In 1907, the automotive world was a drastically different place. If you were going to travel somewhere, you wouldn’t have even considered going by automobile unless you were rich. Vast swaths of the world’s population had never moved faster than the speed of a horse, and the Ford Model T was yet to change the world.…
A mix of legal pressure from rivals, unfortunate meanings for the intended name and the weight of public opinion resulted in these cars changing their monikers
Alfa Romeo’s diminutive carbon-tub two-seater 4C was a delightfully quirky little Italian sports car. It wasn’t perfect, but it was weird and wonderful in a spicy and rowdy way that wasn’t really appreciated in its time. The 4C died off in 2020, but four years later the brand basically built on a foundation of spicy…