A while back we batted around the question of what would a modern simple car look like? The Volkswagen Beetle was used as a point of comparison, but I suppose a Citroen 2CV could have also […]
Consultant Sandy Munro shares the partial results of his firm’s teardown of a Tesla Model 3 for Autoline After Hours (McElroy, 2018). The headline news is that the Model 3 has a terrific battery, suspension […]
Press reports indicate that a freshening of the Toyota Prius will tone down its sci-fi styling. In the wake of drastically lower sales, “the base Prius will likely get some minor tweaks to its front and […]
“Suicide doors didn’t make the Lincoln cool. It was already cool. The doors made it even more cool. You can’t relive the past. Come up with something new. An all new cool that hasn’t been […]
“I’m of the opinion that because you can make it different, because the electric powertrain gives other possibilities (you should). And I think Jaguar showed it beautifully with the I-Pace — where the front end […]
The U.S. automotive media tend to ignore or downplay the far-reaching impacts of the automobile on land use. That’s a significant oversight which helps to accentuate the auto industry’s strikingly insular attitude about basic issues such […]
I have contended that there is a growing market for an automotive website with a focus on social and environmental responsibility. This website was a step in that direction but — like its parent, Autoblog […]
This website is no longer online. Nevertheless, I’m mentioning it to illustrate the value of designers writing about their work. As a case in point, Jason White offered an interesting response to the question, “So […]
Publisher Peter DeLorenzo paints the automotive world in jarring whites and blacks — often with over-the-top rhetoric. He can be old school in his views but is endearing in an important way: DeLorenzo is an impassioned “car […]
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