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Buick’s line-up was destined for great changes in 1942 and it would not be until after the end of hostilities that Harley Earl’s new designs would be fully appreciated. 1941 marked the last year of Phaeton styling for Buick and...

This was the first year the station wagon was built on the B body rather than the smaller A body which was shared with Chevrolet. The Station wagon was Pontiac’s most expensive offering at $1,250 in the more expensive of...

The Streamliner series came in just two variants for 1941 – 4-door sedan and 2-door coupe. Both used the General Motors B body shared with Buick and Oldsmobile. All Pontiacs were available with an L (side valve) head 6 or...

Pontiac’s Streamliner styling, influenced by Art Deco lines of railroad locomotives, ensured the company’s most successful sales year in 1941. Big news on the mechanical front was a full-flow air oil cleaner system that continued right through to the eventual...

DeSoto’s famous ‘Airfoil’ hidden headlamps were the big news in this abbreviated model year as more important events were looming. ‘Out of sight, except at night’ was the slogan for a model that was only built in comparatively small numbers....

DeSoto’s famous ‘Airfoil’ hidden headlamps were the big news in this abbreviated model year as more important events were looming. ‘Out of sight, except at night’ was the slogan for a model that was only built in comparatively small numbers....

The history of DeSoto began in 1926, when Walter P. Chrysler, motivated to expand his Chrysler Corporation into a full-line auto company, made a bid to buy the Dodge Brothers organization. This would not only give him a lower-medium priced...

On January 1st 1942 Oldsmobile Motor Works officially became Oldsmobile Division of General Motors. The B44 marked the 44th year of Oldsmobile production and the ‘B’ stood for ‘Better Built’, thus the nomenclature did not allude to aircraft production as...

The Sunbeam-Talbot Ten first appeared in 1938 when it was advertised as being “Britain’s most exclusive light car”. It was, in fact, a development of the earlier Talbot 10. Available only in the old cardboard box

“A car for every purse and purpose.” That was how Alfred P. Sloane. General Motors President and eventual CEO described the pricing structure of General Motors brands beginning in the 1920’s. Pontiac was a value brand, originally slotted just above...