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1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am front quarter

Does a decline in car design — and car culture — mirror a decline in America?

June 27, 2025 Steve 3

American car-buff media tend to talk down to their readers to the point where I sometimes wonder whether editors — or at least their overseers on the business side — think we’re just a bunch […]

Parody ads about the auto industry and media

Fact check finds Republican Senator’s justification for Canadian tariffs was bogus

March 9, 2025 Steve 0

National parks: As American as baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and Chevrolet

March 2, 2025 Steve 1

Last week we talked about how cars are for going places. Remember the slogan Chevrolet used in its advertising: “See the USA in your Chevrolet”? National parks were sometimes shown because they are as American […]