J Mays, concept designer of Volkswagen's New Beetle, right, and now vice president for design at the Ford Motor Company, represents a new breed of car designers.
Although Corvettes tend to be a hearty breed, any car left sitting and unused is sure to exhibit a few problems.
The film briefly touches on the controversy that arose after the arrival of a new breed of cars equipped with computers to help stabilize them.
In 1923 a South Dakotan proposed a giant carving as a way to lure the new breed of car-borne tourists.
The world's canniest investor, Warren Buffett, recognises the technology's potential: his Berkshire Hathaway group has taken a 10% stake in BYD.One factor that is critical to the success of this new breed of cars is the way the electricity to power them is generated.
The poll also found that 65% of motorists reported that even when they finally found a parking space, it was too small for today's breed of cars - many of which are wider than previous generations of vehicle because of the addition of side-impact protection features.
It was not the most thrilling of races to usher in a new era of F1, but the doom-mongers' predictions of a litany of retirements and a new breed of cars that were simply too slow were unsurprisingly wide of the mark.
In this case, the De Soto is the dominant breed, though the car has retained the positive traits of the newer Mercury: air-conditioning and predictable handling.
At sporting events and concerts, shopping malls and pub crawls, they are a ubiquitous breed: self-appointed car guards who direct drivers into parking spaces and ask for money in exchange for watching the vehicles while the drivers are gone.
