Trucks and Luxury Writer

Paul Audi

Paul Audi covers American luxury cars, pickups and 4x4s for MotorGrail: Cadillac, Lincoln, Jeep, Ram, GMC and Hummer.

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Cadillac DeVille 1994-1999: front-drive saloon, Northstar V8 and facelift

Cadillac Deville 1965-1970 redesign, engines and production

Cadillac DeVille vs Lincoln Town Car: Two American Full-Size Luxury Sedans Compared

Why the 1953 Cadillac Eldorado was a one-year image car

How the Cadillac Sixty Special closed out its family line in 1976

Why the 1979 Cadillac Eldorado shrank and outsold its Lincoln rivals

How the Chrysler New Yorker of 1979 to 1981 was built as a stopgap

Chrysler Windsor history, engines and specifications

How the 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado put front-wheel drive in luxury

How the Chrysler LeBaron of 1982 to 1988 started a convertible trend

How the 1985 Cadillac DeVille brought front-wheel drive to the family

How a badge shuffle gave Lincoln its 1982 Continental

Why the 1969 to 1973 Chrysler Newport looked so long

Why the Imperial LeBaron became Imperial's most successful model

The Hartmann Cadillac: a one-off Art Deco V16 cabriolet from Lausanne

The 1974-1978 Chrysler New Yorker and the fuel crisis that outran it

The Jeep Wrangler JL kept body-on-frame toughness through its 2024 refresh

Cadillac DeVille 1961-1964 history, tail fins and engines

Imperial LeBaron 1974 and 1975: why Chrysler's Imperials failed

Why Chrysler's 1981 Imperial coupe sold poorly and is now sought after

Why the 1977 to 1984 Cadillac DeVille struggled with its own engines

How the 1991 Chrysler AS minivans brought driver airbags and all-wheel drive

How the Chrysler RT minivans sold under six names from 2008 to 2020

The Chrysler LeBaron story runs from coachbuilt luxury to the 1995 finale

The fourth-generation Cadillac DeVille: a 1971 to 1976 Malaise Era luxury car

How Chrysler's Imperial tried to outshine Cadillac and Lincoln from 1957

How the Chrysler Town & Country wore real wood from 1941 to 1988

The Chrysler Saratoga brought the Hemi to Chrysler's sporty range

The Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ from 1999 to 2004, with its PowerTech V8 and Quadra-Drive

How the Chrysler Newport went from a 1940 phaeton to the 1981 R-body sedan

How the first-generation Chrysler minivans popularised the minivan from 1984

Jeep Grand Cherokee WK history, engines and the SRT8

Lincoln Town Car history, engines and specifications, 1981-1989

The Jeep Wrangler TJ brought the round headlamps and coil springs back

The Chrysler New Yorker and the longest-running American nameplate

The Jeep Grand Cherokee WK2 ran from 2010 to 2022, from diesel to Hellcat

How the Chrysler Sebring went from Mitsubishi coupe to Chrysler 200

The Chrysler Town & Country lasted from 1990 to 2016 as the flagship minivan

The Jeep Gladiator JT was Jeep's first pickup since 1992

The Jeep Wrangler JK made the four-door Wrangler a permanent option

The Chrysler RS minivans refined the NS design and added Stow 'N Go seating

The first Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ, from its 1992 launch to 1998

Why the Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado of 1971 to 1978 drew such hard criticism

How the 1970 Lincoln Continental grew into the longest production car in the world

How the 1975 Cadillac Seville brought a small luxury Cadillac to America

Five generations of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, from a unibody gamble to a plug-in hybrid

