The third-generation Dodge Challenger has always run a distant third in sales to the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro, arguably because of it is the most extreme caricature of a pony car. The chunky, almost […]
Except for relatively rare moments of downsizing, the dominant tendency in the American auto industry is toward bigger, glitzier and more powerful vehicles. Each time a car adds poundage, the automaker — usually with the […]
We have previously discussed how the relentless pressure for content at 24/7 automotive websites can lead to basic errors (go here). A more subtle but common problem is cut-and-spin journalism. This is where a harried […]
As mentioned in a Links mini-review, this high-quality magazine appears to have died — but its ghost remains (the publication’s website is gone but the Facebook page is still online). The auto history media has devoted very […]
In some respects the rise of the web has been the best thing that ever happened to American automotive history. Just click on Google’s “images” tab and you instantly have access to far more pictures […]
I am of mixed mind about Andrew Garber’s (2012) Seattle Times “expose” on state purchases of hybrid SUVs. On the one hand, we need more reporting that shines a spotlight on state government. That can be […]
The Columbia Journalism Review takes to task major news media outlets for underplaying the advantage of electric cars over their gas-powered cousins even in parts of the country heavily reliant upon coal plants. Reporter Curtis Brainard (2012) notes […]
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