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, July 2, 2026

Renault Dauphine Walkaround

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In the late 1950s, Americans became more accepting of small (by our standards) foreign cars.  British sports cars were appearing in noticeab...
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Monday, June 29, 2026

First-Generation American Panoramic Windshields

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General Motors usually set the styling theme pace for American carmakers from the late 1920s through the 1960s.  Of course there were except...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

Lincoln's Rare 1942 Convertibles: Basic and Continental

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The 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor triggered the entry of the United States into World War 2.  Domestic automobile producti...
Monday, June 22, 2026

Ferrari Luce: Electric Sedan for 2027

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Ferrari's recently announced Luce electric sedan (Wikipedia entry here ) has generated a lot of controversy.  Criticism centers on the i...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

The Oldsmobile 88 Hardtop Coupe Saga: 1950-1974

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The American "hardtop convertible" originally was a body based on true convertible coupes (that lacked B-pillars) but had racy, me...
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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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