car history

History’s parking lot is filled with misfires wearing shiny badges. What began as bold ideas became cultural punchlines, inspiring more laughter than loyalty. These cars remind everyone that style doesn’t always survive the test drive.

2025 marks 50 years since these classics first hit the road, and let’s be honest—most of them still have more personality, noise, and soul than anything being pumped out of today’s factories. Back when style came standard and performance didn’t need a touch screen, these cars made driving an event, not a software update.

There’s ambition, and then there’s obsession. These cars were built with workmanship so intense it bordered on the unnecessary, with every system polished beyond reason. Some became masterpieces. Others, beautiful disasters.

Discover 25 legendary movie cars that looked like high-performance beasts but drove like duds in real life. From the Batmobile to the DeLorean, we reveal the truth behind Hollywood’s most overhyped automotive icons.

Electric vehicles were once heralded as the inevitable future of driving, yet the industry now finds itself hesitating. Major automakers that once promised bold transitions are delaying projects and leaning back into hybrids.

American Motors Corporation (AMC) was known for its innovation, bold designs, and at times questionable execution. We look at the best and worst of products of AMC.