I subscribed to Motor Trend back in the day and still vaguely remembered Eric Dahlquist’s article about the 1970 Ford Maverick. So when I came across his story in the Automotive History Preservation Society’s library […]
The other day I intended to take a quick cruise through the Automotive History Preservation Society’s virtual library. Instead, I ended up spending a meaningful amount of time reading articles that had been reposted from […]
(EXPANDED FROM 10/6/2021) The 1961-63 Lincoln has been lauded as one of the most iconic car designs of the postwar era. It’s true that the exceptionally clean styling of the so-called “Kennedy Continentals” represented a […]
“GM’s old critics were sharpening their knives. In January [1992] David E. Davis, editor and publication director of Automobile magazine, gave a biting speech to the Washington Auto Press Association in which he blasted past […]
Few auto media outlets have acknowledged the most important climate change news in a number of years. Last Monday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021a) came out with its first major report since 2014. […]
To honor the death of Mustang 360, we are rerunning a review from June 10, 2020. The life of this legendary website was tragically cut short when it was folded into Hot Rod magazine, whose […]
Last week I was once again reminded of the Bruce Springsteen song, “57 Channels (And Nothin’ On),” when surveying the automotive media. The major outlets fell all over themselves to cover many of the same […]
In a post on the Saab 99 we briefly discussed how in the late-60s and early-70s a handful of iconoclastic automakers tried to mainstream their basic designs. A case in point is Citroen. This leading […]
For the last half century this magazine has had the reputation of being the most “corporate” American auto buff magazine. As a case in point, Motor Trend’s greatest source of visibility — its Car of the Year […]
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