How the 1996 Chrysler NS minivans set the shape of the modern minivan

Chrysler Europe: The Simca, Rootes and Barreiros Group, 1967 to 1978

Buick LeSabre Outlasted the Electra and Roadmaster to Reach 2005

Buick GL8 Minivan Is Sold Only in China, Unlike the Rendezvous and Skyhawk

Buick Enclave, Envision, Encore and LaCrosse and the Shift to SUVs

Buick Regal's Family Tree Runs Through Skylark, Century and Gran Sport

Buick Special Brought America Its First Volume V6 in 1962

Cadillac Calais Offered Airbags in 1974, Beside Brougham, Series 61 and 70

Cadillac Spent $4 Billion on the CTS, and the STS, XLR and SRX Followed

Cadillac DPi-V.R Won Four Straight Daytona 24 Hours Before the V-Series.R

Cadillac Eldorado Grew From 532 Cars in 1953 to Twelve Generations by 2002

Cadillac Series 62 Reached 84% of Output, Outselling the Sixty Special

Chrysler 300 Began as a 1,725-Car Hemi NASCAR Special in 1955

Chrysler Airflow Tests Showed a Normal Car Was More Aerodynamic Backwards

Chrysler Cordoba, Fifth Avenue, Concorde and 200 Models and Why They Ended

What Is a Hemi? How Chrysler's Domed Cylinder Heads Gained Power and Cost Weight

Chrysler Pentastar V6 and the Neon Fours the World Engine Replaced

GMC Acadia Shrank for 2017 and Grew Back in 2024 as the Envoy Ended

Jeep Liberty, Commander and Avenger Engines, Trims and Production Years

Jeep Tornado Overhead-Cam Six and the GMC V6, V8 and V12 Truck Engines

Jeep Wagoneer SJ Ran 29 Model Years Before the Grand Wagoneer Returned

Jeep Wrangler Has Kept Solid Axles Through Four Generations Since 1986

Lincoln MKX, MKT, Nautilus and Corsair Before and After the MK Names

Lincoln Zephyr Took 80% of Sales in Year One, the Premiere Lost Millions

Chrysler Turbine Car: The Root Beer Coupe That Ran on Jet Power

Continental Mark II: Ford's Hand-Built 1956 Flagship and the Birth of the Mark Series

Lincoln Continental Mark V: The 1977-1979 Personal Luxury Coupe

Lincoln Continental Mark III: The Thunderbird-Based Coupe That Outsold the Eldorado

Chrysler 180: The Anglo-French Executive Car of the 1970s

Cadillac ATS-V: The 464 hp Compact That Took On the BMW M3

Jeep Cherokee (KL): Trims, Engines and the Transmission Story

Ram ProMaster: The Fiat Ducato Van That Crossed Into North America

Lincoln MKS: Ford's Full-Size Lincoln Sedan From 2008 to 2016

Cadillac CT6: The Flagship Sedan With Blackwing and Hybrid Variants

GMC Canyon: The Premium Twin of the Chevrolet Colorado

Jeep CJ: The Civilian Jeep That Ran From 1945 to 1986

Jeep Cherokee XJ: The Unibody SUV That Started the Modern Craze

Lincoln Navigator: Five Generations of Lincoln's Full-Size Luxury SUV

GMC: The General Motors Truck Brand From Pontiac Roots to Premium SUVs

Lincoln: Ford's Luxury Brand From the Liberty Engine to the Navigator

Chrysler: From the 1925 Founding to the Pacifica Minivan

Cadillac joins F1 as the eleventh team, on Ferrari engines until 2029

Chrysler Crossfire: The Mercedes-Based Two-Seater of 2004 to 2008

Jeep Renegade: The Subcompact Jeep Built Outside North America

Jeep Compass: Three Generations of Jeep's Compact Crossover

Lincoln Town Car: Three Generations of America's Full-Size Luxury Sedan

Presidential State Car: From Steam Carriages to the Cadillac Beast

Buick: America's Oldest Surviving Car Brand From Flint to Crossovers

Lincoln Continental: Ten Generations of Ford's Flagship From 1939 to 2020

Lincoln MKZ: From Zephyr to Hybrid, Two Generations of Lincoln's Entry Sedan

Chrysler Neon: The Compact That Turned a Profit for Chrysler

Cadillac DeVille: Eight Generations From the 1949 Hardtop to the DTS

Jeep M151 MUTT: Ford's Quarter-Ton Utility Truck and Its Rollover Problem

Cadillac: From 1902 Precision Pioneer to General Motors Luxury Brand

Jeep: From Wartime Prototype to Stellantis SUV Brand