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1969 Dodge Charger
Editor's Note

‘Proud owner’ of 1969 Dodge Chargers calls ‘BS’ on styling criticisms

January 7, 2023 Steve 2

Indie Auto has received a comment from JW about our story, “1968-70 Dodge Charger: Who should get credit?” What follows is their full comment: “As the proud owner of several 1969 Dodge Chargers, I call […]

1971 Dodge Charger 500
Quotes

Car and Driver declares the 1971 Dodge Charger artsy fartsy

June 22, 2022 Steve 6

“A Dodge Charger? A piece of sculpture? What the hell kind of individual artistic statement can that be when 50,000 people a year make the same statement? Besides, you’ve got to admit that an objet d’art created […]

1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk
Design Notes

1955-56 DeSoto Flight Sweep could have challenged the Studebaker Hawk

May 23, 2022 Steve 21

Dean’s Garage has a new post that displays a variety of Virgil Exner’s concept cars (Exner, 2022). The design I am most drawn to is the 1955-56 DeSoto Flight Sweep I and II. These are […]

1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 front quarter
Media Analysis

Older Ford Mustangs got too big but not the newer ones?

November 12, 2021 Steve 2

(EXPANDED FROM 5/11/2020) Automobile magazine is dead but its Facebook page continues to recycle old articles. Yesterday the one million followers of this page were blessed with a reposted history of the Ford Mustang. Aaron […]

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Automotive Views: 2024 Dodge Challenger will be a ‘real monster’

May 13, 2021 Steve 0
1969 Pontiac GTO
Design Notes

Retired designers ponder a once and future Pontiac GTO

October 23, 2020 Steve 1

For 2020 the League of Retired Designers solicited artwork for a contemporary Pontiac GTO. Dean’s Garage recently posted the submissions — and they are well worth viewing (go here). When introducing the submissions, David Mcintosh […]

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