Indie Auto has recently received two comments stating that another auto media outlet “is in debt and may go under in 2025.” That would be meaningful news if it proved to be true, but the […]
Indie Auto gets all kinds of emails, but until today we have never received one from God. As you might imagine, this email has some exceptional qualities. For one thing, it is unusually long — […]
My Automotive News subscription automatically renewed last week and I was taken aback by the price increase. I was charged $449 for what amounts to a base one-year subscription for digital and print editions. This […]
Automotive News isn’t noted for tough-minded journalism, so I was surprised by the negative tone of a recent Tesla Cybertruck story. It started with the provocative headline: “Cyberflop? Tesla discounts Cybertruck as demand cools for […]
Us boomers can wax nostalgic about the great automotive journalists of the past. However, right under our noses a new generation is coming into its own that — truth be told — is even better […]
(EXPANDED FROM 8/25/2022) One of the more curious aspects of the postwar U.S. auto industry is the way that dramatic change was often normalized by the media — as long as it went in the […]
In 2024 Indie Auto’s readership more than doubled. Although we are still very much a small fry compared to the leading for-profit auto history websites, we have grown far more than I ever expected. Indie […]
(EXPANDED FROM 10/4/2014) We have previously critiqued American Motors designer Bob Nixon’s recollections about the Pacer (go here). Now let’s discuss his take on the 1974 Matador and 1965 Marlin. This portion of his Collectible […]
(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 […]
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