It was four (4) days after Christmas back in 1967 when Chung Ju-Yung, founder of Hyundai Engineering and Construction first released the Cortina onto the Korean automotive market.  Now over fifty (50) years later, the automotive empire he once created with the help of Ford has become a top three automotive

       During the days of chrome and tail fins, the 1950’s had one other thing on this generation.  A need for the largest chrome grille on the market.  But as those days gave way to the 60’s, so did the need for large oversized front grilles.  Well that’s not to say that the 60’s didn’t have their fair share of oversize grilles, but they weren’t as prominent as they were during the 50’s.

   Long ago when the world knew only power and fun, was one car that set the aftermarket world on fire.  That car was the 95 Toyota Supra and when shown back in 2001 on the big screen in “The Fast and Furious”, it’s eternal fate was set.  It was too bad that soon after the premiere of that movie, would become the downfall of the entire sports car market and with the Supra.

    It's hard to believe that it has been 7 years since we had a Dakota among us, but it has.  Sure the last generation is something that we would love to forget, but the life of the Dakota was a long one that did keep us going for a good time.