Month: June 2022
How often did renaming a car fail to help it sell better?
In a recent column, Karl Ludvigsen (2022) wondered whether some cars that were renamed should not have been. For example, he noted that Ford might have benefitted by keeping the Cortina name in Great Britain […]
Larry Printz’s anti-Ralph Nader rant hurts reputation of The Detroit Bureau
A recent feature story by The Detroit Bureau illustrates the dangers of a current events website trying to get into the automotive history business. Executive Editor Larry Printz’s (2022) ode to the Chevrolet Corvair included […]
Chevrolet Vega fan itemizes what ‘real’ authorities said about the car
A Chevrolet Vega fan — let’s call him RS — just submitted two comments about the post, “Why the Chevrolet Vega turned out the way that it did.” One of RS’s comments was in ALL […]