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Auto media copy each other instead of covering news that matters
Last week I was once again reminded of the Bruce Springsteen song, “57 Channels (And Nothin’ On),” when surveying the automotive media. The major outlets fell all over themselves to cover many of the same […]
Links
Proposed car designs, auto history timeline and old magazines
You’ll find a number of new links in our Bibliography. The most recent add is a Facebook page called Cars: Design & Style. It mainly posts illustrations of proposed models. There is less commentary than […]
Media Analysis
How can the auto history field better support small-scale publishing?
Aaron Severson recently had an extended back-and-forth with Ate Up With Motor commentator timmy (2021). The discussion ranged from the viability of V12 engines and the relative merits of 1950s automatic transmissions to the prospects […]
Editor's Note
A newsletter glitch is fixed and other Indie Auto changes
Over the last few weeks some readers of our e-newsletter have been confronted with “403 — permission denied” messages when attempting to follow links to the website. That turned out to be a technical glitch […]
Media Analysis
Peter DeLorenzo continues to continue with his usual swagger
It’s good news that Peter DeLorenzo is not going to retire after all. Last week an editor’s note suggested that his website, the Auto Extremist, might close (Word Girl, 2021). However, in his latest column […]
Current Events
Whyte’s ‘The Sack of Detroit’ gives auto history a hard-core libertarian spin
As I was reading Paul Niedermeyer’s critique of Kenneth Whyte’s new anti-Nader book, I found myself wondering how the auto buff press would have responded if the book had been published in the early-70s. In […]
Quotes
Art Railton: 1960 compacts prove ‘vitality’ of U.S. automakers
“Proud, that’s what the industry is — proud of itself. And with reason. It proved its vitality, its flexibility. It proved that it responds to public demand, after all. Sure, there was a period of […]
Media Analysis
Do you have the stamina to write 10,500 words per week?
A job description for a news reporter opening at GM Authority sheds light on the brave new world of automotive journalism. The lucky person hired is expected to write seven, 300-word articles per day. That’s […]
Satire
Could you give feedback on my sample article for hotcars.com?
Doing Indie Auto’s been fun, but it’s not making me rich. So when I heard that hotcars.com was hiring freelancers, I thought: Here’s my ticket! Thank you, Automotive Books and Periodicals, for posting their “We’re […]