National Motorists Association Blog

This whole business of the luxury sport sedan is kind of strange . . . like expecting Usain Bolt to block for the Giants. World class sprinters tend not to be built like linemen. Now toss in a third variable — the value-priced luxury sport sedan. Sure. It’s as simple as designing a fuel-efficient supersonic […]

It’s an odd thing when you stop to think about it, but small, inexpensive cars increasingly give you more in the way of choices (and features for the dollar) than higher-dollar cars. For instance, the Kia Forte. You can get it three different ways — sedan, hatchback sedan and two-door hatchback Koupe (spelled with a […]

VW has tried this twice. Both good tries. The problem — first with the Phaeton — and now with the CC sedan — has always been not enough cachet. . . And a too-high price. VW, after all, is Volkswagen. The people’s car. Both the Phaeton and the CC pushed that concept probably too far. […]

A $100,000 hybrid makes me think of Gloria Steinem’s quip about a woman needing a man like a fish needs a bicycle. But I’d still much rather have the Mercedes 550e than a Prius. They are both hybrids (the Benz is a plug-in hybrid) but they otherwise have as much in common as Felicity Jones… […]