By Jim Hagarty
I am not a car expert and have done no research on this, but I do remember when Chrysler’s PT Cruiser first hit the streets. It was quite a head turner and I believe sort of kicked off the trend to retro cars that would come along in years to come. It was not a re-born anything, unlike the Mustang, Camaro, Challenger, and even Volkswagen Beetle, etc., that were revived. It was its own invention. But it relied on just enough of the features from cars of the ’30s and ’40s to get car buyers nostalgic. Big rounded fenders, the hint of a running board. And even, in the case of the one shown above, a look reminiscent of the “woodies” of earlier ages. After awhile, the PT Cruiser became just part of the landscape and then faded away. Although on my way home from the coffee shop, where I photographed the one here, I saw a dark blue convertible version in a parking lot that looked pretty cool.
