac Grand Prix

An automobile's styling is an aspect of marketing. Its function is to help sell the vehicle. Car buyers typically view prospects at de...

Monday, April 27, 2026

1971-1973 Ford Pinto

Ford Motor Company marketed its subcompact Pinto line over model years 1971-1980. Its WIkepedia entry is here . In 2016 I posted "F...

Thursday, April 23, 2026

1953 Nash Statesman Hardtop Walkaround

Around 1940, Nash cars were nicely styled, fitting well into the preferred mode of the time; I wrote about that here . But when the America...

Monday, April 20, 2026

General Motors' Massive 1958 Facelift: Buick Hardtops Version

For around 30 years, General Motors was regarded as the America automobile industry's styling leader. That was while Harley Earl was ...

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Donald Pittenger: Undergraduate art major. Ph.D. in Sociology, Demography from a fancy Ivy university. Software system and user interface designer and programmer. Writing about art and design on the Internet since 2005. Email: dbpittenger (at) earthlink.net

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