“The Jetsons” had a brief run as a prime-time cartoon in 1962-63, but the futuristic family’s flying car made a lasting impression, rating No. 1 as the favorite cartoon car for American adults. A ...

This charming little 1956 cartoon commissioned by the Automobile Manufacturers Association is interesting because it seems to have, at least according to some sources, lead to the development of the ...

We don't know about the rest of you, but for us, our love of all things motorized started way before we knew how any of them worked. And for that we thank cartoons. Yeah, we watched 'em for the ...

Auto design today seems to be about where architecture was 20 years ago. The clean functionalism that loosely dominated for so many years—when it was clear what a beautiful car looked like (namely ...

Animation can provide a fascinating window into the past. In the 1950s and 1960s, as cars became a fixture in contemporary life, animators made all kinds of films about automobile culture, exploring ...

The car world is full of some really awful stereotypes and catch phrases. We often hear that X or Y model is "the car for you", "has been designed specifically for the young demographic" and "packs ...

Adulting is boring. There are just so many rules: Get to work on time, pay your taxes, don’t cry when Mufasa dies. It’s enough to make you long for the simplicity of Saturday mornings as a kid, when ...

A dream car and the car of your dreams are not the same thing. The car of your dreams could be a '69 Chevy Camaro or a Lamborghini Aventador or an exotic Pagani. It's a car that is produced in higher ...

For Japanese fans, plastering cartoon pictures all over their vehicles is just another way of paying homage to their favourite characters AFP Yosuke Takahata doesn't care what people think of his ...

How could this not be the ultimate cartoon car? To start, it's a rag top, so it's got sex appeal. It's a family car, seating a whole family and its pet dinosaur. Most importantly, it's the ultimate in ...