The First Time . . .
I am an Elvis fan and so know his more obscure work, including a lachrymose (but powerful) ballad he sang called The First Time Ever I saw Your Face. It's a...
New Enough
There's a sweet spot I'd like to tell you about. It's not a great place to eat - or the RPM at which an engine really starts to sing. I'm talking...
2022 Hyundai Sante Fe
Crossovers are criticized - correctly - for looking and being the same, as if cut from the same mold, regardless of badge.
Most of them have similarly bland drivetrains - and not...
2015.5 Volvo V60/Cross Country
Have you noticed?
Acura has quietly dropped the TSX sportwagon.
The Caddy CTS wagon is gone, too.
Audi no longer sells wagon versions of the A4 or the A6, either.
The Benz C-Class wagon disappeared...
2012 Buick Regal GS
Buick sells a lot of cars - but mostly (historically) to people who might be buying their last car.
It's the same problem Cadillac had; and the same problem Ford's Lincoln...
2017 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...
Good Cars are Bad for Business!
Good cars are killing the car industry.
Think about it ...
After decades of consumer complaints about often-iffy quality control, the car companies (the American companies in particular) performed the equivalent of a...
2016 Kia Optima
How good are the Koreans at making cars? Here's a metric:
They successfully (hand over fist) sell two versions of the same basic car in a segment (mid-sized family sedans) that's hard for...
2014 Buick LaCrosse
Buick survived the Great Culling. No more Pontiac, no more Saturn - definitely no more Hummer. But Buick soldiers on.
No, Buick thrives.
It's one of the best-selling brands in ... well, China....
Diaper Report 7/31/21
It is possible we’re just weeks away from an 1861 moment; perhaps just days. One can almost feel the “lock downs” dangling precariously over our heads - again. The Face Diaper...