Historiography: The American Compact Car
The introduction of the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair, Chrysler Valiant and Ford Falcon was a pivotal event for the automotive industry.

The introduction of the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair, Chrysler Valiant and Ford Falcon was a pivotal event for the automotive industry.
Born from the merger of the Hudson Motor Car Company and the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation in 1954, AMC's history had its share of twists and turns.
There was a time when we became comfortable. Comfortable enough to let post-war designs to simply just be normalized.
I figured I do a bit of ancestorial work to look at some of today’s models. Especially those that wonder why they were named such some generations ago.
The 1950s provided a glimpse into the future. The Soviets blasted off into space, which was inconceivable at the time. We were flying in faster jet-powered airliners, plugging in guitars, basses and everything else in our music. We even saw a nation that could possibly be integrated and united.
If divine foreign intervention did not come in time for an American automaker, the company in question would have probably ceased to exist by 1982.