2017 Kia Niro
The Prius has a rival that no one seems to know about - probably because Kia hasn’t done much to market its hybridness.
It’s the...
2018 Genesis G80
It used to be that you at least got a six when spent $50k on a luxury car.
Now you get a four . ....
2018 VW Tiguan
The hardest cars to write about - and to buy - are crossover SUVs. Which to pick? What to say? So many . ....
2018 Nissan 370Z
Over the course of its long life, Chevy has almost cancelled the Corvette at least twice.
Ford once gave thought to dropping the Mustang.
Yes, really.
Wisely...
2017 Hyundai Veloster
Coupes have the right lines, but it can be awkward to take more than one person along for the ride.
Even if the car has...
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...
Speeding is Good for You
Speeding, like exercise, is good for you. It is lack of motion in both cases that ends up causing problems.
This is no joke.
First of...
Exxon Telescreens
The really top-drawer dystopian novels end up like news accounts that got published a couple of decades before the events they describe.
Orwell’s 1984 came...
Putting the Blame Where it Doesn’t Belong
In a strange take on William Burrough’s famous quip about gun control advocates - who want to take guns away from people who haven’t...
How About Four Wheeled Diversity?
The Celebration of Diversity is a non-stop party, except when it comes to cars - which wax homogenous with each passing year. Bars of...
The Imbecile Tax
Grown-ups used to appreciate being treated as grown-ups, especially by other grown-ups. How is it that today’s grown-ups demand that they be treated like...
Electric Car Fever
Maybe you remember Disco Fever.
Mid-70s, United States. For no apparent reason, suddenly everyone seemed to be singing in a high-pitched falsetto voice and wearing...
The Textalyzer
Yes, really.
They are working on a gadget that can tell the polizei whether you’ve been texting while driving.
For your saaaaaaaaaaaaaaafety - as depressingly always.
An Israeli...
OJ and Air Bags … vs. Oliver Schmidt
OJ - who almost certainly killed two people and definitely got away with it - didn’t get away with participating in an armed robbery...
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...
Video Rant: 2017 Kia Niro
Here's a quick walk-around of the 2017 Kia Niro; full review should be up shortly!
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Frau Merkel Seeks to Vernichtung Internal Combustion
Former East German Stasi stooge and current Reichskanzler Angela Merkel says Germany must eventually follow other European countries in banning the sale of new...
Audio Rant: Speeding is Good for You
Here's the audio version of my latest rant, Speeding is good for You:
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