Luxury Isn’t What Luxury Once Was
There’s not much special or even especially luxurious about modern luxury cars. This is not to say they aren’t luxurious; of course, they are. The problem for luxury car sellers is that everything is luxurious–just not as expensive, the main distinguishing feature of a modern luxury car. Visit a new car showroom and see and judge for yourself. On the […]
2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Review
The Jeep Grand Cherokee has most of what lots of people want as evidenced by the fact that the GC is Jeep’s best-selling model. But it hasn’t got one thing many people need–that being a third row. Enter the Grand Cherokee L, which does. What It Is The Grand Cherokee L is a longer version of the standard […]
Slippin’ Clutch and Slippin’ Jimmy
If you’re driving a vehicle with a manual transmission, you’d better be careful about whom you let drive it–including dealership mechanics. Apparently, it is your legal obligation to vet the mechanics’ competence including their ability to drive a vehicle with a manual transmission. If not, and one of them accidentally lets out the clutch with the […]
Driving Slow is the Word
What is the common denominator that accounts for almost all bad driving? It is arguably the passivity-fearfulness that’s been drilled into so many American drivers — who were taught that “good driving” is slow driving, in the manner of an arthritic old person shuffling down the sidewalk with a dozen people behind him, trying to get past. […]
2022 Jaguar F-Pace Review
The thing about Jags is they’ve never been practical cars. Thank god! They have always been beautiful cars, though. The chromed leaper on the hood, for instance, is more beautiful all by itself than the entirety of most other cars. The trick is making the practical beautiful. Enter the F-Pace. It’s not as fetching to view when […]
2022 Mini JCW Review
What has the Mini Cooper got that the VW Beetle lacked? The question arises because the Mini is still here while the Beetle isn’t. The resurrected icon was initially very popular when VW brought it back in the late ‘90s but became less so after it was significantly restyled in 2010—it was made to look […]
2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee Review
A few weeks back I wrote about the new Ford Explorer, one of the few mid-sized, three-row SUVs available in a segment dominated by car-based crossover SUVs. The Explorer is rear-drive and offers 4WD as opposed to the usual crossover FWD/AWD layout. This week’s review is about one of the few remaining mid-sized, two-row SUVs in the same class that is […]
2022 Infiniti Q60 Review
If you want to drive the new Nissan Z-car, you’ll have to wait a bit longer since it’s not yet available. But you can get a very similar car, right now, from the same company that makes both. What It Is The Infiniti Q60 is a two-door, four-seat luxury-sport coupe with four seats that’s very similar in looks and […]
Conditioned to Assistance
Ever had someone bump into your elbow when you were trying to drink a cup of hot coffee? Advance Driver Assistance “technology” called Lane Keep Assist works on the same principle. Here is the scenario: You are driving down an empty highway and decide to change lanes to avoid a road obstruction but you fail […]
2022 Ford Bronco Review
If OJ had this Bronco, he might have gotten away with it. Well, of course, he did get away with it. But never mind that. The new Bronco is made to order for getting anywhere a four-wheeled vehicle can go, and getting back from there, too. What It Is The Bronco is a two- or […]