(EXPANDED FROM 12/27/2023) Mid-engine sports cars were trendy in the late-1960s, so in theory it made sense that Porsche would come out with one given its background with rear engines. It also made sense that […]
Audi recently announced that it would invest $4 billion in a new assembly plant in Georgia. Joe White (2026) of the High Speed Rodeo noted that this would be only one of 14 new U.S. […]
(EXPANDED FROM 4/9/2024) A few years ago Indie Auto commentator Kim in Lanark made the useful point that if American Motors had “kept the Nash and Hudson nameplates any longer, the AMC executives could drive […]
Larry Printz (2026) recently posted a particularly useful article that deserves wider distribution. The title sums up his beef: “Five Things Automakers Won’t Do That Car Buyers Actually Want.” Printz’s (2026) list is so obvious […]
(EXPANDED FROM 7/30/2024) Aaron Severson (2009) has argued that when Ford added the Falcon and Fairlane in the early-60s, they did well initially but “total sales during that period remained almost flat.” In other words, […]
(EXPANDED FROM 5/6/2024) Some have argued that the 1967-71 Thunderbird four-door Landau was a strategic error. For example, James E. Duvall (2024) wrote that the new body style played a major role in “forever” changing […]
Larry Printz (2026) recently declared that the new Jaguar Type 01 was on the right track because it stopped trying to update the design DNA that had made the brand so iconic. In a way […]
(EXPANDED FROM 5/28/2025) The Society of Automotive Historians (2026) recently gave the 2026 E. P. Ingersoll Award to The Last Independent American Automaker. This television documentary about American Motors strikes me as an obvious choice, […]
The American car-buff media has struck me as rather stale lately, but one relative newcomer has offered a ray of hope. The Car Collective’s Substack is a “newsletter” (re: a website with email distribution) that […]
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