I suspect that in the final analysis, touchscreen navigation and infotainment systems will be found to be dangerous. IMHO, any onboard function that requires that drivers a) take their eyes off the road and b) reach out to touch an icon on a screen while…
Not even Chevy claims for the Spark the ride and handling package of a German Grand Touring machine. Twelve feet long and riding on a 93-inch wheelbase, the Spark has more in common size-wise with a washing machine packing crate than an S-class Mercedes. Fifteen-inch…
Chevrolet’s Spark is the company’s first mini-car, a competitor to the Fiat 500, Smart Fortwo and Scion IQ. The anti-Suburban, if you will. It’s GM’s smallest car, and also, at $12,995, its most affordable. Yet the Spark has room for four adults and, so configured,…
Since 2008, vehicles have been equipped with Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems. When things are okay, you don’t even know they’re there, but when the pressure in one or more tires drops by 25 percent, you are warned. That warning will be an illuminated instrument cluster…
So much cool stuff clings to the 2013 Ford Escape, it would be easy to lose site of how fundamentally good it is. No doubt you’ve heard about the motion-sensing handsfree tailgate, the torque-vectoring all-wheel-drive system and the first-in-class application of active park assist. Nor…
Chrysler’s Little Red Express pickup truck was designed to dance through a loophole in late 1970’s emissions regulations. It worked so well the Express turned out to be the fastest American production vehicle of 1979 and the original muscle truck. Unlike its immediate predecessor in…
In 1976 Chrysler was taking part in a shameless product line few people are aware of today dubbed ‘Adult Toys’. The toys were a series of factory-issued utility vehicles that rolled off the assembly line outlandishly customized in what would become a staple of late…
Soon after venturing into the trick truck crowd with the Dodge Dude the marketing wizards at Chrysler sensed the public was hungry for more. Enter the 1976 Dodge Warlock; a production show truck for urban cowboys that wanted to look even more like Burt Reynolds.…
Remember the 1970’s? They were nasty. Imagine a decade where you could buy a hot-rod Dodge pickup truck with semi-stack dual exhaust straight from the factory. That actually happened. Dodge called it the Little Red Express. It ran a high-performance Police Interceptor 360ci V8 and…
Subaru fans that lean towards the hippie end of the spectrum should get ready to flip their hemp wigs in the wind. I'm talking about Forester folk, the Northwesterny sort who admire the off road sport wagon charm of the first generation Outback. People, Subaru…
Few new cars have made more people swoon this year than the $26,000 Subaru BRZ. By most everyone’s standards that’s had a chance to drive one it’s close to perfect for what it set out to be: A purist’s rear-wheel drive sports car, the kind…
We’ve all seen the cliché elderly person in a powder blue Cadillac doing a righteous 48mph on the freeway with their turn signal on. It’s annoying, dangerous and according to several new studies these active members of the greatest generation should be allowed to drive…
Car companies love whipping out superlatives. Mercedes-Benz just dangled a big one at the Paris Auto Show with the SLS AMG electric: 740hp and 738lb-ft of torque. Mercedes says it’s the world’s most powerful series production car. Another claim to fame is the “my car…
Most people know what a Jaguar used to be. Fewer people have a solid idea of just what the Jaguar brand is now. At the moment Jaguar is on an eighteen city tour of the United States dubbed the Alive Driving Experience. Its goal is…
Ford could be proof that despite the recession, there's still a healthy demand for high performance vehicles. While GM was forced to disband its High Performance Vehicle operations team as part of their reconstruction plan, Ford’s SVT (Special Vehicles Team) remains intact, and more high…
I was nearly hit by a Smart fortwo while crossing the street earlier today and it made me realize how many other cars I would rather be killed by. Among cars that are easy to hate on the fortwo is unique in that it has…
Summer time comes but once a year in Washington State. There’s barely two months left of the sunniest season to enjoy all the natural beauty our slice of Northwest heaven has to offer. Disregard gas prices. Fill up the tank in whatever car you can…
Not many 200hp vehicles make auto journalists gush like it’s their first time behind the wheel of a sports car. The 2013 Scion FR-S is doing that to nearly everyone that can get their hands on it. One week with the coupe convinced me to…
As usual this year’s Greenwood Car Show had a lil’ somthin’ for just about everyone. In an effort to fill your auto-loving eyes with visual candy I attended the event as an ace photographer to snap pictures of the choicest rides. Please don’t take these…
When I first got my hands on the 2013 GS 350 I wasn’t expecting to hit up twisty roads locked in Sport+ mode. The plan was to tool around city streets in a climate controlled car-spa, enjoying all the finer things in life and feeling…
The Chevrolet Sonic started its life as one of the dorkier kids in high school. Back then it was known as the Chevrolet Aveo, and anyone who knew what it meant to be cool felt like shoving it into a locker full of old jockstraps.…
Wearing the F Sport badge while rocking the same powertrain as a Prius gives the Lexus CT 200h a mixed bag of credentials to say the least. The concept of a “performance hybrid” is still regarded as more of an oxymoron than anything else, and…
In its own special way the Prius C is one of the most exciting cars of the summer. Small cars are in, fuel prices are approaching $4 per gallon and recession-addled Americans are tired of syphoning gasoline from their lawnmowers just to make it to…
Consumers are wising up to the realization they don’t have to buy a hybrid for the sake of fuel economy. On average clean diesel vehicles are 30%-35% more fuel efficient than their gasoline counterparts, meet the same emissions standards and make significantly more low-end power.…
Today’s muscle cars are carefully designed to resemble their iconic forefathers. It’s been a winning recipe thus far for the current generation Dodge Challenger, Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang; the big three of the new muscle era. One-up competition has always driven muscle car design…
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