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2024 Mitsubishi Outlander
Data Dive

Why did Mitsubishi fail in the United States?

January 7, 2025 Steve 28

(EXPANDED FROM 2/9/2024) There was good news and bad news about Mitsubishi’s U.S. sales in 2024. The good news: Sales were up 25 percent, led by its Mirage economy cars. The bad news: This was […]

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Honda Prelude ads address sporty coupe’s controversial long nose

October 31, 2023 Steve 0
1962 Volkswagen Beetle
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What should a simple modern car look like?

April 14, 2023 Steve 22

(EXPANDED FROM 3/1/2020) Once upon a time a Truth About Cars commentator lauded the simplicity of the then-new Jeep Renegade. “Well, I for one am yearning for a simpler time, and this vehicle suggests that,” […]

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Automotive Views: 2023 Honda Accord grows with the American people

June 25, 2022 Steve 0
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Automotive Views: Honda’s 2023 HR-V shows the future of US small cars

April 14, 2022 Steve 0
2018 Honda Odyssey
Letters to the Editor

Excessive styling may not be right approach for minivans

June 25, 2021 Steve 0

The following letter is in response to our story, “2018 Honda Odyssey: Somebody’s going to hell.” It appears that the Japanese manufacturers have decided to produce the “expressive” models of minivans. Honda to greater degree […]

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Automotive Views: Honda makes big changes

January 15, 2021 Steve 0
2019 Honda Clarity airdam
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Airdams: The greatest automotive innovation since the tail fin

October 30, 2020 Steve 1

The airdam, and its twin brother the air curtain, are the tail fins of our time. They have become such a key part of today’s vehicles that even family cars have raced to offer the […]

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Automotive Views: First look at Honda’s new multi-purpose grille

October 16, 2020 Steve 0
2018 Toyota Camry
Data Dive

Is the mid-sized sedan in a ‘breathtaking’ decline?

July 13, 2018 Steve 0

A Ford executive recently told Automotive News that the Fusion sedan’s forthcoming discontinuance was the result of a “breathtaking” decline in the mid-sized sedan segment that has “accelerated over the past couple years” (Martinez, 2018). In […]

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    Brooks Stevens’s rejection of brand continuity was bad for small automakers
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    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
  • Ram customized pickup
    What would you think if it was 1965 and you could magically see this truck?
    June 8, 2025 1
  • 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
  • 1970 Mercury Cyclone
    1970 Mercury Montego had a last-of-the-wine quality
    June 2, 2025 2
  • A query, a thank you and an update on miscellaneous stuff
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  • 1956 Buick hood scoop
    Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
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