2018 Mercedes E400 Cabrio
When you go to a 5 star restaurant, you expect a great steak - but it’s surprising when the bill turns out to be reasonable.
The Mercedes E400 cabrio is like that...
2018 Mini Countryman Plug-in Hybrid
One of the reasons the Germans lost the Battle of Britain almost 80 years ago ties into the problem with plug-in hybrids today.
Range on the batteries.
The Lutwaffe’s fighters could only remain...
Mittens and the Media
Have you noticed that major media web sites like CNN no longer publish reader replies to their stories? Could it be that they realized the false consensus maintained by print media was...
VW Ditching More Diesels
VW is getting rid of its other diesels, too.
Its MAN diesel engines. These are the huge diesel engines that power ships today - and once upon a time powered German U...
The Off-Road End Run
Speed does kill - if you get caught doing it.
We live in the Hut! Hut! Hut! era. Armed government workers (AGWs) wearing Batman-style utility belts packed with multiple mags and high-powered...
A Colonel Bogey Salute From Dodge to Uncle
While every other car company is doing its best to clap loudest for Stalin - building electric cars for which there is no real market (while pretending there is one or...
We Can Live With Communists
A Libertarian can live in peace with a communist or a fascist - or even a Republican or a Democrat.
Let ‘em get together, buy a compound, admit like-minded people to their...
Tata vs. Uncle
We may soon have access to affordable new cars once more - if Uncle will allow it.
Tata Motors - a major automaker in India - recently announced plans to bring...
A Maverick, Literally
And the children shall lead us - since the adults, apparently, won’t.
One such is 17-year-old Maverick Stow of Long Island, NY. He decided to lead by example - and go back...
2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost
A four cylinder muscle car, anyone?
Ford has done it before - back in the '80s. Remember the Mustang SVO? It rivaled the V-8 Mustang GT's straight-line performance, but did so with...