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Road rage is on the increase — and some states are worse that others
Today as I was merging onto Interstate 5, a Jeep Cherokee honked while roaring around me into the fast lane. I had been doing the speed limit through an interchange that is regularly tracked by […]
Fake Design
What if the 1970 Lincoln Continental hadn’t slavishly copied Cadillac?
J. P. Cavanaugh’s (2024) recent ode to the 1969 Lincoln Continental got me thinking: What if the 1970 redesign returned to the more compact size of the groundbreaking 1961-63 models? What might that have looked […]
Readings
J. ‘Kelly’ Flory Jr.’s American Cars series is pricey but valuable
The most valuable books I have bought of late have been J. “Kelly” Flory Jr.’s American Cars reference guides. This multi-volume set provides wide-ranging information on U.S.-made cars during the postwar era. Flory’s series has […]
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Motorcade magazine’s ‘sneak peek’ of the 1969 models made up a whole lot of stuff
Motorcade is among the more obscure magazines included in the Automotive History Preservation Society’s digital archives. A supposed preview of the 1969 models may hint at why the magazine apparently did not survive the early-70s. […]
Drive-By Musings
Robert Atkinson Jr. suffers from the insularity that he complains about
Curbside Classic tends to avoid political debates in the comment threads for good reason. As a case in point, a reposting of Brock Yates’ “Grosse Pointe Myopians” essay drew Robert Atkinson Jr. (2024) to share […]
Gallery
Genesis GV60 is relatively understated but still a quirky electric SUV
We’ve taken to task Hyundai for the gratuitously industrial styling of its Ioniq 5 (go here), so let’s take a look at its Genesis counterpart. The GV60 is based on the same platform as the […]
Data Dive
The 1965-73 Ford LTD may not have impacted Mercury very much
(EXPANDED FROM 1/28/2022) Indie Auto commentator Geeber recently discussed how premium-priced big cars did better than their lower-priced brethren as the 1970s progressed. His comment, which is worth reading in full (go here), spurred me […]
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Car and Driver says Ford Mustang will ‘murder’ the 1964 Plymouth Barracuda
A Car and Driver article on the just-introduced 1964 Plymouth Barracuda adopted an unusual format — a transcript of a conversation with a Chrysler official. When a road tester complained that the car’s underpinnings didn’t […]
History
Would American Motors under George Mason have done more poorly in the late-50s?
Kim in Lanark makes a useful point in arguing that if American Motors had “kept the Nash and Hudson nameplates any longer, the AMC executives could drive their 1959 Nashes and Hudsons to bankruptcy court.” […]