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Car Magazine

This British media outlet is arguably a more literate and visually appealing read than its American counterparts. Nevertheless, Car still suffers from the key limitation that afflicts the genre — it’s too focused on hyping new cars and trinkets. […]

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Carpubinsider.com

This blog is apparently no longer online, but I’m not deleting this mini-review because Carpubinsider illustrated the value of independent reporting about the automotive media. I hope that either Eric H. Killorin returns with a […]

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Casey/artandcolour

A designer reimagines cars, past, present and future. The fake designs range from the subtle to the outrageous. The Daily Drive website has gotten in on the act, but its fake illustrations revolve around sillier themes, […]

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Classic Car Database

This is a particularly good place to go if you’re trying to track down product specifications by year and model for American-made cars up through 1975. The data is mostly complete but may sometimes not […]

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Collectible Automobile

Particularly after the demise of Automobile Quarterly, Collectible Automobile’s bi-monthly print magazine has been the best all-around source of information about American automobile history. An individual issue typically has around 100 pages, the cover is […]

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Columbia Journalism Review

This magazine critiques the press — and generally does a better job of it than anyone else. CJR champions accountability journalism over access journalism. Unfortunately, relatively little attention is paid to automotive journalism. I’ve raised questions […]

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Consumer Reports

Over the years this publication has been the target of criticism by auto buff magazines, most notably for treating cars as appliances. What tends to be underplayed if not ignored altogether is that Consumer Reports is unusual […]

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Curbing Cars

This is a web-based journalism project whose mission is to “change attitudes toward personal transportation.” That includes providing information about “driving light” as well as policy discussions on such topics as mass transit. “We are […]

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Good Car Bad Car

This website analyzes auto sales data and posts reviews of new cars. Data tables are often more useful than those from more established web-based sources — and they are not behind a paywall. Good Car […]