Quotes
In 2010 Jim Farley itched to beat up GM
“There was a saying going around Ford: GM was like the kid who was born on third base and yells out, ‘Hey, Ma, I hit a triple!’ Farley and his fellow Ford executives and workers […]
2010s
Media Analysis
Automotive News shows its bias in 2020 presidential coverage
The auto industry’s leading trade journal has put its thumb on the scales in reporting about the 2020 presidential race. Keith Laing’s (2020) comparison of Donald Trump and Joe Biden uses biased language and a […]
Current Events
Infiniti’s dog leg is gone — all hail the floating roof!
Infiniti’s new design direction has a “good news and bad news” quality. The good news is that the dog-leg rear pillar is being retired. Automotive News reporter Hans Greimel (2020) recently wrote that the reason […]
Quotes
Mike Spinelli: Car buff readers can be sanctimonious nitpickers
“You know how it is when you are 12 years old and your parents do something that embarrasses you and you unload on them? Some people have never really left that (stage). I think that […]
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Quotes
Prediction from 2015: High tech won’t be reliable
“The more electronic stuff automakers put into cars, the more and more people have to treat them like really big cell phones. Show of hands — who WANTS to visit their carrier store? That’s what […]
Drive-By Musings
A car show host with a rip-roaring sense of humor
A few years ago I went to an old car show that included teardrop trailers (Wikipedia, 2018). I’d never paid much attention to these so stopped to ask questions of a trailer owner. This older gentleman said that […]
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