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Drive-By Musings

What is the quintessential automotive history book?

February 10, 2026 Steve 4

Karl Ludvigsen (2026) stopped by to “humbly put forward” his book, Porsche: Excellence Was Expected, as the “quintessence of an auto history.” In a comment, he noted that the book first came out “in 1978 […]

Automotive News tends to emphasize access journalism
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Access journalism: Did it help fuel U.S. auto industry’s decline?

April 1, 2019 Steve 0

Access journalism is what the Columbia Journalism Review (2014) defines as providing “insider information from powerful institutions and people.” This is a different kind of reporting — requiring “different skills, different practices, and different sources” that “produce […]

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Drive-By Musings

Mulally book review sparks debate

October 31, 2015 Steve 1

Edward Snitkoff (2015) has written a lengthy review of the book, American Icon: Alan Mulally And The Fight To Save Ford Motor Company (Hoffman, 2012), for Curbside Classic. Snitkoff’s review focuses on summarizing the book […]

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American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

May 2, 2013 Steve 1

Bryce Hoffman, a Detroit News auto industry reporter, offers a sympathetic perspective about how Ford navigated through the Great Recession. Hoffman was given a great deal of access to company leaders and internal documents. In return, […]

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