CW stopped by to respond to our story, “1959 Cadillac epitomized what was wrong with U.S. car styling.” Yes I get all this but it was [Virgil] Exner the visionary who put style in cars […]
Aaron Severson (2025) recently criticized a number of automotive writers for attacking emissions regulations. This got me thinking about how we should view these writers — who are often considered some of the leading lights […]
Peter DeLorenzo’s (2025) year-end review of the auto industry emphasized the “ugly reality that new cars, trucks and SUVs are just too damn expensive.” In response to critics arguing that he has offered no solutions, […]
(EXPANDED FROM 2/18/2022) The automotive media tend to treat even the ugliest styling trends like the courtiers who ignore when the emperor has no clothes. I thus found it refreshing to see Sajeev Mehta critique […]
President Trump’s recently signed budget bill is big and complex enough that its impacts in just one area — climate change — have been subject to debate. For example, a Princeton University research group recently […]
The U.S. automotive media have been strangely silent about Republican lawmakers’ gutting of corporate average fuel economy standards, but Automotive News finally asked the question: Will it mean “thirstier engines”? Reporter Molly Boigon (2025) answered […]
In key respects President Trump’s budget legislation represents a huge Christmas gift to legacy automakers. Although it may take time to better understand the many ramifications of a bill that stretches more than 900 pages, […]
I have been so busy lately that I have tended to only scan the stories at Dean’s Garage. However, this morning I got out of the canoe long enough to read the articles and comment […]
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