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Month: December 2020
Media Analysis
The Truth About Cars peddles increasingly convoluted EV conspiracies
Did you know that a nefarious international conspiracy is afoot to impose eco-communism on freedom-loving Americans? That’s The Truth About Cars’ explanation for recent developments in the shift to electric vehicles. In its apparent quest […]
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Elon Musk’s infamous interview: What the auto media missed
Joe Rogan’s (2018) podcast with Elon Musk may very well be the most infamous — and high-visibility — interview of an automotive executive ever conducted. Alas, the event received so much attention for the wrong […]
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The future of auto blogging after the fall of Rome
“I think we’re kind of in a postmodern, ‘Fall of Rome’ era of blogging. The golden age is well behind us, and there’s a glut of content and channels, a few barons and a lot […]
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Vance Packard: Blurring of auto status in late-50s helped imports
“The makers of lower-priced lines, under pressure to find new buyers, had introduced longer, fatter, more expensive, more powerful, and more luxuriously designed models that competed directly with their traditional superiors in status such as […]
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Auto Museum Online offers basic info for collector
Auto Museum Online offers a broad range of information for the car collector. Stories include brief histories of U.S.-made and foreign vehicles, as well as tips on buying and owning an antique. The histories focus […]
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Citroen SM: A surprisingly conventional next step
In a post on the Saab 99 we briefly discussed how in the late-60s and early-70s a handful of iconoclastic automakers tried to mainstream their basic designs. A case in point is Citroen. This leading […]