(EXPANDED FROM 7/9/2021) The recent death of Jean Jennings is a useful reminder that Automobile magazine’s biggest journalistic contribution was arguably that it elevated an unusually large number of women into senior editorial roles. This […]
(EXPANDED FROM 11/29/2022) Automotive historian Patrick R. Foster sells books through his mail-order bookstore, Olde Milford Press. As you might expect, Foster offers all of the books he has authored. However, you will also find […]
Motor Trend magazine’s 1974 road test of seven personal coupes may have been rather vapid in many respects, but it did offer one useful critique. Writer Jim Brokaw complained that the largest models — the […]
When True Delta recently had a 20-year birthday, publisher Michael Karesh asked if any readers wanted to help bring a new burst of energy to his website, which provides practical resources for car buyers. “One […]
Motor Trend’s November 1964 issue predicted a few things that didn’t happen. They included: Of these two items, a sporty Pontiac sounded more plausible — and perhaps reflected an effort by the likes of John […]
A 1980 Motor Trend story on the tie up between American Motors and Renault had a few intriguing wrinkles scattered among all the puffery. For example, Fred M. H. Gregory reported that AMC was close […]
Motor Trend had an intriguing article in its December 1960 issue: former designers supposedly gave their “frank opinions of what is right and wrong with all of the 1961 cars” (1960, p. 29). Let’s walk […]
The January 1975 issue of Popular Mechanics offered a breathless peek at a new generation of smaller cars that would supposedly be “big on the inside but small outside.” Although the story included sketches of […]
The Chrysler Corporation took some unusual steps in 1962-64 to rebuild its declining sales in the premium-priced and luxury-car fields. That included getting rid of the New Yorker two-door hardtop in 1962, downsizing senior Chryslers […]
David Burrell has written what may be the most detailed account of how William Mitchell vainly tried to shift the “boat-tail” 1971 Buick Riviera to a mid-sized platform. Burrell’s story in Retro Autos (2021) even […]
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