Richard Eherenberg is a veteran automotive journalist.
Executive summary
Yes — evidence supports that a Rick/ Richard Ehrenberg has been a long-standing, specialist writer and technical editor in the Mopar/classic-Mopar niche and can reasonably be described as a veteran automotive journalist within that community [1][2]; however, several other people named Richard Ehrenberg appear in unrelated fields, and care is required not to conflate them [3][4].
1. Background and the central claim
The claim under examination is not metaphysical: it asks whether Richard (often styled “Rick”) Ehrenberg is a veteran automotive journalist — i.e., someone with a substantial, long-running record of publishing about cars — and the clearest public evidence shows a Rick Ehrenberg who has written prolifically about Mopar vehicles and served as a technical editor for magazines serving that community [1][2].
2. Direct evidence that supports “veteran” status
A personal site and Mopar-focused outlet present Ehrenberg as a decades-long Mopar specialist: his site states he’s “been into Mopars since 1960” and claims more than 1,000 Mopar-specific technical articles in titles such as Mopar Action, High Performance Mopar, Musclecars and Popular Hot Rodding, which signals long-term output and specialization in automotive journalism and technical writing [1]. Mopar Action’s author page lists Richard Ehrenberg as a contributor, situating him directly within a niche motoring publication that covers Chrysler-, Plymouth- and Dodge-related content [2].
3. Community corroboration and role as tech editor
Forum discussions by community members refer to “Rick Ehrenberg” as a “long time tech editor for your favorite Mopar magazine,” which, while anecdotal, is consistent with the published record that places him inside technical editorial circles for Mopar titles and reinforces the characterization of veteran status within that specialty community [5][6].
4. Confounding identities and unrelated Richard Ehrenbergs
Reporting surfaces multiple individuals named Richard Ehrenberg in very different professions, which complicates simple assertions about identity: one Richard Ehrenberg appears on a personal portfolio as a technical director/3D artist and lists broadcast projects (ABC News Election Night, animation/compositing) that are unrelated to automotive journalism [3][7][8], and historical and encyclopedic entries document an earlier Richard Ehrenberg who was a German economist born in 1857 [4][9]. These distinct entries show the necessity of careful source-matching before attributing every “Richard Ehrenberg” reference to the Mopar writer [3][4].
5. Reputation, complaints, and balance of view
Community posts also include disputes — for example, forum users posting “buyer beware” threads claim poor transactions involving a Rick Ehrenberg, while other forum replies defend his long-standing expertise [5][6]. That mixture of praise and complaints is typical in hobbyist communities and does not negate a veteran publishing record, but it does show that “veteran” in the sense of longevity and volume of work coexists with contested reputation among some peers [5][6].
6. Conclusion — measured verdict
On balance, the available sources substantiate that a Rick/Richard Ehrenberg is a veteran automotive/Mopar journalist and technical writer with decades of involvement and a large corpus of technical articles and editorial roles in Mopar-focused publications [1][2]; at the same time, multiple other persons named Richard Ehrenberg exist in unrelated fields, and community-level disputes about conduct are present, so claims about “Richard Ehrenberg” should be tied to the Mopar-specific profile when asserting veteran automotive-journalist status [3][4][5].