Writing almost a decade ago for Hemming Classic Car, an author concluded that “[s}adly, by…
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Gus Wilson was the best auto mechanic ever. He learned his trade young, opening the…
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Automobile Chronicles is about “Automotive History – Then and Now.” But there would not be…
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Over one hundred years ago, automobile manufacturers invented dealers to save themselves the capital cost…
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The One-Twenty vs. the “Senior” Model Packards Those who attribute Packard’s demise to introduction of…
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In engineering the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the executives at Nissan displayed their nation’s barbarous…
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PROFESSIONAL CAR SOCIETY CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE
Writing almost a decade ago for Hemming Classic Car, an author concluded that “[s}adly, by the early 1930s, the custom coachwork era was ending, and it was all but gone by the…
GUS WILSON – BEST AUTO MECHANIC EVER
Gus Wilson was the best auto mechanic ever. He learned his trade young, opening the Model Garage sometime before July of 1925, at a time when the Model T was still the…
THE WHEEL IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY
Automobile Chronicles is about “Automotive History – Then and Now.” But there would not be any automotive history were it not for the wheel. Two of our readers, Emily and Melissa, who…
TESLA NEEDS DEALERS TO MAKE A PROFIT
Over one hundred years ago, automobile manufacturers invented dealers to save themselves the capital cost of maintaining inventory and to make the process of delivering new automobiles to customers both efficient and…
THE REAL REASON PACKARD DIED
The One-Twenty vs. the “Senior” Model Packards Those who attribute Packard’s demise to introduction of the One-Twenty model in 1935 indulge in the fallacy that corporations fail from one factor which, had…
GHOSN v. JAPAN, INC.
In engineering the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the executives at Nissan displayed their nation’s barbarous judicial system and their company’s self-destructive management for the entire world to see. It is not a…
MUSK SETS UP THE SEC
You won’t see a headline reading “Musk sets up the SEC.” But the Securities and Exchange Commission is in a pickle of its own making with no way out. Elon Musk, founder…
WISCONSIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM
Fifteen percent of all Kissel automobiles remaining in the world are in Hartford, Wisconsin. Kissel was a prestige automobile known for quality and value, even style, produced between 1907 and 1931. Hartford…
CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
Every year, the Chicago Auto Show attracts enormous crowds anxious to see the latest models. Though the 2019 show opens on February 9th and runs through the 18th, we were able to…