Brock Yates at TTAC

I first started subscribing the Car and Driver in the spring of 1983. My very first issue contained an infamous comparison test where a group of writers led by Brock Yates took a bunch of midsized sedans to baja. Much mayhem ensued. Still my favorite comparison test ever.

Yates also authored one of my favorite books on the auto industry, The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry. Excellent early chapter on GM’s J-Cars.

Before the Internet gave everyone a place to talk, Brock Yates was the one American auto journalist you could count on to say what was on his mind. I didn’t always agree with his rants, but you knew where he stood.

Well, this week Yates found his way to The Truth About Cars, a site that more than any other has given automotive writers a chance to say whatever they want to say about a carĀ or the industry that makes them. (I’ve written for TTAC, and TrueDelta currently supplies them with its vehicle price comparison tool.)

It’s a fitting match, and I look forward to seeing what Yates says now that he truly can say whatever the hell he feels like saying.