American cars, famous for their massive V8 engines ... forcing manufacturers to rethink their approaches. Although the oil crisis represented a challenging period for the automotive industry ...

Duffy ordered his chief of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to “propose the rescission or replacement of ...

shortages, May 3, 1979 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr.) As the 50 th anniversary of the first major oil crisis approaches next month, it is important to understand ...