Good Car Names Gone Wrong…
The good thing about a bad car name is you've got no expectations; nothing to live up to - and so, little to disappoint you. But wasting a good name on...
2010 Dodge Grand Caravan
It's ironic that the company that first mass-marketed the minivan is the last one still making them - among Detroit's Big Three, at least.
GM and Ford no longer sell a traditional...
Department of Annoying Technology
This just in - from the Department of Annoying Technology:
* Nissan "EcoPedal" -
Imagine an accelerator that doesn't want you to (accelerate, that is) and you will understand the essence of...
Oldsmobile Regency sedan, 1971-1984
Oldsmobile, like Anne Boleyn, probably never actually felt the blade.
By the time the end came in 2002, Oldsmobile was already effectively dead. GM had moved on to other tarts such as...
So you got a speeding ticket . . .
Most people either just send in the fine - or go to court and make no real attempt to bob and weave their way out of a speeding ticket.
Cattle do the...
2011 Buick Enclave
Five years ago, the following statement would have been laughable:
Buick sells one of the nicest - and maybe the nicest - plus-sized crossovers on the market.
Today, it's gospel truth.
Seriously.
The 2011 Enclave...
Pontiac Safari, 1957-1989
GM's Pontiac division was sent off on its own version of the Trail of Tears in 2009 - after years of broken treaties and forked tongue-talking with the corporation's upper management.
Part...
2011 Mercedes-Benz GLK
Two key things to know about the new Mercedes-Benz GLK:
First, its size. The GLK is slightly smaller than current mid-sized crossover SUVs like the Lexus RX350 - and bigger than compact-sized...
GM Cars That Deserved to Live
Sometimes, the best comes last - and not in the nick of time.
The Studebaker Avanti was one of these. Styled by automotive legend Raymond Loewy, the 1964 Avanti was a last-ditch...
I break the law everyday…
I have become a routine law-breaker.
Today, for example, I passed three cars - even though it was a "double yellow" zone.
I almost always drive 10-20 mph faster than the posted speed...