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  • The Economics of Automobile Safety

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    The Economics of Automobile Safety

    The 1950s and ‘60s were defining decades in the evolution of automotive safety in the United States.   Prior to the ‘50s, little thought was given by the industry to passively protecting passengers in the event of a crash. But despite resistance from the American auto industry, safety eventually won out, by popular demand of the…

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    My Mini Days

    The car was a wreck when I found it. It was British Racing Green and had been left to rot under a spruce tree.

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    The MINI: At Globalization’s Crossroads

    Not too long after World War II, the United Kingdom was second only to the United States as the   largest builder of cars, and the biggest exporter. Think about the world order in those days: This was before the auto industries of Japan and Germany, or for that matter, China began exporting their products.  Auto…

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    Did this early example of globalization portend the future?

    England lost ownership of many of its storied marques. Jaguar and Land Rover went to Tata Group of India, Rolls-Royce to BMW and venerable Bentley to Volkswagen, the dissolution of the empire not by war but by global economics.

  • Can U.S. Automakers Crack the Cuban Market?

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    Can U.S. Automakers Crack the Cuban Market?

    Most of us have become familiar with the sun-drenched scenes of Cuba’s classic automotive transportation. The easing of relations with the United States could at long last herald changes in the fleet of cars on Cuban roads. Here is a little backstory on that history to propel us forward.

  • The Economics of Automobile Safety

    •

    The Economics of Automobile Safety

    The 1950s and ‘60s were defining decades in the evolution of automotive safety in the United States.   Prior to the ‘50s, little thought was given by the industry to passively protecting passengers in the event of a crash. But despite resistance from the American auto industry, safety eventually won out, by popular demand of the…

  • •

    My Mini Days

    The car was a wreck when I found it. It was British Racing Green and had been left to rot under a spruce tree.

  • •

    The MINI: At Globalization’s Crossroads

    Not too long after World War II, the United Kingdom was second only to the United States as the   largest builder of cars, and the biggest exporter. Think about the world order in those days: This was before the auto industries of Japan and Germany, or for that matter, China began exporting their products.  Auto…

  • •

    Did this early example of globalization portend the future?

    England lost ownership of many of its storied marques. Jaguar and Land Rover went to Tata Group of India, Rolls-Royce to BMW and venerable Bentley to Volkswagen, the dissolution of the empire not by war but by global economics.

  • Can U.S. Automakers Crack the Cuban Market?

    •

    Can U.S. Automakers Crack the Cuban Market?

    Most of us have become familiar with the sun-drenched scenes of Cuba’s classic automotive transportation. The easing of relations with the United States could at long last herald changes in the fleet of cars on Cuban roads. Here is a little backstory on that history to propel us forward.