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Until around 1950, there was a Wild West-like attitude in the American automotive industry. It was a frontier to be conquered. Throughout automotive history, there have been something like 5,000 individual makers of cars and trucks in the world with about 3,500 of them being situated in the United States...

As countries develop, they all seem to go through similar stages. These stages may take progress quicker or slower, depending on the country and/or culture, but they all tend to follow a similar pattern. And part of this development encompasses their automotive industry...

On one automotive forum that I frequent, there is a discussion of which car brands should be the next to leave the US market. Poster after poster lists their choices and the reasons why they believe each should no longer sell their wares in the US. Most of the opinions are based on biases formed from personal experiences with these brands…some of which are quite out-dated...

Happy Bastille Day!  If you've stuffed yourself with baguettes, brie, french wine, went to the cinema to watch La Vie en Rose: La Mome and listened to Edith Piaf but still have the need for something more, give Michael Taylor's 1949 black Citroen -- 'Ahh... for me, it was love at first sight' a read.  It's about the Citroen Traction Avant, a classic car etched in our memories from many legendary french films. I've had the pleasure of seeing this car drive down Bridgeway in Sausalito.  It evokes a time of romance, sophistication and class which today seems all too far away.  It doesn't zip, roar or zag.  It glides quietly by and I swear, that for a moment, time stands still.  Yes, the car has power to stop time and inspire...