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Automotive deaths: Where are our memorials?
(EXPANDED FROM 7/31/2020) I have driven past the above-shown memorial for so many years that I was surprised to see it gone last summer, presumably because of a road-improvement project. While making this stretch of […]
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Why does knowledge advance sooo slowly in the U.S. auto history field?
Indie Auto has previously explored this question, but I would like to offer some updated and expanded thoughts. The basic problem is that the U.S. auto history field all too often feels like it was […]
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Patrick Foster dances around problems with the 1961-63 Ford Styleside pickup
A good way to test the journalistic independence of an auto history writer is to see how he or she addresses a problematic product. So when I recently bought Patrick Foster’s book, Ford Tough: 100 […]
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Roy D. Chapin Jr. oral history showed little self awareness about AMC tenure
Roy D. Chapin Jr. showed little self awareness when recounting his tenure as head of AMC from 1967-77. He participated in an oral history project sponsored by the Henry Ford museum. The Automobile in American […]
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Jay Leno gives Tesla a helping hand in its time of need
Jay Leno’s Garage (2025) recently offered an upbeat “first drive” of Tesla’s facelifted 2026 Model Y. The centerpiece of the video was an interview with the car’s head designer and engineer, Franz von Holzhausen and […]
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Road Test columnist attacks Motor Trend for Car of Year awards to Pontiac
(EXPANDED FROM 6/26/2023) The June 1968 issue of Road Test magazine took its rival, Motor Trend, to task for anointing the Pontiac GTO as Car of the Year. Columnist Byron Bloch argued that the award […]
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Why hasn’t Consumer Guide Automotive fixed a discredited anti-Nader rant?
(EXPANDED FROM 11/1/2019) One way auto history websites can squeeze more profits from their content is to endlessly repost stories. That’s not a bad thing if the information is accurate, but it strikes me as […]