Historiography: Casualties of A Sales War
There was a time when we became comfortable. Comfortable enough to let post-war designs to simply just be normalized.
There was a time when we became comfortable. Comfortable enough to let post-war designs to simply just be normalized.
Automotive historians could tell you that the industrialist had his hands in practically everything after World War II.
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TweetBy the Fall of 1959, the North American automotive industry came to their senses. The rise of Volkswagen ushered in a period where the domestic automotive industry had to respond to a swath of smaller imported automobiles penetrating sales. Not to mention the loss of several nameplates in the process after World War II. When …
TweetGrowing up in Southern California, I was blessed with reminders that I did live in a form of paradise. Paradise is a relative term. Normally, that would mean perfect weather year-round, leisure opportunities within minutes of your doorstep and an infinite quantity of sustenance. For me, it meant that I lived in a city just …