Year: 2021
Did a rumor cause the downsized 1962 Plymouth and Dodge?
A few years ago Paul Niedermeyer (2017a) questioned the conventional wisdom that the downsized 1962 Plymouth and Dodge were an 11th-hour accident of history. In an epic essay, the Curbside Classic publisher poked holes in […]
The Daily Drive: Slick, superficial and sometimes wrong
First of all, The Daily Drive should not to be confused with The Drive, the Drive Tribe and Driven Nuts (okay, that last one I made up). The Daily Drive is produced by Consumer Guide […]
Ed Cray’s ‘Chrome Colossus’ offers a masterful history of General Motors
Chrome Colossus: General Motors and its Times, is one of the best automotive history books in my library. Author Ed Cray eschewed the usual focus on product minutiae and instead focused on how GM’s growth in […]