Those old Impalas are beautiful cars. I saw a black coupe the other day that looked just like the below.

I love the curved windshield. I can't think of a single car company that would spend the money on something like windshields with complex curves these days. But back then, GM put them on everything - even their pickups had wraparound windshields. It was a time when high style was as important as the bottom line.

Fast forward to today, and note that America's best selling car is the generic looking, completely boring Camry. Sure, it gets lots of red dots in Consumer Reports. But, I think there is no doubt that we lost something over the years. Could you imagine someone dumping a boatload of cash into a Camry, and cruising the strip in it, forty years from now?