This charming little 1956 cartoon commissioned by the Automobile Manufacturers Association is interesting because it seems to have, at least according to some sources, lead to the development of the ...

Animation can provide a fascinating window into the past. In the 1950s and 1960s, as cars became a fixture in contemporary life, animators made all kinds of films about automobile culture, exploring ...

“The Jetsons” had a brief run as a prime-time cartoon in 1962-63, but the futuristic family’s flying car made a lasting impression, rating No. 1 as the favorite cartoon car for American adults. A ...

Adulting is boring. There are just so many rules: Get to work on time, pay your taxes, don’t cry when Mufasa dies. It’s enough to make you long for the simplicity of Saturday mornings as a kid, when ...

Normally, I wouldn't want to bring up something of this gravity during the holidays, but I have to take a firm stand on an issue that's been bothering me for a long while. I've sat by long enough and ...

Auto design today seems to be about where architecture was 20 years ago. The clean functionalism that loosely dominated for so many years—when it was clear what a beautiful car looked like (namely ...

A dream car and the car of your dreams are not the same thing. The car of your dreams could be a '69 Chevy Camaro or a Lamborghini Aventador or an exotic Pagani. It's a car that is produced in higher ...

The car world is full of some really awful stereotypes and catch phrases. We often hear that X or Y model is "the car for you", "has been designed specifically for the young demographic" and "packs ...

For Japanese fans, plastering cartoon pictures all over their vehicles is just another way of paying homage to their favourite characters AFP Yosuke Takahata doesn't care what people think of his ...

How could this not be the ultimate cartoon car? To start, it's a rag top, so it's got sex appeal. It's a family car, seating a whole family and its pet dinosaur. Most importantly, it's the ultimate in ...