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Jay Leno hypes the Slate Truck and the Hubcap Club criticizes the 1958 Packard

February 4, 2026 Steve 11

Let’s take a back-to-back look at two videos: a Jay Leno’s Garage episode about the forthcoming Slate Truck and a Hubcap Club take on the controversial 1958 Packard. While Leno enthusiastically hyped the forthcoming electric […]

2026 Dodge Charger
Current Events

Will automakers address affordability crisis or hit gas pedal after deregulation?

December 29, 2025 Steve 18

Peter DeLorenzo’s (2025) year-end review of the auto industry emphasized the “ugly reality that new cars, trucks and SUVs are just too damn expensive.” In response to critics arguing that he has offered no solutions, […]

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Cadillac shows leadership in responding to housing affordability crisis

August 7, 2024 Steve 1
Current Events

Joe Ligo sheds light on why small cars have disappeared in the United States

April 5, 2024 Steve 4

Joe Ligo has written one of the most interesting automotive articles I have come across in quite some time. Over at The Autopian website he analyzes why the small car died in the United States. […]

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Why younger people are keeping their vehicles longer

August 10, 2018 Steve 0

“Welcome to not being a baby boomer. car, house, retirement, savings. pick three.” — Jon368, Car and Driver commentator (2018) “You missed experience (travel, going out with friends, even the humble kick back costs, etc). […]

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Financial illiteracy among car buyers is ‘staggering’

July 20, 2018 Steve 0

“Those of y’all who live and breathe cars, and are fairly well versed in other fields, have absolutely no idea how an absolutely astonishing number of people actually buy things. Some years ago, my cousin […]

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Media Analysis

The truth about cut-and-spin journalism

March 22, 2014 Steve 0

We have previously discussed how the relentless pressure for content at 24/7 automotive websites can lead to basic errors (go here). A more subtle but common problem is cut-and-spin journalism. This is where a harried […]

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    AMC’s Roy D. Chapin Jr. succumbed to the illusion of bigness
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  • 1980 Ford Thunderbird and 1956 model
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    Why wasn’t the 1971 ‘boat-tail’ Buick Riviera shrunk to compact size?
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