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MotorTrend has a firm, meaty grip on the future

July 28, 2021 Steve 0

To honor the death of Mustang 360, we are rerunning a review from June 10, 2020. The life of this legendary website was tragically cut short when it was folded into Hot Rod magazine, whose […]

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Automotive Views: Car buyer survey has shocking results

July 23, 2021 Steve 0
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Media Analysis

Auto media copy each other instead of covering news that matters

July 9, 2021 Steve 0

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 […]

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Proposed car designs, auto history timeline and old magazines

July 5, 2021 Steve 0

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 […]

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Media Analysis

How can the auto history field better support small-scale publishing?

June 21, 2021 Steve 0

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 […]

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Editor's Note

A newsletter glitch is fixed and other Indie Auto changes

June 17, 2021 Steve 0

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

June 4, 2021 Steve 2

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 […]

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Current Events

Whyte’s ‘The Sack of Detroit’ gives auto history a hard-core libertarian spin

June 4, 2021 Steve 3

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
Quotes

Art Railton: 1960 compacts prove ‘vitality’ of U.S. automakers

May 10, 2021 Steve 0

“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 […]

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Media Analysis

Do you have the stamina to write 10,500 words per week?

April 16, 2021 Steve 0

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 […]

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    Speedreaders.info is a rare source of book reviews, but quality varies
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    1958-60 Lincoln: Failing to beat GM at its own game
    June 2, 2026 14
  • 1957 Nash Ambassador
    Three videos: The death of car culture, rich people’s cars and the 1957 Nash
    May 29, 2026 6
  • 1963 Mercury Marauder
    1963 Mercury Marauder: Ford tries to do a premium-priced car on the cheap
    May 27, 2026 11
  • Did 1964 Ramblers share more parts between size classes than competitors?
    May 26, 2026 1
  • Patrick Foster shows how International Harvester failed to adapt
    May 13, 2026 5
  • Internet problems reminded me of U.S. automakers in the 1970s
    May 2, 2026 1
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    Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
    October 14, 2022 141
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