EARLY DAYS
WilhelmL_CARmag
Petridish_Mooks
These days, when motor manufacturers are not fixated on future mobility solutions, they are fighting tooth and nail for sales success in an ever-contracting market. The prolonged growth of the compact-crossover segment, competing in a heavily populated space, is a prime example of this: giving buyers exactly what they want. Seventy years ago, as countries were kick-starting their economies after the devastation of World War II, automotive markets were not as susceptible to global trends as they are today. Japan, and latterly
