Wild ideas know no boundaries and jump continents in the blink of an eye. Still, sometimes, they fall so far from the tree that it takes a detective to unravel the mystery. Take the Ford Ranchero as ...

The first “hybrid” in the United States had nothing to do with electric motors. Marketed as “More than a car … more than a truck … the Ranchero is a new idea in motor vehicles." Ironically, the ...