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Design
Letters to the Editor
Mid-50s Packard design fit the space-age-inspired times
This letter is a response to our story, “The 1955 Packard’s styling was an evolutionary dead end.” Your need to read more thoroughly what actually happened in the mid-1950s. In that era, Cadillac was the […]
Letters to the Editor
Excessive styling may not be right approach for minivans
The following letter is in response to our story, “2018 Honda Odyssey: Somebody’s going to hell.” It appears that the Japanese manufacturers have decided to produce the “expressive” models of minivans. Honda to greater degree […]
Letters to the Editor
Indie Auto seems to apply today’s sensibilities to 1966 Toronado
This letter is in response to our story, “1966 Oldsmobile Toronado: Just another shiny thing from General Motors.” Your analysis is just flat wrong! Our next door neighbors bought a new Toronado in 1966. It […]
Design Notes
2014-18 Corvette taillights: A veritable petting zoo on wheels?
(UPDATED FROM 7/15/2018) In taking a few quick photos of the final rear-wheel-drive Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, I was reminded of an article about its chief designer. Shortly after the C7 Corvette was introduced, Tom Peters […]
Drive-By Musings
Flying car entrepreneurs sound a lot like early auto pioneers
A recent New York Times story on the flying car industry didn’t explicitly compare it to the early automobile pioneers, but it’s not hard to see the parallels. Flying car entrepreneurs speak in lofty terms, […]
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Quotes
Paolo Tumminelli: Car design has become a caricature of itself
“We are experiencing a situation where the number of car fans is constantly decreasing, but at the same time, they demand more and more. With fake grilles and fake exhausts, the car has become a […]
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In defense of the bland 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross
“I honestly don’t understand what you’re expecting. This car is fundamentally no different than anything else in its class with the crucial distinction that it likely will be orders of magnitude more reliable. . . […]
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