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History

No one can consider themselves a true car fan without looking at the past. Zeitgeist is a brand new section where AutomoBible delves into specific parts of automotive history. Click on the button below if you want to learn more about what we publish here. If you prefer to go straight to our latest posts, just scroll down...

Modern cars come with several key parts whose names we hear all the time. However, do you really know what they stand for? For example, could you say what exactly a modular platform is? Here, we like to use recent events as the starting point to write a little bit about the history of such key components, so you can learn about them in context.

Another interesting topic is auction sales. While that activity has been quite common for decades, it used to be restricted to people effectively involved in auctions. Nowadays, popular culture and the Internet have projected auction sales to everyone, especially because most of them concern beloved classic cars such as the legendary Buick GNX.

Since AutomoBible is written by people passionate about cars, we cannot help but share our visions as well. Therefore, this section also features occasional articles with unique analyses such as how a given car model performed on the market, like when the Ford EcoSport was dropped from the global market. We want to provide you with new points of view.

Those are only some parts of what you are going to find on Zeitgeist. Feel free to revisit this page every now and then. We strive to bring you nothing but the best on automotive history.

Best History

American Way at its Finest: The Best 1970s Station Wagons

If you are tired of seeing news about SUVs, we invite you to go the other way around. Check out our list of the best station wagons available in the USA in the 1970s!

Collab History

Andy Warhol Once Made Art For Mercedes-Benz

Petersen Automotive Museum is now displaying Cars, an unfinished art collection which Mercedes-Benz commissioned to Andy Warhol in 1986 Most of us usually make much...
History

AMG Hammer Is A Masterpiece of German Car Tuning

Rare 6.0 V8 Mercedes-Benz coupé has gone for auction. Let's take the opportunity to remember one of AMG's finest works as an independent tuner Even...
History

Brazilian Volkswagen Really Did Not Want to Axe the Kombi

Former designer Luiz Veiga went on Instagram to show a facelift that never reached production. While there is much nostalgia around the Kombi, would that have worked?

History

Phaeton D2 Is A Trip To An Alternative Car World

Volkswagen has shown a driveable concept version of the Phaeton D2, which would have been its second generation. Luxury sedan never sold well enough to deserve it

History Vision

New Cadillac Is On a Roll

Lyriq EV has joined the all-new Escalade and the Blackwing sedans. They have everything to take the new Cadillac to a modern version of the old days’ glory

Gaming History

Opel Corsa Celebrates 40 Years in its Best Shape

Originally released in 1982, the Opel Corsa has traveled around the world using many brands, names, and body styles

History

Merkur Was Ford’s Transatlantic Blunder

In the 1980s, Merkur XR4Ti and Scorpio were created as an easy solution to fight European cars in the US. It definitely did not work out

Best History

10 Cool Honda Civic Models of All Time

As the eleventh Honda Civic reaches the market around the world, let’s take a look at the best variations that helped build its reputation

History

Harlekin Has a Special Meaning for Volkswagen

Multicolored Harlekin series was created by accident and ended creating a highly successful edition for Golf and Polo in the 1990s

History

Porsche 944 Was Lemonade Made With Volkswagen Lemons

This week's selection, the Porsche 944, has quite a history. In short, there was a time when Volkswagen and Porsche partnered to develop a sports...
History

Renault Oroch Has Taken a Style Item from the 1950s

Some weeks ago, Renault facelifted the Oroch to mimic the new Duster despite being a full generation older. The SUV had a mainly evolutionary makeover,...
History Trends

With The VSS Concept, Fiat Created The Modular Platform

Architect Renzo Piano and I.de.A institute co-created the modular platform, an essential component of modern cars

History

Buick GNX Ruled the Late 1980s

Two units of the Buick GNX up on auction at the same time make it impossible for us not to talk about such an impressive North American high performance car

History

Dodge Viper GTS Was a New Dimension of the Hypercar

“Double-bubble”, as it was nicknamed, introduced the coupé variation and made the North-American beast live up to the potential of its V10 powerhouse

History

The Rise and Fall of the Ford EcoSport

Compact SUV was segment founder, regional success, global venture, and ugly duckling in only twenty years

Gaming History

Homologation Specials Were a Unique Breed of Car Models

FIA used to demand companies to produce a batch of their race cars for road use. We owe many of our eternal favorites to them

History

SsangYong Cars Used to Be Ugly Enough to Be Fascinating

Back in the 2000s, the Korean automaker offered a whole line of models which would have made the Pontiac Aztek feel at home

Collab History

Tina Turner Once Was the Face of Plymouth

“That’s right. Plymouth”

Collab History

Škoda Wasn’t Reinvented by Volkswagen, but by Marketing

While the German takeover represented a huge move towards quality, the Czech automaker needed more to make use of it. Check out this unique chapter...
History Trends

AMC’s Uniqueness is Wildly Underrated

From 1954 to 1987, American Motors Corporation graced the market with car models that were quirky in ways we have never seen elsewhere

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