Detroit's Off-Season Intros

January, 1977

T here was a time in these United States when we, the people, turned as one toward the nearest automobile agency and vibrated with anticipation until the new models were revealed. This eagerness to catch the first glimpse of Detroit's latest filigree of chrome or bulge of sheet metal bordered on a national craze, reaching a peak in September and October of each year, when the latest offerings actually appeared in public. Styling studios at Ford, G.M., et al., were guarded with a ClAlike fanatici...