Worst Things About Old Cars
There’s a new reason for buying an old car. It’s not nostalgia, it’s not a love for classic lines - though those still come along for the ride. It’s a desire...
A Tesla Owner Speaks
I've been accused of being unfair to Tesla, that I am infected by personal animosity toward Musk (true; I loathe rent seekers) and a general dislike of electric cars (not true;...
Automotive Anomalies
The '60s Twilight Zone TV series specialized in the thought experiment - the what if? And the what the hell, too.
It's becoming like this on the road - and in our cars....
How It’s Being Done . . . And Why
By making “IC” cars impossible - legislatively - electric cars are to be made inevitable. In this way, the practical and functional deficits of EVs become irrelevances. Just as the Fourth...
2017 Land Rover Discovery
The V8 is long gone - probably for good - but the Disco is back.
Not the Bee Gees. The Land Rover Disco.
No V8, though - but that’s ok. The supercharged V6...
Why Are New Motorcycle Sales in Freefall?
Harley sales are in free-fall - down 9.3 percent in the U.S. for the first fiscal quarter that ended this summer - amounting to losses of $258.9 million. The company has...
“Public Citizens” Attempting to Shame Ford and VW
Ralph Nader's outfit, Public Citizen, is attempting to shame Ford and VW for not embracing the catastrophic 54.5 MPG CAFE standard imposed by Barack Obama's EPA and for not bear-hugging the...
“Experience the Brand”
New York City is probably the least car-friendly place in the United States. Its streets are perpetually gridlocked and garage fees cost more than rent in other parts of the country. Most...
2018 Mini Cooper Countryman
Many reviewers snicker that the Mini Countryman isn't very . . . mini. And they're right - and wrong - at the same time.
Compared with the original Mini Cooper hatchback, the...
Why Won’t They Send me a Tesla to Test Drive?
The proof, as they say, is in the pudding.
If - as Tesla's carefully choreographed public relations machine maintains - the range issue has been solved and the car's functional performance (as...