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DeBest ad for the 1981 Pontiac Trans Am that was never printed
(UPDATED FROM 7/17/2023) Pete DeBest thought he had it made. He followed his dad into the car business by landing a gig at Pontiac’s ad agency as a copy writer. Things went great at first. […]
Multimedia
Three videos: The death of car culture, rich people’s cars and the 1957 Nash
Our first video, from the YouTube channel America Revisited (2026), argues that the country’s car culture is dying off with the Baby Boomers. The video goes on to suggest that car culture was about “freedom […]
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Drive-By Musings
If you could have foreseen the future in high school, would today’s cars surprise you?
(EXPANDED FROM 11/1/2023) When this query was originally posted more than two years ago it elicited a fascinating range of responses. I have thus wondered if the passage of time might spur additional thoughts by […]
Data Dive
U.S. auto industry challenged by dramatic societal changes in postwar era
(UPDATED FROM 1/25/2024) A few years ago Indie Auto reader Constant Reader suggested in the “Story Ideas Bank” the following scenario: “You’re 25 & just bought your first new Chevy, at what ages and which […]
Media Analysis
How Stuff Works still embarrasses itself with a dumb 1970s car quiz
(EXPANDED FROM 10/10/2018) Seven years ago I came across an advertisement for a How Stuff Works quiz about vehicles from the 1970s (Tyler, 2018). The promo stated that “no one is getting a perfect score […]
Media Analysis
Popular Mechanics got many things wrong about 1968 cars but one thing right
(EXPANDED FROM 1/18/2023) The June 1967 issue of Popular Mechanics was published only a few months prior to the beginning of the 1968 model year for U.S.-built cars. Even so, an article by Bob Irwin […]
Photo Essay
LeMay’s 47th annual car show was a car-themed party for regular folks
Yesterday I made a pilgrimage to LeMay’s annual car show. Here I am talking about the one held by LeMay Collections at Marymount (2025a) rather than the other local venue, America’s Car Museum (2025). I […]