Here are November 2022’s images—aides-mémoires, photos of interest, and miscellaneous items. I append to this gallery through the month.
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November 2022 gallery
03.11.2022
Tags: 1950s, 1959, 1960s, 1967, 1969, 1970s, 1971, 1973, 1980s, 1988, 2018, 2020s, 2022, actress, advertisement, advertising, Aotearoa, art, book, Boris Johnson, Brexit, car, celebrity, Chrysler, Doctor Who, fashion, Ferrari, Fiat, film, France, GM, Google, history, Hollywood, humour, inequality, ITC, James Bond, Korea, language, LID Publishing, Life on Mars, Lucire, marketing, Mastodon, Matra, Miss France, Mitsubishi, modernism, New Zealand, newspaper, Papua New Guinea, Peugeot, politics, Pontiac, publishing, retro, royalty, Sean Connery, Simca, social media, sport, Stellantis, The Persuaders, TV, TVNZ, Twitter, typography, UK, USA
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October 2022 gallery
01.10.2022Here are October 2022’s images—aides-mémoires, photos of interest, and miscellaneous items. I append to this gallery through the month.
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, 2021, actresses, advertisement, advertising, Alfa Romeo, BL, British Leyland, car, celebrity, Elon Musk, fashion, Germany, GM, humour, Jaguar, Lucire, Lucire Rouge, Opel, photography, retro, technology, Tesla, Twitter, typography, USA
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September 2022 gallery
04.09.2022Here are September 2022’s images—aides-mémoires, photos of interest, and miscellaneous items. I append to this gallery through the month.
Tags: 1958, 1960s, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970s, 1980s, 1987, 1989, 2010s, 2012, 2016, 2020s, 2022, actress, advertisement, advertising, Alarm für Cobra 11: die Autobahnpolizei, Aotearoa, Audi, author, BBC, Buick, California, celebrity, Chinese, Chrysler, Citroën, Claudine Auger, culture, Don Black, Donald Trump, DS, film, Ford, France, Germany, GM, history, humour, IKCO, Instagram, Italy, ITV, James Bond, John Barry, language, Matra, Mercedes-Benz, modelling, music, musician, National Party, New Zealand, newspaper, Nissan, photography, politics, racism, retro, Rover, Sean Connery, Tom Jones, TV, Twitter, UK, USA, Volkswagen
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Autocade slowly gets to 29 million page views
27.08.2022It took a while, but Autocade has now finally reached 29 million page views.
The stats’ page since the count was reset shows 1,362,506 views. Add that to the 27,647,011 recorded on March 19, 2022, and we have well and truly crossed the 29 million mark (by 9,517, in fact).
We probably got there yesterday given that the counter is no longer updated live (so much for improving technology), and I didn’t get a chance to look in.
Sadly, this does mean the slowest growth in reader numbers since 2019.
I’m sure part of it is down to Bing’s collapse, which must have shaved off at least six per cent of our daily totals.
What I have found fascinating is our model leaderboard. The Ford Taunus 80 had been leading for some time since the reset, but it’s been well and truly beaten by the current Toyota Corolla. What caused a sudden surge during August is anyone’s guess, but all I know is that I’m grateful for it. It’s a newish page as well.
The Kia Morning (TA) is now third, another newer entry that shot up the ranks.
I’ve also been watching the pages for the Peugeot 206+ and 207 jostle for fourth place against the Daewoo Winstorm. (At the time of writing, the Winstorm is ahead by five views.) Another former leaderboard champ, the Ford Fiesta Mk VII, now sits in sixth, while the Renault Mégane II, Opel Astra J, Rover SD1 and Ford Cortina Mk III complete the top 10.
