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Why does knowledge advance sooo slowly in the U.S. auto history field?
Indie Auto has previously explored this question, but I would like to offer some updated and expanded thoughts. The basic problem is that the U.S. auto history field all too often feels like it was […]
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Roy D. Chapin Jr. showed little self awareness when recounting AMC tenure
Once upon a time the Henry Ford museum sponsored an automotive design oral history project. Among the people interviewed was Roy D. Chapin Jr., who led American Motors from 1967-77. The Automobile in American Life […]
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Hotcars.com offers brilliant assessment of why the AMX didn’t sell very well
Us boomers can wax nostalgic about the great automotive journalists of the past. However, right under our noses a new generation is coming into its own that — truth be told — is even better […]
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What’s Collectible Automobile’s beef with the 1978-80 Pontiac Grand Prix?
(EXPANDED FROM 8/25/2022) One of the more curious aspects of the postwar U.S. auto industry is the way that dramatic change was often normalized by the media — as long as it went in the […]
Editor's Note
Thank you for your support of Indie Auto in 2024
In 2024 Indie Auto’s readership more than doubled. Although we are still very much a small fry compared to the leading for-profit auto history websites, we have grown far more than I ever expected. Indie […]
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In 1960 Lincoln moved upmarket despite struggling sales
(EXPANDED FROM 8/9/2022) A few years ago Corey Lewis (2022) wrote that the 1960 Lincoln’s entry-level model was “rebranded as simply ‘Lincoln,’ to compete with the new base model Chrysler New Yorker (1960-1962) and Series […]
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Indie Auto makes some adjustments in response to the real world intruding
Over the last month I have been so busy with real-world responsibilities that I have had to cut back on the amount of time spent on Indie Auto. It looks like this situation will continue […]
Media Analysis
What kind of cars does — and doesn’t — Collectible Automobile put on its cover?
Stéphane Dumas (2024) recently commented that “it would have been a shock if a car from the 1980s” was on the cover of Collectible Automobile magazine. The newest model he could remember was a 1975 […]
Media Analysis
Auto buff media are rarely renegades anymore
(UPDATED 6/26/2024) If you subscribed to car buff magazines back when you were a kid, do you do so anymore? As a young lad I subscribed to up to five different magazines, but I wouldn’t […]