Supply-Demand Disconnect?
The price paid for the average new car continues to climb - it's about $34,000 now - but sales of new cars are declining. This seems cognitively dissonant.
Or at least, economically...
The Last Diesel
Jaguar has decided - and just announced - it will no longer offer a diesel engine in the XE sedan. Which was one of the last passenger cars still available in...
A Tort Claim Against Uncle . . . For Not “Keeping Us Safe”
Remember the pedestrian who was killed by the auto-piloted Uber last year in Arizona? Her family is suing the state (and city of Tempe) for allowing Uber to use public roads...
2019 Toyota C-HR
In the first of the new Star Trek movie reboots, we are introduced to a very young and not-yet Captain Kirk, played by Chris Pine. He is a diamond in the...
The Amen Corner
I’ve written about the media’s active complicity in pushing the EV Agenda. This includes the car media, which seems to have very few car people behind the bylines. Car people being...
Elon’s Game of Three Card Monte
Elon is in the news again - but not for the right reason.
The SEC is angry with him over his Tweets - which ought to anger Tesla shareholders even more (not...
Stevie Behind the Wheel
I recently test drove a new car with an autopilot system. Turn on the cruise control and the car not only maintains whatever speed you set, it also steers itself through...
The Unintended Consequences of ASS
The Japanese make Bonsai miniature trees by stunting real ones. In this case, the result of altering the natural course of things is pretty.
When government stunts the natural growth of things,...
2020 Mercedes GLE450
If you pop the hood of the new GLE - Mercedes’ mid-sized SUV - you will see something no one has seen under the hood of a new Mercedes in more...
No More Horsepower For You!
Well, GM has decided it's time to stop touting horsepower and displacement - it's so internal combustion.
Instead, Cadillac will tout Newton meters - the metric version of foot-pounds - to tout...