British automotive writer Nick Georgano devotes a chapter to Teague in the book titled "The Art of the American Automobile: the Greatest Stylists and their Work" describing individuals whose creative talents made a difference in production and custom automobiles since the 1930s. According to the authors of the book,"Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future", Teague was one of the people that "helped to transport us into the future." While serving as the chief stylist, Teague was called by "Popular Mechanics" to predict the design trends for automobiles in the 1960s. Together with Brooks Stevens, Teague presented ideas about future cars and vehicle technologies at the 1963 SAE congress in Detroit. Teague, "who is generally considered to have been a bit of a maverick" predicted an evolutionary process for automobiles that turned out to be right. Teague foretold improvements in conventional gasoline engines, while cars "would have greater variety of style now that glass could be shaped, and better suspension systems" In contrast to Stevens, Teague believed that the automobiles of 1970 would still be built to provide basic transportation, and not be "a home on wheels" powered by an advanced power plant “the size of a breadbox.”