It's now an open secret that the Soviet Union researched and developed many things to gain a strategic military advantage. Over the...

A shooting brake fastback concept based on Ghia’s coupé version of the Fiat 2300. Two copies were made but the car never progressed...

Industrial designer Henry Covington of St. Petersburg, Florida, set out in the early 1960s to build a car based on the aerodynamic...

The Toyota Publica Sports concept, shown at the 1962 Tokyo Motor Show, was a spin-off from the firm’s existing Publica small car. The...

The Simca 1000 saloon was launched in France in October 1961 and was an instant success with French buyers, but the response in export...

The XR-400 was a fully operational concept car. A "sporty" youth-oriented convertible was built in 1962 by the Budd Company, an...

Ghia had built the original Pontiac XNR show car but after the project was dropped by Chrysler, they built another asymmetrical car, the...

A custom F-85 convertible, this Firefrost silver sportster had a fiberglass tonneau cover incorporating an airfoil section roll bar....

Boris Forter, a Helena Rubenstein cosmetics company director, commissioned David Ogle of "David Ogle Associates" (later to become Ogle...

David Ogle (1922-1962) was a very charismatic designer with a great personality. In 1940 he joined the Fleet Air Arm. He flew the...

Mercury's Palomar two-door hardtop station wagon featured a roof with an opening rear section. When open, the rear seat rose, and a small...

The 3500GT, introduced in 1957, replaced the A6G54 in production and radically increased Maserati's production volumes over the following...

The 3500GT, introduced in 1957, replaced the A6G54 in production and radically increased Maserati's production volumes over the following...

Lancia presents an elegantly drawn 2 + 2-seater Flavia Coupé at the Turin Salon, designed in the Pininfarina studios. With the wheelbase...

The Lancia Flavia variants were introduced in 1962, and the Appia production soon ceased. Vignale stopped the production of the Appia...

In 1962 Iso Rivolta made their first Grand Touring (GT) car – and what a car it was and still is – the Iso Rivolta GT. With chassis...

The Selene II was a dream car built by Carrozzeria Ghia in 1962 ad designed by Tom Tjaarda; it had a central driving seat and two rear...

Debuting at the 1962 Chicago show, the Ford Cougar 406 featured top-hinged, electrically operated gull-wing doors and came equipped with...

The November 1962 Turin Motor Show was a momentous one for Alfredo Vignale. This was his company's first event since he and the...

Fiat 500 Ziba by Ghia 1962 is a miniature pick-up truck based on the rear-engined Fiat 500 Giardiniera (estate). Based on the Fiat 500...

While many of the small tuning companies which rose in Italy in the 1920s, such as Siata and Stanguellini, later built complete...

A concept based on Fiat’s 1960s 6-cylinder flagship, with a removable roof panel. It remained a one-off. There were five concepts made:...

Superfast IV appeared soon after III, with the general look of its predecessor but now with four headlights minus the covers. Because...

Superfast III made its initial appearance at the Geneva Salon in March 1962. It reverted back to wearing rear fender skirts and using...