Brock Yates, Phone Home
The car press has become the propaganda ministry of entities and individuals who either know nothing about cars or who loathe cars.
Whichever it is,...
Why The Press is Hated . . .
The press wonders - or pretends to wonder - why it’s held in contempt by more than just a small handful of people. Maybe...
Trump Thinks Your Car’s Gas Mileage is . . .Your Business . ....
The Clovers are aghast that Trump is threatening to do the unimaginable - and stop threatening the car companies with federal fuel economy fatwas...
How Come It’s Suddenly Less “Safe” Out There?
New cars are - supposedly - "safer" than ever. Right? That's what the government has been telling us.
Each new fatwa - back-up cameras, tire...
Viva Uber!
About four months from now, Americans will go through the sickly, depressing ritual of celebrating the liberties they no longer enjoy. This includes, among...
The Compliance Car
There’s a new model out you may not have heard about - the compliance car.
It’s a car that, for one reason or another, almost...
Apocalypse Avoided?
If this one thing happens, electing Trump will have been worth the bother.
It's actually two things.
Trump's EPA will be "revisiting" the Obama EPA's last-minute...
Silence of the Lambs?
You'd think maybe he killed someone.
Oliver Schmidt is facing 169 years in prison.
Earlier this week, the 48-year-old German national was frog-marched before the judge who...
If “Safety” Really Mattered
In several objective ways, new cars are less “safe” than cars built decades ago.
A strong statement. One that probably seems ridiculous, too, given all...
It Won’t Be Like The Jetsons
What does it mean when people talk about self-driving cars? We really ought to be talking about programmed cars.
And about who does the programming.
The...