Rear window louvers became a defining visual feature of many 1960s and 1970s performance cars, but their appeal was not purely cosmetic. The slatted covers helped reduce the sun’s impact on the large, sharply angled rear glass used by many fastback muscle cars,...
The “RX” badge on Lexus’ best-selling model stands for “Radiant Crossover,” a name chosen to represent the brand’s bright new future as it approached the new millennium. Lexus introduced the RX in 1998, followed by major generational updates in 2004, 2010, 2016 and...
The Pontiac GTO name was borrowed from Ferrari, but the American muscle car did not share the Italian marque’s original purpose. When Pontiac introduced the GTO for 1964, the badge helped frame a midsize Tempest-based performance package as something more exotic,...
