How I Saw It in Sixty-Nine
Motor Trend asked me to “tell it like it is” about the new American cars for 1969, the year of the first moon landing and first Concorde flight. We didn’t know it would be the Corvair’s last season.
I’m not a member of the Motor Trend editorial staff so I can say it: it’s going to be damn difficult to pick one single Car of the Year for 1969. The industry just doesn’t work that way anymore. They’re not interested in bringing out one spectacular new car that wins awards and brings in a few sales while their other offerings gather dust in the showroo…
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