"By the end of the 1950s, American cars were so reliable that their reliability went without saying even in car ads. Thousands of them bear testimony to this today, still running on the roads of Cuba though fueled with nationalized Venezuelan gasoline and maintained with spit and haywire."
- P. J. O'RourkeAmerican automobiles were renowned for their dependability and longevity in the late 1950s. This period was distinguished by the fact that these cars could be relied upon to operate dependably without the need for complex advertising claims regarding their dependability. Because of the example set b…