Here’s how the Autocade traffic watch is going:
March 2008: launch
April 2011: 1,000,000 (three years for first million)
March 2012: 2,000,000 (11 months for second million)
May 2013: 3,000,000 (14 months for third million)
January 2014: 4,000,000 (eight months for fourth million)
September 2014: 5,000,000 (eight months for fifth million)
May 2015: 6,000,000 (eight months for sixth million)
October 2015: 7,000,000 (five months for seventh million)
March 2016: 8,000,000 (five months for eighth million)
August 2016: 9,000,000 (five months for ninth million)
February 2017: 10,000,000 (six months for 10th million)
June 2017: 11,000,000 (four months for 11th million)
January 2018: 12,000,000 (seven months for 12th million)
May 2018: 13,000,000 (four months for 13th million)
September 2018: 14,000,000 (four months for 14th million)
February 2019: 15,000,000 (five months for 15th million)
June 2019: 16,000,000 (four months for 16th million)
October 2019: 17,000,000 (four months for 17th million)
December 2019: 18,000,000 (just under three months for 18th million)
April 2020: 19,000,000 (just over three months for 19th million)
July 2020: 20,000,000 (just over three-and-a-half months for 20th million)
October 2020: 21,000,000 (three months for 21st million)
January 2021: 22,000,000 (three months for 22nd million)
April 2021: 23,000,000 (three months for 23rd million)
June 2021: 24,000,000 (two months for 24th million)
August 2021: 25,000,000 (two months for 25th million)
October 2021: 26,000,000 (two months for 26th million)
January 2022: 27,000,000 (three months for 27th million)
April 2022: 28,000,000 (three months for 28th million)
August 2022: 29,000,000 (four months for 29th million)
Toyota’s unsuccessful Verossa was the latest entry into the database.
Tags: 2022, Aotearoa, Autocade, cars, Daewoo, Ford, JY&A Media, New Zealand, Peugeot, publishing, statistics, Toyota
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Are hybrids better for the environment than pure EVs?
19.08.2022Shared by a family member. Hear out Dr Graham Conway, principal engineer in the Automotive Division at Southwest Research Institute, and why zero-emission vehicles are not truly zero-emission. It’s a point I’ve made way, way back (in the 2000s) when I cited a study which showed the Ford Fiesta Econetic, a diesel car, was the best vehicle for the environment over its lifetime.
This TEDx talk is from 2020, and Conway believes hybrids are a better bet for the environment than full EVs. Have a watch as he explains why.
TED has flagged Conway’s talk with the following statement: ‘This talk only reflects the speaker’s personal views and interpretation. Several claims in this talk lack scientific support.’ I’d be irresponsible if I didn’t quote this. It’s also worth having a read of this from 2021 and this from 2020. Here’s one more link from Green Car Reports in 2020, titled ‘Lifetime carbon emissions of electric cars are much lower than previously suggested’. All of these suggest that newer production processes and decarbonization may be helping EVs rank better when their lifetime (including production) emissions are counted.
Tags: 2020, 2020s, 2021, car, car industry, electric cars, environment, Texas, USA, YouTube
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Rising popularity on Autocade
07.08.2022Ever since we had to reset the counter for Autocade in March, because of a new server and a new version of Mediawiki, it’s been interesting to see which pages are most popular.
The old ranking took into account everything from March 2008 to March 2022. With everything set to zero again, I can now see what’s been most popular in the last few months.
Some of the top 20 were among the top pages before March 2022, but what’s surprising is what’s shot up into the top slots.
Over the course of half a day on Friday GMT, the Toyota Corolla (E210) page found itself as the top page, home page excepting. And the Kia Morning (TA) page shot up out of nowhere recently, too.
I know our page on the Corolla is number one on Mojeek for a search of that model but that can’t be the only reason it’s done so well. I haven’t studied the referrer data. A shame that link: no longer works on search engines.
Corolla fans, thank you for your extra 6,000 page views! It’s helped our overall total, but the viewing rate is still down at 2019 levels thanks to the collapse of the Bing index, and the search engines that it’s taken down with them.
I almost feel I’ve shot myself in the foot for promoting Duck Duck Go so much since 2010! But then I hopefully spared a lot of people from being tracked (as much) by the big G.
Tags: 2022, Autocade, Bing, JY&A Media, Mediawiki, Mojeek, publishing, statistics, Toyota
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We’ve reached 4,600 models on Autocade
02.08.2022
We’ve hit 4,600 models on Autocade, with the Toyota Will VS taking us to this point, but the stats show we are sitting on 1,180,548 views. We have to get to 1,352,989 on the new count before I can announce we’ve reached 29 million page views.
