Particularly after the demise of Automobile Quarterly, Collectible Automobile’s bi-monthly print magazine has been the best all-around source of information about American automobile history. An individual issue typically has around 100 pages, the cover is thick enough to allow the magazine to stand vertically on a bookshelf, and there is no advertising.
Information about products is balanced with discussions about auto business strategies and personalities. The journalistic tone is fairly softball. One result is that interviews can raise more questions than they answer (go here for an example).
Collectible Automobile’s website functions exclusively as a promotional tool for the magazine, but it does have a constantly updated index that goes back to publication’s creation in 1984.
A Facebook page has editorial content that rivals Curbside Classic and Hemmings Daily in its frequency of postings and number of comments. Content is eclectic but more “corporate” than Curbside Classic and offers less journalistic depth than Hemmings’ blog.
For example, whereas Curbside Classic frequently addresses substantive issues (such as through its “Deadly Sins” series), Collectible Automobile tends toward light “If you had to pick one” features and illustrations of fake cars (go here for further discussion about the latter).
A major source of content is from The Daily Drive, another media outlet that operates within the orbit of Consumer Guide Automotive.
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