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AROnline may get a reprieve and Jalopnik fiddles with AI-written content
Good news and bad news on the automotive media front. The good news is that AROnline has had a number of offers by individuals and groups to keep the website online, at least as an […]
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Richard Truett says EVs must make noise to avoid being a ‘disposable appliance’
Automotive News reporter Richard Truett (2023) complains that high-performance electric vehicles can get “boring” because they lack the “precise mechanical symphony” of an internal-combustion engine. The result is that they can become just “another disposable […]
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What predictions Jim Dunne got wrong in the first half of 1972
Jim Dunne, Popular Science’s Detroit editor, made a number of predictions in the first half of 1972 that didn’t pan out. For example, in the January issue he stated that for 1973 both AMC and […]
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A nostalgic look back at Rob Moore’s postmodernesque Studebaker history
Curbside Classic has just reposted a story from originally back in April of 2013 that helped to nudge me into launching Indie Auto. The article started off as a photo essay about the Studebaker Sceptre, […]
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Jason Torchinsky and company lampoon ‘what-if’ cars at The Autopian
The bad news is that Jalopnik hasn’t been as interesting since Jason Torchinsky departed. The good news is that he helped launch an even quirkier car-buff media outlet — The Autopian. How weird is The […]
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Reader decries Indie Auto’s ‘false hoods, babblings, drools, drool puddles’
George stopped by to call our Saab 99/900 story “absolute junk.” He goes on to say that it is just “some ramblings of automotive trivia, half truths, whole false hoods, babblings, drools, drool puddles. But […]
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Daniel Strohl leaves a big hole in American automotive history media
I have been remiss in acknowledging that long-time Hemmings web editor Daniel Strohl has ventured off to greener pastures. He became web editor for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. I know from my own experience […]
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