2019 Lexus LS500
Lexus did something daring when it redesigned the LS - its top-of-the-line luxury sedan.
It gave it an engine the same size as a Camry’s - Toyota’s mid-sized family sedan. And no...
The GPS Granny Nanny
America is slowing down. How long before it stops entirely?
Literally stops?
A reader who is a commercial driver wrote to tell me about how his work vehicle is monitored and controlled via...
The Obamacare Out
It was nice of the Orange Man to rescind the punishment - the "shared responsibility payment" - applied by the IRS for failing to fork over money to the health insurance...
In Name . . . But Not in Price
Jeep is bringing back the Gladiator - in name and spirit.
But not, alas, in price.
The resurrected Jeep pick-up (four doors this time rather than two - and a short rather than...
The Air Bag Body Count Upticks – And Will Again
Sixteen actual Americans have been killed by Takata air bags so far. The latest victim in Buckeye, AZ. As opposed to the hypothetical Americans not actually killed by VW's "cheating" on...
2019 Hyundai Sante Fe
Some crossovers have two rows and room for five; others have three rows and room for seven or more.
The Hyundai Sante Fe goes both ways.
Regular - or XL.
It's also available with...
Replacement “Revenue”
Do you remember when repeal Obamacare became repeal . . . and replace? In other words, government managed and government-enforced "health care" is now a given.
The government will simply diddle with...
Little Stinker Emerges!
Yesterday was one of the first warm/dry days we've had up here in The Woods of southwest Virginia, so I decided to step away from the keyboard and unshroud Little Stinker...
The Tsunami Approaches
Tsunamis are nature’s surprise party. The sky is blue, the waves lap the shore gently as usual. No reason to pack up the beach towel - much less run to the...
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...