Steven Cole Smith Archives

Jean Jennings’ death reminds us of Automobile magazine’s greatest legacy

December 18, 2024 Steve 1

(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 […]

Ralph Nader on Car and Driver magazine vilifying him

October 17, 2020 Steve 0

“Some of the commentary (in the 1960s and early ’70s) was so absurd as to invite permanent satire. Whoever writes the history of this will, I’m sure, be able to comment on how the automotive […]