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Happy 50th Birthday, El Camino!

Yesterday was a milestone that won't be celebrated with a special edition, or a new fender badge, or some stripe package. Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of the Chevy El Camino. As Hemmings points out in its post acknowledging the milestone, the El Camino was preceded by the Ford Ranchero by two years. But when people think of car-based pickups, it's "El Camino" that pops right to mind as a generic descriptor -- like Band-Aid and Vaseline. It's kind of a pity that GM's waiting for the '10 model year to reintroduce the concept, and as a ... Read more →

Toyota celebrates 50 years of U.S. sales Dan Roth

click the pic above to see a gallery of 50 shots of past Toyotas When Toyota's Toyopet Crown arrived in the United States in 1957, it was met with snickers from Detroit. General Motors was king, and ...

Bring the Toys II: Tomica Skyline 50th Anniversary die-casts Alex Nunez

Click image to enlarge As Japan celebrates 50 years of the Nissan Skyline, Tomica, known for its Matchbox-style die-cast cars has released six new commemorative toy cars. Arriving in their signature ...

Happy 50th Birthday Caterham: X330 Concept Damon Lavrinc

Click image for gallery None of us at Autoblog HQ are knocking on the half-century mark yet, but we can only hope that we're saluted in the same way that Caterham decided to celebrate its 50th ...

Skyline turning 50, Nissan to celebrate in Tokyo Alex Nunez

1990 Nissan Skyline GT-R NISMO On April 24, 2007, the Nissan Skyline turns 50 years old, and Nssan is going to celebrate. For starters, there's already a JDM 50th Anniversary version of the current ...

Happy 50th Birthday, El Camino! 1 year ago on Autoblog

Yesterday was a milestone that won't be celebrated with a special edition, or a new fender badge, or some stripe package. Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of the Chevy El Camino. As Hemmings points out in its post acknowledging the milestone, the El Camino was preceded by the Ford Ranchero by ...

Toyota celebrates 50 years of U.S. sales 2 years ago on Autoblog

click the pic above to see a gallery of 50 shots of past Toyotas When Toyota's Toyopet Crown arrived in the United States in 1957, it was met with snickers from Detroit. General Motors was king, and Ford and Chrysler weren't in the dire straights they face today. Fifty years later, nobody's ...

Bring the Toys II: Tomica Skyline 50th Anniversary die-casts 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image to enlarge As Japan celebrates 50 years of the Nissan Skyline, Tomica, known for its Matchbox-style die-cast cars has released six new commemorative toy cars. Arriving in their signature cardboard boxes (just like matchboxes used to), these cars' packaging will feature the Skyline 50th ...

Happy 50th Birthday Caterham: X330 Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for gallery None of us at Autoblog HQ are knocking on the half-century mark yet, but we can only hope that we're saluted in the same way that Caterham decided to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The X330 Concept is exactly that, but it foretells the destiny of future Caterhams. A ...

Skyline turning 50, Nissan to celebrate in Tokyo 2 years ago on Autoblog

1990 Nissan Skyline GT-R NISMO On April 24, 2007, the Nissan Skyline turns 50 years old, and Nssan is going to celebrate. For starters, there's already a JDM 50th Anniversary version of the current Skyline (Infiniti G35) on sale in three distinct color combos. In addition to that, however, the ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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