automotive history

I don't know where else to ask this, and I've arrived here via a circuitous route so please bear with me. I've recently gone down the rabbit hole of the Australian car industry of the 60s and apart from the basic Australian manufactured models we imported Zephyrs and Crestas from the UK and...

In the mould of Colin Chapman, Bruce McLaren, Sir Frank Williams etc but the last of his kind we shall see in F1. Always outspoken and never short of an opinion I think he polarised with F1 fans but tbh, always managed to be a fine Irishman, pundit and genuine human being. RIP to that great...

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2024/11/09/jaguar-car-brand-models-future-production/75974428007/

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/10/elon-musk-hypes-a-30000-tesla-cybercab-robovan-at-robotaxi-event.html

I' ve long been fascinated with the idea of "pivoting" cars from oil & fossil fuels to ammonia. In an alternate word: in the 1970's. A time when electric cars weren't ready by a very long shot. Methanol could be an alternative, but screw carbon, and let's go ammonia (even if NOx might be a...

https://www.thestreet.com/investing/gm-introduces-electric-chevy-corvette

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/15/22284000/jaguar-land-rover-electric-cars-i-pace-2025

The late designer and artist, Syd Mead, once reportedly said "I have been trying to ger rid of wheels since 1963". His beautiful floating cars (no ugly rotor fans or troublesome downblast) are as impossible nearly 60 years later, or are they? Probably yes, but if any of you know more?

A trio of films mixing footage from the Golden Era of car chase films (late 60s - 70s), some later stuff and music. Of the three I like the last one which uses the Black Crowe's Go Faster as the backing track...

Photographs of Fairchild ESV (Experimental Safety Vehicle). Source: From the Archives at Grumman Memorial Park Calverton, Long Island, New York or The Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, Long Island via Warbird Information Exchange forum...

Since we already have aircraft, ships and tanks why can't we have automobiles and trains?

I forgot Colani designs. So here they are: 1. Cygnus - was projected gigantic passanger plane for soviet airlines Aeroflot from 80s. It was designed for extreme climatic and geographic conditions. It was powered by two bolt - like ducted fans. 2. This is hypersonic Mach 5 passanger plane from...