JB
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This really bugs me. The auto related shows on DTV mangle the truth about automotive history.
I was watching "101 cars you must drive" this morning. They are from a different planet than I grew up on.
I have been a car nut for about 70 years. I was there when:
The Le Sabre concept car was introduced. It was not a Buick. The ignored and forgotten Buick XP-300 was introduced at the same time. The Le Sabre was a GM concept. The Buick XP-300 shared the LeSabre drivetrain of the aluminum, hemi headed, dual fuel V8. Later a Buick model was named Le Sabre, but that was a model for sale, not a concept.
Willys Overland was acquired by Kaiser and renamed Kaiser-Jeep. Then they acquired Nash and Hudson and became American Motor Corp. AMC did not "influence" Nash and Hudson. Nash and Hudson disappeared when AMC was founded. Willys did not "found" AMC. If any name was the "founder", it was Kaiser.
Studebaker and Packard merged to form the Studebaker-Packard Corp. True Packards disappeared immediately and several Studebaker models were blinged up and called Packards.
AMC went out of business, spinning off American General, which made the military HummVee and later made civilian models called Hummers.
There are ample archives to document the truth. These are examples of know-it-alls spouting garbage to sound expert when they are ignorant and too lazy to find out.
End of rant. Thanks for listening.
I was watching "101 cars you must drive" this morning. They are from a different planet than I grew up on.
I have been a car nut for about 70 years. I was there when:
The Le Sabre concept car was introduced. It was not a Buick. The ignored and forgotten Buick XP-300 was introduced at the same time. The Le Sabre was a GM concept. The Buick XP-300 shared the LeSabre drivetrain of the aluminum, hemi headed, dual fuel V8. Later a Buick model was named Le Sabre, but that was a model for sale, not a concept.
Willys Overland was acquired by Kaiser and renamed Kaiser-Jeep. Then they acquired Nash and Hudson and became American Motor Corp. AMC did not "influence" Nash and Hudson. Nash and Hudson disappeared when AMC was founded. Willys did not "found" AMC. If any name was the "founder", it was Kaiser.
Studebaker and Packard merged to form the Studebaker-Packard Corp. True Packards disappeared immediately and several Studebaker models were blinged up and called Packards.
AMC went out of business, spinning off American General, which made the military HummVee and later made civilian models called Hummers.
There are ample archives to document the truth. These are examples of know-it-alls spouting garbage to sound expert when they are ignorant and too lazy to find out.
End of rant. Thanks for listening.
