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Editor's Note
Our auto media links have been updated and expanded
Indie Auto’s “Links” section has been significantly updated and expanded. I have added new sources as well as Twitter and YouTube pages for those media outlets that offer them. I have also added new categories […]
Data Dive
Is the mid-sized sedan in a ‘breathtaking’ decline?
A Ford executive recently told Automotive News that the Fusion sedan’s forthcoming discontinuance was the result of a “breathtaking” decline in the mid-sized sedan segment that has “accelerated over the past couple years” (Martinez, 2018). In […]
Media Analysis
Hemmings highlights late-70s attack against U.S. bumper regulations
Hemmings got political recently by highlighting a 1978 attack against U.S. bumper regulations then on the books. In his “Four Links” feature, Daniel Strohl (2020) pointed to a story in a staunchly libertarian magazine called […]
Well, it’s about time! My grandson can’t understand why there are vehicles you have to manually shift into gears. I had a truck with roll up windows. He wanted to know if my truck was older than me. It took awhile for him to master the door lock. Push down the button. Hold the outside button in as you slam the door. Voila! Locked up solid! Now how do you get this thing unlocked???