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, February 5, 2026

1968 "Pony Cars" -- Which One to Buy?

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When not thinking very deeply or analytically, I sometimes think that there were ebb and flow periods in terms of quality of American automo...
Monday, February 2, 2026

Cadillac's First Tail Fins: 1948-1949

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This 1948 Cadillac 62 Convertible car-for-sale photo was used in another post, provoking me to think about those famous, initial tail fins....
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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Volvo's 1935 Chrysler Airflow-like PV36 Carioca

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As I mentioned here in my post "Airflow and its Variations in 1936," an Airflow "look-similar" was the Volvo PV36 Car...
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Monday, January 26, 2026

Oldsmobile Grille Evolution: 1946-1957

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From time to time I post about grille/front-end design changes over many years -- years that span two or more body redesigns.  For example, ...
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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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