Malaise Machines for Old Cars Magazine: https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/author/bryan-raab-davis
Forbes Wheels: https://www.forbes.com/wheels/author/brdavis/
Autowise: https://autowise.com/ma-and-pa-101-buick-roadmaster-railmobile/
From the Vault: https://malaisemotors.com/
Bryan Raab Davis 
I am compelled to question your choice of the word “Malaise” for your Nome deplume/Avatar.
You mention alliteration appeals to you. Please explain. As a student of Political History, the malaise
period was the Carter presidency’s sobriquet.
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The classic car community has adopted Carter’s catchphrase to apply to cars that were built under the influence of outside forces such as safety and emissions regulations. For a time, this led to increased weight and reduced power but ultimately brought about the world we live in today with powerful, yet (comparatively) clean-burning engines. It was journalist Murilee Martin who applied “malaise” to a vehicular design epoch first, but it wasn’t meant kindly. Within the Malaise Motors universe, however, we view the “M word” as a term of endearment. Incidentally, we bookend the era as 1972-1995, for in 1972 the Clean Air Act began to bight and manufacturers started cranking down compression ratios in anticipation of the unleaded gasoline. In 1995, OBD-II was adopted almost wholesale across the auto industry, ushering in standardized, modern engine management.
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