National Motorists Association Blog

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist I’ve got five bikes, an old muscle car — and lots of guns. Some people will sneerily say I don’t need these things. They’re the same people who get all upset and control-freaky about large (and loaded) SUVs like the Infiniti QX80. It’s too big. It uses too much gas. […]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The Metro’s back! In spirit if not name. And in form and function, too.

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist In some ways, the current Beetle is nothing like the original whose spirit it tries to conjure: It’s a much larger — and much heavier — car, for openers.

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Most reviews of hybrid vehicles talk up their gas mileage — an important consideration, no doubt. But there are other considerations. Overall everyday usefulness, for instance. The Prius V — which is Toyota-speak for a Prius wagon — is such a for-instance.