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Home2021August

Month: August 2021

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Matt Posky gets an earful from commentators at The Truth About Cars

August 31, 2021 Steve 0

Let’s post-mortem this thread, shall we? 1) Basically, what we have here was a ginormous food fight in which not one word was spoken about cars.2) Rehash of the same basic anti-employers-setting-COVID-safety-rules arguments from the […]

1955 Packard Request's retro look didn't capture elegance of 1930's grilles
Design Notes

1955 Packard Request: Retro styling doesn’t always work

August 27, 2021 Steve 5

(UPDATED FROM 7/24/2020) The 1955 Packard Request is a good example of how “retro” styling doesn’t always work very well. This show car took too literal of an approach in trying to evoke Packard’s classic […]

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Automotive Views: Cadillac styling goes wild

August 20, 2021 Steve 0
2021 Bollinger B2 truck
Current Events

Automotive News’ report on EV startups has revealing gaps

August 18, 2021 Steve 0

Last week Automotive News acknowledged that “there has never been a better time for EV startups.” Even so, the trade journal couldn’t bring itself to fully explain why it has been “at least a century […]

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Auto Nostalgist: Today’s car design Bill Mitchell would have really liked

August 13, 2021 Steve 1
Railroad crossing through dirty window in C major
Current Events

Auto media largely ignore ‘code red’ IPCC climate change report

August 12, 2021 Steve 0

Few auto media outlets have acknowledged the most important climate change news in a number of years. Last Monday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021a) came out with its first major report since 2014. […]

1955 Studebaker President two-door hardtop
Media Analysis

Comments about ‘grand merger’ of independents show value of dialogue

August 11, 2021 Steve 0

One of the things I most appreciate about Curbside Classic are the comments. As a case in point, a recently reposted article about the 1957 Nash Ambassador had a lengthy exchange from 2015 regarding a […]

1974 AMC Matador and other cars
Media Analysis

Was Mac’s Motor City Garage wrong about the 1974-78 Matador coupe?

August 9, 2021 Steve 3

Fred (2018), a Mac’s Motor City Garage commentator, argued that a story about the 1974-78 AMC Matador coupe was riddled with “typical mistakes that get repeated again and again” by “one hack Internet report after […]

1960 Studebaker Lark wagon
Letters to the Editor

Studebaker Lark V8 is a ‘little mountain goat’

August 5, 2021 Steve 0

This letter is a response to our story, “1959 Studebaker: Throwing the baby out with the bath water.” With all due respect I’m guessing that you have never driven a V8 powered Studebaker Lark. Much […]

Early Dodge
Quotes

H. Donald Capps: Auto history can help us better navigate the future

August 4, 2021 Steve 1

“As historians, we tend to be really good at explaining the events of the past, but our track record for ‘predicting’ the future often leaves a great deal to be desired. We are scarcely into […]

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