2017 Fiat Spider
Is there room enough for two of basically the same thing?
It depends how different they are.
Back in the '70s, GM was able to successfully...
2017 Chevrolet Corvette
One reads that the current Corvette is the best Corvette ever, but is it?
It is certainly the best-performing Corvette ever. That can't be debated....
2018 VW Atlas
Atlas held up the world.
The VW Atlas could swallow a Beetle.
It is the biggest VW, ever - and proof (if you needed it) that...
2017 Lincoln Continental
Comebacks are never easy - but they are doable.
Ask Cadillac.
Not so very long ago, GM’s luxury car division was on the mat, the count...
2017 Subaru BRZ
What if Porsche sold minivans?
Even if it was a really top-drawer minivan, it’d be a tough sell - because most Porsche buyers aren’t minivan...
2017 Jeep Compass
It’s a really good sign that Fiat continues to invest money in new Jeeps - like this just-updated 2017 Compass. It suggests there is...
2017 Jeep Cherokee
Most crossover SUVs can't cross over very much. They lack the clearance - and the capability. They are basically - actually - cars masquerading...
2017 Toyota Prius
The burden on the Champ is to remain the Champ - or know when to retire before retirement is forced upon you.
The Toyota Prius...
2017 Kia Cadenza
One of the most successful luxury cars ever is the Lexus ES. Along with another Lexus - the LS - it ate Mercedes' and...
2017 Mercedes Metris
When you hear “minivan,” probably the first thing that pops to mind is not Mercedes.
But in Europe, Benzes are dominant in the commercial/work fleet...
2017 Subaru Impreza
Subaru has at least four things going for it.
With the exception of just one model - the BRZ sport coupe, which is a quasi-Subarau,...
2017 Mazda3
In the last Terminator movie, an aging, saggy Arnold tells his younger, time-traveling and still-buff self: I have been waiting for you.
Well, me too.
For...
Porsche is Doomed
Maybe the worst thing about this electric car business is the way it will - if it succeeds - homogenize cars, make one just...
Pumping Us Up
Most people know they’re paying a lot of taxes every time they buy a gallon of gasoline.
Proportionately, few taxes are more regressive than motor...
Get Ready to Cling . . . Tightly
For automated - note, not "autonomous" - cars to become other than a technocratic curiosity, to make the concept functionally viable on a mass scale,...
Storage Cubby “Criminals”
You may be aware that cops can simply steal - yes, that’s exactly the correct word - cash found on your person or in...
Metastasis
Cancer is never cured - it merely goes into remission. You think it’s over and then . . .
Just so, the apparently never-ending diesel...
Florida “heroes” Hassle Wrong Black Lady
A story just burped up on CNN (here) that is interesting for several reasons. It describes a "routine" traffic stop by Florida cops in...
The Other Side of “Safety”
Technology never makes mistakes - unlike the humans who design it. Who never fail to anticipate the unanticipated.
Perfection issuing from imperfection, reversing the usual...
Volvo Commits Seppuku
With gas cheaper than it has been in at least 50 years - strongly suggestive that there is plenty of it available and will...
What They Never Mention
A piece popped up on the newsfeed quoting the uber hacks at Edmunds.com regarding the escalating price of new cars. Not one word in...
Speeding is a Capital Offense
Did you know that the penalty for speeding is death?
It is something to think about as we head into the Farce of July and...
Transportation as a “Service”
Car ownership will soon be a thing of the past, some say.
Some wish.
Instead of buying a car every so often and driving that car...
Whatever Happened to CNG-Powered Cars . . . ?
It’s interesting to speculate about why solutions that would have actually worked - which did work - seem to always just kind of . ...
VW Exec to Plead Guilty to Non-Crime, Faces 169 Years
A Volkswagen AG executive charged in the automaker's diesel emissions scandal plans to plead guilty on August 4 in U.S. District Court in Detroit,...
Reader Qs (July 25, 2017)
Here are the latest Reader Qs - along with my answers:
Graham asks:
I read the review here but no mention of how well the ten...
2017 Fiat Spider
Is there room enough for two of basically the same thing?
It depends how different they are.
Back in the '70s, GM was able to successfully...