We’re looking at the lowest traffic on Autocade since 2019, and I’m sure the collapse of the Bing index, taking down the indices of all associated search engines (Duck Duck Go, Qwant, etc.), is to blame. I used to see an increase of 100,000 every week, roughly, but not these days. (PS.: I was still observing this level when we first switched the site over, and the slower growth has probably coincided with when WorldWideWebSize.com recorded Bing’s plummet in late May–early June.)
Autocade is the one site where we never changed the set-up, other than hosting provider and Mediawiki version. The other sites had various things done to them, with Cloudflare and HTTPS. So given the “invisible†changes—changes we had done before in years gone by—we know “it’s not us, it’s themâ€.
I’ve listed the three Will models (or WiLL to use the original styling) as Toyotas after I confirmed this with another motorhead, the very knowledgeable Atsuhiro Takeda. They were also always listed as Toyotas by Auto Katalog many years ago, and I believe also by Toutes les voitures du monde. Atsu confirmed that that was how he believed they should be indexed. I’ve had those Will publicity images for a long time and it’s nice they’ve finally gone online in Autocade.
The only oddity in the Autocade stats is the rise in hits for our page on the Kia Morning (TA), coming from nowhere and into sixth place among model pages. Whomever the Morning fans are, I thank you!
Tags: 2022, Autocade, Bing, car, internet, JY&A Media, Kia, Mediawiki, Microsoft, publishing, Toyota
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August 2022 gallery
01.08.2022Here are August 2022’s images—aides-mémoires, photos of interest, and miscellaneous items. I append to this gallery through the month.
Tags: 1960s, 1970, 1970s, 1977, 1980s, 1987, 1989, 1990s, 2022, actors, BL, British Leyland, car design, cartoon, celebrity, Chrysler, design, film, Ford, Germany, Ghia, Honda, humour, Instagram, Jaguar, James Bond, John Z. de Lorean, Land Rover, Lotus, modelling, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, retro, Roger Moore, TV, Twitter
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July 2022 gallery
02.07.2022Here are July 2022’s images—aides-mémoires, photos of interest, and miscellaneous items. I append to this gallery through the month.
Tags: 1960s, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970s, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980s, 1986, 1987, 2007, 2010s, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020s, 2022, actors, actresses, advertisement, advertising, Apple, Audi, Bertone, BL, book, Boris Johnson, British Leyland, car, celebrity, Chrysler, Citroën, design, Elle, Europe, Ferrari, film, Ford, France, Germany, GM, Hachette, humour, ITC, James Bond, Japan, Lamborghini, language, magazine, magazine design, Marcello Gandini, Mastodon, Mazda, McLaren, media, modelling, modernism, newspaper, Opel, Peugeot, Porsche, PSA, publishing, Renault, retro, Roger Moore, science fiction, social media, Spain, supermodel, technology, The Persuaders, Tony Curtis, Toyota, Triumph, TV, Twitter, UK, USA
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One award, one interview—positive publicity for May–June 2022
07.06.2022
On to more positive things. Earlier this year, Luxlife got in touch with us, to say Lucire had been shortlisted for their awards. It was later confirmed that we had become their ‘Most Pioneering Online Fashion Magazine 2022’, which I was very happy about—especially as we started 25 years ago.
The judges did know of our UNEP partnership, and the fact we had diversified into print in 2004 (and kept that going in different countries). These points differentiate us from pretty much every fashion magazine. The fact family (namely my father) helped keep things going even during the toughest times, including the GFC, also distinguishes us—and a lot of this success is down to him.
You can read our release here, and I mention it on the Lucire website, too.
I was also stoked to see my interview with Komoneed go online. Komoneed is an online community providing global and local knowledge on sustainability, while avoiding false and unfounded information. You can even read it in German, and I had to clarify to a few people that no, I’m not fluent—this was thanks to Komoneed’s translators. The Aston Martin is also not mine—this was a press car from 2007, but I said to Komoneed they could pick whatever photos they wanted from our photo gallery. In fact, I’m still very proud of the story I wrote on the car 15 years ago.
Tags: 2022, Aston Martin, Australia, environment, fashion, Germany, interview, JY&A Media, Komoneed, Lucire, Luxlife, luxury, New Zealand, press coverage, publishing, sustainability, UK
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