Explore the multiple and complex roles that automobiles have played in our lives. Celebrate the automobile, its enduring beauty, and the art that has been inspired by the influences of 20th-century designers.
The power episode: the pure power of the 1968 Plymouth GTX, powered by the legendary Hemi engine that was developed by Chrysler to not just win the horsepower wars, but to deliver a knockout punch; the overpowering looks of the 1953 Studebaker Starliner Coupe, once called the most beautiful American car ever built; and the staying power of the 1929 McLaughlin Buick, a distinctly Canadian car with a special dual primer pump that virtually guaranteed instant starting in cold weather.
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