You’re right - there’s real blue there.
But so often, the ‘colors’ are so dark, they’re really shades of black.
And I’m not saying they’re ugly; it’s just so monotonous and dull.

Black, white, silver/gray and red.

What happened to the other six colors of the rainbow?

Peugeot 504

20 years ago, when my Dad showed me his new Buick Park Avenue, I teased him and asked if a white belt and shoes came with it.

So, of course, I can never buy a Buick.

Need zip ties.

Thank you for writing a concise synopsis much better than I ever could - Aaron can use it.

Buick Park Avenue HAS to be in the conversation.

And “stoned robot” isn’t awesome??

Their willingness for experimentation, although not always successful, was awesome. (but look at that amazing ‘65 season, link below) And some truly beautiful cars. Bizarre ones, too. And that livery is under appreciated.

Jim Hall’s Chaparral Cars

Those are the maternal grandparents - Dad’s folks probably were:

When you’re racing doorhandle to doorhandle with the other guy, dicing back and forth...and then the cat comes and knocks your car off the track,

Mid ‘70’s Lancia Montecarlo. (Beta Scorpion in the U.S., where those headlights were used.)

There were Group 5 versions.

Notice how the arc of the conventional front door extends it’s edge farther away from the vehicle than the rear ‘falcon’ door ever does. In most cases, if there’s room for the front door to open, there’s room for the rear door.
(However, there could be an issue if you’re in a garage with a low ceiling...I wonder what…

If they’d gone with the smaller diameter four light sealed beam set up like they did with the coupe, they wouldn’t have needed the complicated (but fun) pop-up mechanisms.
And in ‘76, the square/rectangular sealed beams were newly legal in the US, so they could’ve gone that route.

Euro-spec headlights weren’t legal in the US.
This was the solution to the problem of fitting a single, round sealed beam headlight into the front end, and getting them pointed correctly.

WHY?