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Automobile Quarterly back issues still available

November 27, 2020 Steve 0

The Society of Automotive Historians (2020) continues to post information about how to buy back issues of Automobile Quarterly. Fortunately, a vender obtained the magazine’s inventory after it ceased publication. (Go here for updated information on […]

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Chris Tonn shows great promise in automotive marketing

November 6, 2020 Steve 0

Chris Tonn’s (2020) review of the 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe really stands out from the crowd. Rather than merely walking us through the redesigned SUV’s new features, The Truth About Cars contributing writer also got up […]

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Automotive Views: Let’s handle climate change the right way

October 30, 2020 Steve 0
Auto News 2020 presidential race
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Automotive News shows its bias in 2020 presidential coverage

October 23, 2020 Steve 0

The auto industry’s leading trade journal has put its thumb on the scales in reporting about the 2020 presidential race. Keith Laing’s (2020) comparison of Donald Trump and Joe Biden uses biased language and a […]

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Ralph Nader on Car and Driver magazine vilifying him

October 17, 2020 Steve 0

“Some of the commentary (in the 1960s and early ’70s) was so absurd as to invite permanent satire. Whoever writes the history of this will, I’m sure, be able to comment on how the automotive […]

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Autoweek: Can Crain-owned buff magazine survive in digital era?

October 16, 2020 Steve 1

A quarter century ago I subscribed to this magazine in response to one of those promos that offered a really low introductory rate. I liked the auto history pieces — this was before the Internet […]

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Automotive Views: Jalopnik management makes big changes

October 9, 2020 Steve 0
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Mike Spinelli: Car buff readers can be sanctimonious nitpickers

October 9, 2020 Steve 0

“You know how it is when you are 12 years old and your parents do something that embarrasses you and you unload on them? Some people have never really left that (stage). I think that […]

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Peter DeLorenzo: Auto journalism is a pay-to-play-for-access game

August 14, 2020 Steve 0

“I believe that the glaring sameness of the so-called ‘enthusiast’ car mags is still there and it’s still highly annoying. And there’s no denying that the days for the hard-copy print mags are severely numbered, and when […]

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Automotive Views: GM dives into promising new market

July 31, 2020 Steve 0

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    Brooks Stevens’s rejection of brand continuity was bad for small automakers
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    June 13, 2025 16
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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
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    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
  • Brooks Stevens’s 1965 Studebaker Lark concept: Almost a baby Continental
    June 6, 2025 5
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    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
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    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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    Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
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