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Robert Wagner, It’s Cold Up There!

I am not, by nature, a mountain-climber. I go big for valleys and warm, heated rooms. When I heard, among the bits of snatches of American gossip meted out to Americans abroad, that Bob Wagner had fallen hard for his co-star in The Mountain, that...

Right Guy—Guy Madison

New freedom, new life, new girls add up to new problems for Madison—but he’s meeting them all in the old, quiet way he learned in the harder years....

City Cars

As manufacturers worldwide strove to meet legislation that demanded reduced emissions and greater fuel efficiency, interest turned again to tiny city cars with two, or at most four, seats. Some manufacturers produced tiny, sub-l,000 cc, two- or three-cylinder cars designed for city use. Others made...

Meet Maggie McNamara

She’s only a little bit of a thing—but then, so is the atom! The difference being that they’re both going up, but Maggie may go higher!...

Great Marques—The Suzuki Story

With origins that lie in the Japanese silk industry, Suzuki grew into a world-renowned maker of motorcycles and cars. It has proved expert in producing small, low-cost cars, 4x4s, and commercial vehicles with a global appeal. The marque is now expanding its range into larger,...

Change Of Heart—Pier Angeli & Vic Damone

EDITOR’S NOTE: A few hours before we went to press with this issue, Pier Angeli surprised us all by announcing her engagement to Vic Damone. The news was particularly surprising because Pier had been spending most of her time with Jimmy Dean who appeared to be...

Crossovers And Off-Roaders

For 50 years the trend had been to build cars lower and sleeker, but designers realized that people were increasingly buying four-wheel-drive vehicles because they wanted higher, safer-feeling cars. A surge in production of "crossover" vehicles followed, some with only limited off-road ability....

Famous Marques Reinvented

After building cars for more than a century, the motor industry discovered the power of its heritage in public perception. Today, every manufacturer who is able to do so draws heavily on its past with evocative model names and styling cues. For other manufacturers, there...