Jaguar has been heavily criticized for a rebranding effort that has culminated in the unveiling of the Type 00 concept car. While I get that complainers will complain, somebody needs to cut through the noise […]
YouTube has decided that I have an interest in classic cars, so it shares with me the latest videos on that topic. For example, today at the top of my feed was a video about […]
(EXPANDED FROM 5/28/2021) Some say that the American dream ends in the sun-drenched surf of California. That may have been the case in years gone by, but not anymore. In 2020 California recorded a net […]
(EXPANDED FROM 4/18/2023) According to Ed Cray’s (1980) Chrome Colossus, in 1932 Cadillac was in danger of being discontinued when a young service manager named Nicholas Dreystadt crashed a General Motors’ executive committee meeting to […]
My biggest takeaway from a trip to the 2024 Seattle auto show last week was how automakers continue to try to outdo each other in making their cars and trucks looks scary. Why? Clotaire Rapaille, […]
For its September 1973 issue, Motor Trend published a pro/con feature asking whether “romantic” styling was dead. In other words, did new considerations such as safety and pollution laws as well as more emphasis on […]
I would like to offer two additional thoughts about Paul Niedermeyer’s (2024) recent article that discusses the auto industry abandoning low-priced cars in the U.S. market. First, the election of Donald Trump as president increases […]
(EXPANDED FROM 10/18/2023) David E. Davis often wrote about his road trips when he was editor of Automobile. Jack Baruth (2011) suggested that the magazine’s motto, “No Boring Cars!” served as “an excuse, er, reason […]
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