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1968 Ford Mustang 2-door convertible
Letters to the Editor

My bad: I have gotten backed up on Indie Auto correspondence

July 7, 2025 Steve 0

I have been unusually busy of late so have a backlog of messages to the editor. It makes the most sense to roll them up into one post. Before sharing them, a quick FYI for […]

Multimedia

Do vloggers represent the future of automotive history?

July 4, 2025 Steve 4

I must admit to spending almost as much time lately with video-based auto histories as their “print” siblings such as websites or magazines. That’s partly because of the spillover effect of working on some non-automotive […]

Links

Are Internet sources of auto history information getting better or worse?

July 1, 2025 Steve 2

It’s been a while since we checked in on Internet sources of automotive product information, so let’s take a look under the hood. Which websites are the most useful? And where could they improve? I […]

1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am front quarter
Media Analysis

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 […]

1993 Cadillac Eldorado
Links

Dean’s Garage series on 1992 Cadillacs illustrates Detroit’s lack of self awareness

June 18, 2025 Steve 13

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 […]

1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Drive-By Musings

Would anything have ‘saved’ American Motors?

June 16, 2025 Steve 16

RF stopped by to respond to our story, “Pat Foster barks up wrong tree by lauding an AMC Gremlin GT with a 360 V8.” Well, sort of. He seemed to be more interested in answering […]

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Auto & Debt magazine road tests the hot new 36-inch wheels!

June 8, 2025 Steve 1
Quotes

Is ‘peak car’ being held off by lack of urban housing construction?

June 7, 2025 Steve 1

Daniel Knowles, the midwest correspondent for The Economist, grew up in the United Kingdom and as a reporter has traveled extensively around the world. So when he recently wrote a book about the automobile, he […]

2024 Rivian R1T
Current Events

Laurence Iliff’s Automotive News story on EV truck sales lacks nuance and balance

June 4, 2025 Steve 4

Automotive News recently asked why electric-powered trucks have sold in much smaller numbers than initial hype promised. Reporter Laurence Iliff (2025) offered some background before concluding that high prices and inadequate range have limited EV […]

Joan Crawford in 1969
Quotes

Auto history: A bastion of older white male privilege?

May 31, 2025 Steve 18

My perception is that there has been a fairly good gender balance at the auto shows I regularly attend at the LeMay Collections at Marymount. Thus, I wonder why so few women appear to participate […]

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    October 6, 2026 20
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    A pyrrhic regulatory rollback and how poorly the 1978 Matador coupe sold
    October 2, 2026 12
  • 1962 Chrysler 300
    Did the 1962-65 Chrysler 300 ‘dilute’ the letter series?
    September 29, 2026 7
  • 1968 Ford Mustang
    Three rules led to a stultifying level of conformity in 1960s U.S. car design
    September 24, 2026 12
  • 1976ish Toyota Corolla
    Data on imports sheds light on their dramatic gains from 1964-80
    September 18, 2026 5
  • 1974 Chrysler New Yorker
    1974 Chrysler New Yorker was a tragedy that played out on four levels
    September 16, 2026 16
  • Internet problems reminded me of U.S. automakers in the 1970s
    May 2, 2026 1
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    Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
    October 14, 2022 141
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