Recent Belly Flops
The poor ol' Pontiac Aztek is old news - and also, it's been beaten so badly I think it deserves some mercy. Or at least, it deserves to be left alone...
2018 Nissan Armada
Well, they all do it.
Sell lesser - and nicer - versions of their big SUVs.
For less - and more - money.
GM has the Chevy Tahoe and the GMC Yukon.
There's the Cadillac...
2021 Hyundai Accent
If you don’t want to spend more than about $15k on a new car, you won’t need to spend a lot of time shopping for one.
Because there are only three of...
2014 Infiniti QX80
I've got five bikes, an old muscle car - and lots of guns. Some people will sneerily say I don't need these things. They're the same people who get all upset...
2011 Kia Forte
It wasn't too long ago - the 1990s - that economy car was a polite marketing euphemism for pathetic losermobile. Economy cars were mostly miserable; sad-looking and underpowered. Tinny, plasticky,...
2022 Toyota Camry
You can still get a V6 engine in Toyota’s Camry, which is the only remaining mid-sized/family-priced sedan that offers more than a four. Engines larger than that have become a rarity...
2015 Subaru Legacy
Subarus used to be such an easy sell.
If you were a buyer looking for an AWD car, Subaru was one of the few that sold them. And pretty much the only...
2014 Ford Focus ST
Back in 1987, my souped-up '78 V-8 Camaro almost got smoked by a four-cylinder Dodge Omni. Only it wasn't just an Omni.
It was an Omni GLH-S.
The GLH-S was a souped-up version...
2015 Volvo V60
For the past several years, Volvo has been trying hard to sell American buyers other-than-wagons . . . models like the snarky C30 hatchback, the C70 convertible and the S80 lux...
2019 Mazda CX-5
Mazda is one of the few remaining car companies that hasn't slurped up the EV Kool Aid. It is upping the IC ante in the new CX-5 - which gets a...