Fourth in a series for Kelley Blue Book’s 100th Anniversary, celebrating automotive innovations of the past century. This edition: The 1950s: Power Steering and Power Brakes.
Kelley Blue Book’s 100th Anniversary series explores the past century’s biggest automotive innovations. This edition: 1920s closed-body cars.
A century later, their rise and fall offer more than historical insight. Seeing the highs and lows provides perspective on an industry that has never stopped evolving. While automakers continue to adapt, innovate, and push what’s possible, their legacies remind us that every breakthrough leaves a lesson behind. Every milestone, like this centennial celebration, is built on the journeys of those who came before.
Kelley Blue Book celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2026, giving us an opportunity to look back at the last century in the automotive world.
Kelley Blue Book turns 100 this year, and so do a bunch of other cultural icons.
From Model T to Model Y: a 100-year look at the features and engineering ideas that endured across the century.
As Kelley Blue Book celebrates its 100th anniversary, we’re looking back at how much it cost to own a car over the past century, decade by decade.
As Kelley Blue Book celebrates 100 years, we look at car ads and culture from the past century.
Kelley Blue Book marks 100 years by tracing how auto show began, evolved from flashy debuts to hands-on experiences, and why they still matter for car shoppers today.
As Kelley Blue Book marks its 100th anniversary in 2026, we trace automotive paint colors from Ford’s “any color…black” to today’s finishes and tomorrow’s smart and self-healing paints.
