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Sport utility vehicles
History
In 1974 Harry Bradley anticipated the American wagon’s future
(EXPANDED FROM 9/10/2024) A few years ago Dean’s Garage reprinted a prescient essay Harry Bradley (2022) wrote back in 1974 about the future of the American station wagon. His article made a number of important […]
Current Events
Could Iran war show that Detroit is too dependent on gas-guzzling vehicles?
As I write this, Automotive News has not yet posted a full news story on how a protracted war in Iran could impact U.S. car sales. The industry’s leading trade journal has only parenthetically made […]
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Media Analysis
Is there a ‘Jeep curse’?
One of the more persistent narratives floating around the American auto history media is that there is a “Jeep curse.” Jack Stewart (2016) of Consumer Guide Automotive summed up what this means: “ownership of the […]
Multimedia
Scaringe presents Rivian as a Tesla without the controversy and chaos
With Tesla showing signs of stepping back from automotive production, Rivian has the potential to come out from under its shadow with a more affordable R2 model. Toward that end, the automaker’s founder R. J. […]
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Gallery
1953 Chrysler Town & Country was the granddaddy of today’s large SUVs
The 1953 Chrysler Town & Country wagon was one of the more obscure cars of the early postwar period, but it was essentially the granddaddy of today’s large sport-utility vehicles. Not the only one, but […]
Design Notes
Will cars with ‘crying-eyes’ styling withstand the test of time?
(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 […]
Design Notes
1969 International was too little, too late to save brand’s big-truck ambitions
(EXPANDED FROM 5/12/2023) This post has received a burst of new attention, so I thought it would be a good time to expand it. I have argued what may not be very popular with fans […]