2020s
Why I stopped commenting on automotive blogs
(EXPANDED FROM 5/1/2020) Today someone commented on this post, which I wrote more than four years ago. So perhaps it’s time for an update on automotive-blog comment threads. Around 15 years ago I started to […]
1950-51 Studebaker was ‘pinnacle of postwar styling’ that could have saved automaker
Now that The Truth About Cars is publishing stories developed with artificial intelligence, Indie Auto has no choice but to keep up with the competition. We have thus created a new feature called “The AI […]
Thank you for helping make 2023 a good year for Indie Auto
I hope you had an enjoyable New Year’s Eve and see promise in the coming year. I also wanted to thank you for helping to make 2023 a good year for Indie Auto. As a […]
What did you consider to be the top Indie Auto stories in 2023?
When I created Indie Auto I did not want to join the viral rat race, where the website that gets the highest number of page views supposedly “wins.” That might bring in more revenue for […]
Is Ate Up With Motor the ‘canary in the mineshaft’ for auto history media?
Right before Christmas Aaron Severson (2023) warned that “the future of Ate Up With Motor is looking quite bleak.” This strikes me as a wake-up call to the automotive history field. Severson is arguably one […]
Have you checked out the Society of Automotive Historians lately?
If not, you may find it to be worth cruising over to the Society of Automotive Historians’s website (go here). This international nonprofit organization has just rolled out a new design that looks great and […]
Reader argues that Sergio was right about auto industry consolidation
George Denzinger wrote a comment in response to our 2043 predictions post that deserves separate treatment because of its length and focus. As little as I cared for Sergio Marchionne’s proclamations, he was correct about […]
