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The following are registered trademarks of Honda: Accord (Honda), Civic (Honda), CR-V (Honda), CSX (Acura), Element (Honda), Fit (Honda), Odyssey and Prelude (Honda).

Accent and Sonata are registered trademarks of Hyundai.

Trooper is a registered trademark of Isuzu.

The following are registered trademarks of Land Rover (now owned by Ford): Defender 90, Discovery and Range Rover.

The following are registered trademarks of Mazda: 626 LX, Mazda 3, Miata (Mazda), Millennia and “Zoom Zoom.”

Minor (Morris, 1959) is a registered trademark of Morris Motor Company.

The following are registered trademarks of Nissan: 300ZX, Altima, Infiniti, Maxima and Tiida.

DS Pallas (Citroën) and Peugeot 404 are registered trademarks of Peugeot Citroën.

The following are registered trademarks of Porsche: 550 Spyder, 911, 911 Cabriolet, 928, 993, Boxter S, Carrera and Cayenne.

Megan (Renault) and Torino 380 (made by Industrias Kaiser Argentina, which was bought by Renault in 1975) are registered trademarks of Renault.

Silver Cloud is a registered trademark of Rolls-Royce.

Outback is a registered trademark of Subaru.

Nano is a registered trademark of Tata.

Roadster is a registered trademark of Telsa.

The following are registered trademarks of Toyota: Camry (Toyota), Celica, Corolla (Toyota), Crown (Toyota), FJ40 (Toyota), Highlander (Toyota), Prius, RAV4 (Toyota), RX (Lexus), Sienna (Toyota), T-100 (Toyota), Tacoma (Toyota), Tercel (Toyota) and Yaris (Toyota).

The following are registered trademarks of Volkswagen: Beetle, Golf, Jetta, Polo, Rabbit, “Think small,” “Lemon,” “It's ugly, but it gets you there,” “If you want to show you've gotten somewhere, get a beautiful chariot. But if you simply want to get somewhere, bet a Bug” and “Polo. Small but tough.”

S40 is a registered trademark of Volvo.

Yugo is a registered trademark of Zastava.

Index

Abdulhai, Baher,
282
–
86

accidents.
See
automobile safety; traffic safety

Adams, Michael,
13

advertising,
18
,
60
–
74

annual spending on,
61

history,
62
–
67
,
73

and the internet,
72
,
73

jingoism in,
70
,
71

safety/practicality used in,
69
,
70
,
159

sex in,
65
,
66
,
70

and social status,
63
–
65

and SUVs,
73
,
179

and unsafe driving,
60
,
61
,
179

Volkswagen strategy in,
65
–
66
,
68

women in,
62
,
63
,
65
,
66
,
70

air pollution,
9
–
10
,
107
, 290.
See also
environmental protection standards

Albuquerque, New Mexico,
156
,
157
–
58
,
217

Alejandro, Adrian,
201
–
2

alternative fuel vehicles,
247
–
58

biofuels,
249
–
50

electric,
244
–
45
,
251
,
252
–
55

fuel cell,
250
,
255
–
58

hybrids,
248

American Graffiti
(film),
2
,
123

American Motors,
40
,
195

American vs. Canadian values,
11
–
13
,
15
–
16
,
28
–
29

Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars,
48

Animal House
(film),
82

Argentina,
68
–
69
,
90
,
164
,
198
–
203
,
205
–
9

Arnould, Grahame,
315

Atlanta, Georgia,
280

automobile clubs.
See
car clubs

automobile design

and brand identity,
242
–
44

and the “Forward Look,”
22

and national styles,
242

and the status of designers,
239
–
41

and tail fins,
22
,
132

automobile industry.
See also
specific auto companies

economic importance of,
13
,
35
,
142
,
147

and foreign competition,
34
,
45
,
51
–
54
,
147
–
48
,
259
,
274

history,
16
–
17
,
19
,
21
–
22
,
37
–
40
,
44
,
252

internationalization of,
245

and introduction of consumer credit,
17

quality issue in,
51
–
54
,
259
–
60
,
274
–
75

and snobbery against American cars,
156
–
57

automobile museums,
40
–
44

automobile ownership

in Bermuda, government limits on,
3

in Buenos Aires,
206

in China and India,
9

in Denver, Colorado,
213

in U.S. and Canada,
3
,
29

automobile racing,
76
–
79
.
See also
Corvette Racing team

automobile safety.
See also
traffic safety

in advertising,
69
,
159

Ralph Nader's work on,
48
,
159
,
194

and SUVs,
49
,
50

technological advances in,
159
–
62

automobile sharing services,
312
–
15

automobile use, statistics on,
300

automobiles.
See also
alternative fuel vehicles

and American literature,
19
–
21
,
91
,
119
–
20
,
155
–
56

as appliances vs. style and image,
12
–
13
,
29
–
33
,
68
–
69

as art,
3
,
131
–
32

and film,
2
,
76
,
82
,
122
–
24
,
192

and folk/popular music,
2
,
129
–
31

in postcards,
131

as representing progress/the future,
21
–
22

and self-expression/extension of personality,
12
–
13
,
22
–
26
,
27
–
28
,
31
,
32
,
199

