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Automotive Views: Republican senator calls for more auto-safety regulations

May 30, 2022 Steve 4
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Automotive Views: Alabama takes action against drive-in theaters

May 14, 2022 Steve 0
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Why I shouldn’t have decorated my bathroom with an Edsel grille

May 8, 2022 Steve 2
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Automotive Views: Texas campaign against ‘Sunday Ethanolism’ advances

April 2, 2022 Steve 0
Letters to the Editor

Interstate highways were a product of new technologies and ‘urban renewal’

March 17, 2022 Steve 5

I was pleasantly surprised that so many Indie Auto readers have offered comments about our post, “Negative aspects of interstate highways received little initial attention.” Geeber took the time to write a lengthy and thoughtful […]

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Negative aspects of interstate highways received little initial attention

March 11, 2022 Steve 9

“The widespread support for the construction of the interstate highway system reflected an era when few questioned the benefits of automobile-based mobility. Even urban officials welcomed the penetration of the interstates into their cities, assuming […]

Parking lot in Olympia, Washington circa 2015
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VIP SURVEY: What do you see here?

March 7, 2022 Steve 4

(UPDATED FROM 10/1/2019) We asked the above question to the most powerful people we know in and around the automobile industry and media. The photograph shows a parking lot in Olympia, Washington, circa 2015. Here are […]

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Peter DeLorenzo: Dealer markups are killing auto industry’s credibility

February 17, 2022 Steve 0

“This Bush League Bullshit has been going on in the car business for so long that I can’t even remember when it wasn’t. But now? It’s ramped up to an entirely new level of blatant […]

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Letters to the Editor

Acceleration is an easy measure of automotive progress

February 7, 2022 Steve 1

Geeber weighed in with a lengthy comment that I think deserves to be elevated to the front page. His missive was in response to the story, “How come a car that goes 0-60 in 9.7 […]

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How come a car that goes 0-60 in 9.7 seconds is now so terrible?

February 3, 2022 Steve 9

Last summer a Jalopnik review of the Mazda MX-30 led to a debate in the comment thread about what is adequate acceleration. Writer Ken Saito (2021) had just concluded that the electric crossover’s 0-60 time […]

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  • A sad reason bridges aren’t just used for driving over
    June 15, 2025 1
  • 1964 Studebaker Challenger
    Brooks Stevens’s rejection of brand continuity was bad for small automakers
    June 14, 2025 0
  • EVs need a George Romney to champion them in the next few years
    June 13, 2025 16
  • Citroen SM
    Citroen SM: A surprisingly conventional next step
    June 12, 2025 5
  • 1936-37 Cord 810/812 tried to do too much at once
    June 11, 2025 10
  • 1963 Studebaker Daytona convertible
    Classic film shows human side of Studebaker’s end
    June 10, 2025 15
  • Once upon a time, car wheels were 36-to-42 inches in diameter
    June 9, 2025 5
  • Brooks Stevens’s 1965 Studebaker Lark concept: Almost a baby Continental
    June 6, 2025 5
  • 1949 Packard Super Eight
    Packard kept a bigger foothold in the luxury-car field than commonly assumed
    June 5, 2025 9
  • Exner bio offers mostly positive take on controversial car designer
    Peter Grist views car designer Virgil Exner through rose-tinted glasses
    June 3, 2025 9
  • 983 AMC Eagle wagon
    Would anything have ‘saved’ American Motors?
    June 16, 2025 1
  • 1956 Buick hood scoop
    Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
    October 14, 2022 124
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