Something more primal. Something more seductive that has been introduced into the technological mix. Something irrational and powerful that will have to be taken into account as Earth's six billion inventory their needs and, yes, desires. The problem is that we are asking the public and the industry both to be sensible about something that transcends the usual relationship between man and machine. Something altogether more primitive, more powerful, more precious and more personal.
Love stories are all different, and all the same.
I was barely thirteen when I saw my first 1955 Chevy pull into the parking lot at Southern Junior High School. It must have been the Fall of 1954, if I remember rightly how cars were released back then. Then it happened, a sort of automotive Cambrian Explosion, and the fully modern auto was born. I personally identify it with the small block Chevies, but it could just as easily have been the breathtaking '55 Chryslers or the sleek '55 Fords, Mercs and Lincolns. What '55 promised, '56 delivered and '57 topped.