Collector Car Corner: First American 'compact cars'
"When do you feel the first true compact car appeared in America, either foreign or domestic? I say Rambler gets the credit for doing so as they were into compact cars back in the early '50s."
Autos archive for June 2015
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2015
More traffic, better drivers
During my drive to California in May, contrasts to our northwest driving experiences became evident. Approaching Los Angeles, I experienced the biggest difference: multiple freeways with multiple lanes. There’s a theory that more lanes allow improved traffic flow — a concept that may have been…
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015
2015 Kia Sedona focuses on value, quality and versatility
We were badly outnumbered as we piloted our Kia Sedona deep into Southern Utah’s red-rocked vacationland.
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2015
2015 Genesis: Hyundai’s luxury player
A few things we know about Hyundai: it’s relentless, it dreams big and it does things in whole measure.
Our crazy obsession 1
I’ve often quoted an old friend, W.W., who said, “People are funny, aren’t we?” By that philosophy, he included himself in the peculiarity of human behavior. Regarding motor vehicles, his sentiment is certainly evident. Judging by America’s network of pavement alone, our vehicle obsession is…
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015
Test Drive: 2015 Acura TLX
Following a continuing theme this year is yet another test drive of an all new vehicle, notably the 2015 Acura TLX sedan.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015
Collector Car Corner: ‘Unusual’ American Motors engine?
I was at a car show recently and spied a group of people peering into the open hood of a 1965 Rambler American, so I thought I would check it out.
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015
V2V making news again
Vehicle-to-vehicle communications, widely known as V2V, is regaining attention in the auto industry. Transponder systems that allow vehicles to signal their locations to one another show much promise for collision avoidance. And as certain entrepreneurs are proposing, such systems could provide further safety and convenience…
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
RDX: Acura's near-luxury compact crossover grows more enticing
If you now and again work your way this far into the Saturday S-R, you may be aware we’re deep into AcuraLand. We’ve recently driven the midsize TLX and compact ILX sedans. Today, we test the smaller of Acura’s best-selling crossovers, the RDX, and in…
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2015
U-Turn addendum
This weekly column is about dispelling knowledge, and sometimes the recipient of that education is me. My May 23rd column explored allowable U-turns in Washington and Idaho. In summary, such turns are legal given certain prerequisites, such as no vehicles coming in either direction within…
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2015
Acura ILX: Acura’s near-luxury compact charts new course for 2016
The near-luxury ILX has grown more refined in each of its first four years, but this year’s updates are the most significant by far.
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2015
A touchy coexistance
I’ve often noted the strained relationship that motor vehicles and bicycles seem to experience and demonstrate on our roadways. I’ve also written that I have little hope for a harmonious coexistence between the two. My skepticism rises from several factors, but I’m essentially hopeless for…
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