and social change,
16
–
23
,
42
,
149

and women's social status,
17
–
18
,
20
–
21
,
62
–
63
,
65
,
66
,
232

Avery, Cyrus,
116
,
117
,
142

Babbit
(Lewis),
19

Barber, John,
6

Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction,
237

Beach Boys, The,
2
,
130

Berkeley, California,
264

Blacharski, Kathryn,
186

Bloomberg, Michael,
304

Blue Highways
(Heat-Moon),
92

Blumfelder, Steve,
189
–
91
,
195
–
96

Boehm, Robert,
250
–
52
,
268

Bonnie and Clyde,
41

Booth, David,
29
–
30

Borthagaray, Andres,
207
–
8

Boulder, Colorado,
227

Bowling Alone
(Putnam),
224
–
25

Bradsher, Keith,
47
–
50

Bryson, Bill,
82
,
120

Buenos Aires,
68
–
69
,
90
,
198
–
203
,
205
–
9

Burma-Shave signs,
142

Bush, George W.,
137
–
38
,
139
,
254
,
267

Cadillac,
25
,
54
,
64
,
65
,
132
,
243
–
44

Camaro, Chevrolet,
189
–
93
,
196
,
232
–
33
,
234

Canadian vs. American values,
11
–
13
,
15
–
16
,
28
–
29

car clubs,
15
,
16
,
28

Gateway Camaro Club,
87
,
189
,
192
,
197

Guthrie Flashbacks,
15
,
147
–
48

as international phenomenon,
198
–
203

Mustang Mafia,
188

Rocky Mountain Mustangers,
180
–
81
,
183
,
188

cars.
See
automobiles

Cars
(film),
122

Cartoons
magazine,
12

Carvacho, Pablo,
98
–
99

Case, Jamie,
180
,
182
–
89

cell phones,
174

Centre for Energy Research, University of Nevada,
250

Challenger, Dodge,
232
–
33

Charger, Dodge,
12
,
123

Cherry, Wayne,
30
,
90
,
209
,
240
–
44

ChevyTalk
(internet site),
15

Chrysler Corporation,
39
,
44
,
46
,
47
,
51

Walter P. Chrysler Museum,
42
–
43

Coelho, Norberto,
199
–
201

collisions.
See
automobile safety; traffic safety

Colorado Springs,
181
–
82

commuting,
8
,
94
–
97
,
213
–
14
,
229

economic costs of,
95
,
290
–
91

and health,
224

intensification and commuting times,
223

and longest commute in America,
96

and working from home,
286

congestion charges,
9
,
286
,
303
–
8

Connoyer, Charlie,
196
–
97

Contreras, Juan,
255
–
56

Corvair, Chevrolet,
194
,
251

Corvette, Chevrolet,
55
–
58
,
196

Corvette Racing team,
79
–
82

crashes.
See
automobile safety; traffic safety

Cross Country
(Sullivan),
91

Cruise O Matic: Automobile Advertising of the 1950s
(Ikuta),
64

cup holders,
104
–
5

Dean, James,
76
,
123

Death and Life of Great American Cities, The
(Jacobs),
6

Denver, Colorado,
213
–
23
,
227
–
29

DesRosiers, Dennis,
16

Detroit, Michigan,
35
,
36
,
58
,
59

Didion, Joan,
95

Doerner, Bernard,
163
–
66

Dominquez, Daniel,
201
–
2

Donley, Gord,
258
,
316
–
17

Doughty, Dennis,
15
,
147

Dressel, Barry,
42
–
43
,
65
,
90
,
280

drive-in restaurants,
104

history of,
150

drive-in theatres,
19
,
121
–
22
,
124
–
28

history of,
121

drive-thru restaurants/services,
104
,
149
,
150
–
51

driving skills/habits,
26
,
160
–
61
,
165
–
67
,
206
–
9

Dunwoody, Catherine,
256
–
58

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
41
,
91

Environics Research Group,
11
,
13
,
30
,
46
,
61
,
103

environmental protection standards,
248
–
49
,
254
.
See also
air pollution

Evans, James,
313
–
15

Falcon, Ford,
199
–
203