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Media Analysis

What is Automotive News’ next step after tariff bill defeat?

May 1, 2025 Steve 0

Yesterday the U.S. Senate defeated a bill championed by Automotive News that would have reined in President Donald Trump’s tariffs. If we are being reality based, that bill had zero likelihood of getting passed into […]

Automotive News shows its bias
Media Analysis

Automotive News’ sense of urgency on climate change amounts to empty words

October 15, 2024 Steve 0

Automotive News (2024) recently posted the editorial, “Believe the storms: Climate change is real.” The piece has a decidedly retro quality because it makes an argument that major media outside the auto industry acknowledged long […]

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What’s next for Curbside Classic in wake of Paul Niedermeyer’s retirement?

May 26, 2023 Steve 13

(EXPANDED FROM 11/27/2022) The retirement of Curbside Classic founder Paul Niedermeyer (2023) raises questions about the direction of the pioneering auto history website. He announced his retirement, effective immediately, only a few weeks after the […]

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A British website and a Russian writer offer quality automotive history

December 8, 2022 Steve 0

Lately I have come across two overseas auto history sources that you might find worth taking a look at if you haven’t already. The first one, AROnline, focuses on British cars. The second source is […]

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Matt DeLorenzo’s book, ‘Dodge: 100 Years,’ is a highly polished something

November 11, 2022 Steve 3

(EXPANDED FROM 4/10/2020) If Dodge: 100 Years represents the future of automotive history, then we’re in real trouble. What we have here is a lavish display of mindless car porn and marketing babble. That’s an […]

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Automotive Views: Looking back at our hard-hitting journalism

January 6, 2022 Steve 0
Media Analysis

Collectible Automobile puffs up the 1971-74 AMC Javelin

September 24, 2021 Steve 8

Collectible Automobile’s overview of the 1971-74 AMC Javelin is a good example of what John A. Heitmann describes as auto history written by a car buff. Heitmann, who is the editor of the Automotive History […]

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