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There is still one form of getting around that doesn't require government permission - which is largely free of government "mandates," too. It is...

The government has been pushing “fuel efficient” cars on the public for decades - and now intends to punish the public for driving them. By taxing...

“Defensive” driving has killed driving in this country. It is a regime defined by hypercautious passivity - that being fundamentally at odds with...

Subaru’s thing used to be small, rugged cars - sedans and wagons - that were built to deal with bad roads and poor weather as well as a 4WD truck or...

Speed limits are about to become limitless - as in, whatever those who set them say they are. This has always been true, to an extent - in that all...

Alternative history scenarios make for great story telling - about what might have been. What if the Confederacy had not allowed itself to be goaded...

V6 engines are disappearing - even from luxury sedans like the Mercedes E-Class - a type of car which used to come standard with one. It now comes...

Jaguars were famous, once, for their silky in-line sixes and V12s - as well as their uniquely elegant English styling. Nothing else looks like...

When does 450 horsepower seem kind of . . . limp? When you’re behind the wheel of something with more than 700 horsepower. That’s the difference -...

The name change - even if April Foolsey - is indicative of what this change is all about. The Volkswagen was - literally - the people’s car. It was...

Now highways are racist - and must be cancelled. So saith the new Oberbefehlshaber der Transport - Pete Buttigieg. Whose bona fides to hold this...

The '21 Ram TRX I am test-driving this week has more than three times as much horsepower (702) as the 455 V8 in my '76 Trans-Am made when it was new...

You can’t reduce the size of a 4x8 sheet of plywood to hide the rising cost of one - or shave some length off a 2x4x8 - without it being not only...

Why do so many - practically everybody, in many areas - Diaper? Even in the absence of "mandates"? Even when the "mandates" aren't enforced - at...

Selections have consequences - again. You may have noticed how much more you’re paying at the pump now that Orange Man is gone. For most of the...

The Genesis GV80 does not have a V8, as its name seems to suggest it might. But it does have something else that’s getting hard to find in a...

How long will it be before people make monthly payments on toothbrushes? It’s not all that far-fetched when you consider that many are already making...

California’s deciders want to ban everyone’s cars. If we’re talking about cars that aren’t - cough - “zero emissions” electric cars. The state’s...