1958 Edsel Citation Convertible
Every contradiction in the Edsel story fits inside the Citation convertible. It was the flagship of a marque sold as a clean break from Detroit convention, yet it sat on a Mercury platform. It wore the most arg...
1958 Fiat 600 Jolly by Ghia
Dante Giacosa's Fiat 600 was built on a thoroughly sensible premise: put four people and their shopping into the smallest, lightest, cheapest car that could still keep up with traffic, and make it simple enough...
1958 Fiat 500 Spiaggina Boano
Gianni Agnelli didn't commission the Fiat 500 Spiaggina Boano to be admired in a showroom, or even driven very far. He wanted something to ferry his houseguests down the hillside at Villa Leopolda, his estate a...
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I by Pinin Farina
Summer, 1957. The roar of a V12 engine breaks the morning silence as a gleaming white convertible winds its way through the Italian countryside. Behind the wheel sits a wealthy industrialist, the wind tousling...
1958 Jaguar XK 150 3.4-Litre Fixed Head Coupe
The Jaguar XK 150 arrived in 1957 carrying a difficult inheritance. The XK 120 that had launched in 1948 was a sensation - slippery, fast, and genuinely beautiful in a way that stopped traffic in both senses -...
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa by Scaglietti
The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, crafted by Scaglietti, is a definitive work of automotive art. Produced between 1957 and 1961, this masterpiece combines Italian craftsmanship, racing heritage, and functional beaut...
1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
Mercedes-Benz built the 300 SL Roadster to fix a car that arguably didn't need fixing so much as it needed different doors. That car was the 300 SL "Gullwing", the sensational fuel-injected coupé whose upward-s...
1958 AC Ace-Bristol
The moment Clifton Scott, AC Cars' chief engineer, pulled the Bristol engine from its mounting in a test Ace and tightened the first bolts around its replacement, he was participating in a decision that would q...
1958 Bentley S1 Continental 'Flying Spur' Sports Saloon by H.J. Mulliner
The most celebrated Continental Bentleys of the 1950s wore two-door bodies - lean, purposeful shapes that rejected the rear-quarter glass of a conventional saloon in favour of something more aerodynamically res...