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Home2023

Year: 2023

1962 Lincoln Continental 4-door sedan
Letters to the Editor

Reader finds our 1961-63 Lincoln article ‘most negative of them all’

July 12, 2023 Steve 6

Indie Auto reader WM stopped by to offer his reaction on our article, “1961-63 Lincoln Continental was not as iconic as often described.” Well of all the articles written about the 1960s Lincoln, this is […]

Budd XR-400
Fake Design

The XR-400 wouldn’t have ‘saved’ AMC but it pointed in a useful direction

July 7, 2023 Steve 6

(EXPANDED FROM 7/7/2021) A few years ago Stéphane Dumas quite rightly noted that another alternative to the 1964 Rambler Tarpon concept car was the XR-400. This was a 2+2 convertible proposed to American Motors in […]

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Automotive Views: Mercedes unveils what it calls ‘the first car of world peace’

July 6, 2023 Steve 0
Jaguar XK-E
Design Notes

1961-68 Jaguar XK-E has never been topped in two ways

July 3, 2023 Steve 7

(EXPANDED FROM 7/1/2021) The Jaguar XK-E was a remarkable car for a variety of reasons, but I would like to point out two qualities that have always been particularly appealing to me. For starters, the […]

1961 Dodge Dart 4-door sedan
Letters to the Editor

Was the 1961 Dodge’s front end inspired by 1960 Ford Falcon’s?

June 29, 2023 Steve 4

MH dropped a note to Indie Auto about the 1961 Dodge, perhaps in response to our article, “Chrysler’s collapse in premium-priced field was a bigger deal than Edsel’s.” Not much is written about the 1961 […]

Highway 101 near Raymond, Washington at dusk
Quotes

The unexpected consequences of post-World War II mobility

June 29, 2023 Steve 0

“Mobility is as much about freedom and new vistas as it is about capitalism or the free market, and the young were taking up the former while the elder worried about the latter. Mobility in […]

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Collectible Cars: Another head-scratching ‘This or that?’

June 29, 2023 Steve 0
1976 AMC Pacer and Chevy Nova
Media Analysis

Automotive News treats Gerald C. Meyers’ tenure at AMC with kid gloves

June 28, 2023 Steve 10

Automotive News’ obituary of Gerald C. Meyer treated his tenure at American Motors with kid gloves. Meyers died on June 19 at the age of 94. Presenting a largely upbeat narrative would make sense if […]

Highway 101 sign
Current Events

Recent sales figures show how different the West Coast is from rest of nation

June 21, 2023 Steve 0

I have lived almost all of my life on the West Coast so occasionally have to remind myself that it can be meaningfully different than the rest of the country when it comes to automotive […]

Media Analysis

Does Auto Extremist’s Peter DeLorenzo have conflicts of interest?

June 20, 2023 Steve 0

Peter DeLorenzo (2023a) recently made a big deal about how he supposedly transformed the automotive media. He argued that “the key differentiator for me was that I didn’t care about access, because I not only […]

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    March 5, 2026 21
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    Splashy new cars often were the biggest disasters during the postwar period
    March 3, 2026 1
  • Reader questions Chrysler’s future as it passes 100th anniversary
    March 2, 2026 13
  • 1968 Chevrolet C10 pickup
    Was the 1967-68 Chevrolet C10 the ‘first modern pickup’?
    February 27, 2026 7
  • 1941 Studebaker Commander 2-door coupe
    1941 Studebaker Commander: Ending its big cars on a high note
    February 26, 2026 11
  • 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk front with hood open
    Four lingering questions about Aaron Severson’s take on the 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk
    February 20, 2026 6
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    Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
    October 14, 2022 134
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