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Home2022November

Month: November 2022

2020 GMC pickup
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Designer of 2020 GMC Sierra HD strived for a ‘pissed-off feel’

November 28, 2022 Steve 2

“I already had an idea of what I wanted to convey. A lot of inspirations were locomotives, really high-end and futuristic military equipment, NASA, and really high-tech objects. . . . The front end was […]

1978 Oldsmobile Toronado
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Alex Taylor III on why GM’s product cycles lengthened in the 1970s

November 25, 2022 Steve 1

“GM’s product development cycles in the 1960s, which had been among the shortest, were becoming among the longest in the industry, according to GM’s own in-house history. More content dictated by federal regulations was part […]

2022 Rivian R1T truck with integrated tent
Current Events

Does Rivian lose more than $100,000 on every vehicle it sells?

November 22, 2022 Steve 0

Reuters recently reported that every time Rivian Automotive Inc. sells an electric vehicle, it loses “hundreds of thousands of dollars due to staggering raw material and production costs, their latest earnings statements showed” (Sriram, 2022). […]

Inside Indie Auto
Editor's Note

On Indie Auto’s long-winded stories and the future of Twitter

November 18, 2022 Steve 3

I have spent a goodly chunk of this week taking care of a family member who has been in and out of the hospital, so our lead story is a very mildly updated piece from […]

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Automotive Views: This Kia doesn’t want to stand out in the crowd

November 18, 2022 Steve 0
2022 Ford Mach-E
Quotes

Peter DeLorenzo: Transition to electric vehicles can’t be dismissed as a fad

November 14, 2022 Steve 2

“. . . (T)he notion that the more ‘traditional’ automakers are too far ahead of the unfolding BEV transition is laughable. It’s not just traditional industry lead times at play here; it’s the fact that […]

Readings

Matt DeLorenzo’s book, ‘Dodge: 100 Years,’ is a highly polished something

November 11, 2022 Steve 3

(EXPANDED FROM 4/10/2020) If Dodge: 100 Years represents the future of automotive history, then we’re in real trouble. What we have here is a lavish display of mindless car porn and marketing babble. That’s an […]

2013 Infiniti Q50 headlight
Design Notes

2013 Infiniti G50: How to overdo a promising design

November 7, 2022 Steve 3

(EXPANDED FROM 3/29/2016) Nissan Motor Company has had bursts of design brilliance. For example, the 2007-2013 Infiniti G-series sedans were downright elegant in their subtlety (Wikipedia, 2022a). Alas, when it was time for an updated […]

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Automotive Views: Ford goes for safe bets after losing billions on self-driving tech

November 4, 2022 Steve 1
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
Quotes

Halberstam: Big Three’s ‘shared monopoly’ held back innovation for years

November 4, 2022 Steve 1

“The Big Three in the auto industry stood virtually alone, possessors of what was in effect a shared monopoly, for the price of entry was too great for any start-up company. In an environment like […]

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