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Year: 2021
Current Events
Automotive News’ report on EV startups has revealing gaps
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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Readings
Peter Grist views car designer Virgil Exner through rose-tinted glasses
(UPDATED 12/6/2022) Peter Grist stated that he tried to make this authorized biography of car designer Virgil Exner “as unbiased as possible” (p. 5). Even so, Visioneer has a family scrapbook quality, replete with childhood photos and purple […]
Current Events
Auto media largely ignore ‘code red’ IPCC climate change report
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. […]
Media Analysis
Comments about ‘grand merger’ of independents show value of dialogue
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 […]
Media Analysis
Was Mac’s Motor City Garage wrong about the 1974-78 Matador coupe?
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 […]
Design Notes
The 1955 Packard’s styling was an evolutionary dead end
(EXPANDED ON 1/20/2023) The 1955 Packard’s styling was nicely done in many ways — but it was also an evolutionary dead end. The designers of the last “real” Packards deserve credit for two things. First, […]
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Letters to the Editor
Studebaker Lark V8 is a ‘little mountain goat’
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 […]