Chevrolet introduced the Nova nameplate in 1962 as the top trim level for the new Chevy II compact. While Chevy's first compact, the innovative (and ultimately doomed) Corvair, was aimed at the ...

Introduced for the 1960 model year, the Ford Falcon made GM realize they also needed a small-ish car with little in the way of goodies to keep the price as low as possible. GM knew they were losing a ...

In a market sector already inhabited by Studebaker and Rambler economy cars, the Big Three, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler's compact car debut took place in late 1959. The new car buying public ...