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Year: 2023
Design Notes
1961-68 Jaguar XK-E has never been topped in two ways
(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 […]
Letters to the Editor
Was the 1961 Dodge’s front end inspired by 1960 Ford Falcon’s?
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 […]
Quotes
The unexpected consequences of post-World War II mobility
“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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Media Analysis
Automotive News treats Gerald C. Meyers’ tenure at AMC with kid gloves
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 […]
Current Events
Recent sales figures show how different the West Coast is from rest of nation
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?
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 […]
Quotes
1964-65 Rambler American paid a price for using Classic body parts
A key way that American Motors was able to afford fielding both a compact and mid-sized platform in the mid-1960s was by sharing an unusual number of body parts. However, as Car Life noted below, […]
Letters to the Editor
General Motors lost styling leadership in early-80s in ‘a morass of boxiness’
At the risk of disrupting an active comment thread, I would like to elevate to the front page a response by Peter Wilding to our story, “U.S. cars often suffered from weak styling continuity and […]