By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist For the past several years, Volvo has been trying hard to sell American buyers other-than-wagons . . . models like the snarky C30 hatchback, the C70 convertible and the S80 lux sedan . . . without much success. Meanwhile, other prestige badge Euro brands like Mercedes and Audi have been […]
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Inflation and Oil Changes
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist They tell us inflation — the benign-sounding word used to euphemize the deliberate devaluation of our money by simply creating new money (pieces of paper) out of thin air and flooding the economy with it — is “only” running about 2 percent of so annually. If so, why has the […]
2014 Toyota RAV4 Review
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Toyota’s got these TV commercials featuring the Muppets, who assert the vehicles aren’t boring. But is boring bad? What if boring works?
What Might That Leak Mean?
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist It’s a little odd to think of it this way, but cars and people are both machines, with systems (circulatory, cooling, hydraulic) . . . and when either leak, it’s cause for further investigation.
2014 Audi Q5 Diesel
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Slowly — finally — diesel engines are becoming available in the kinds of vehicles that really could use ’em : crossover SUVs. These vehicles are bought because they’re roomy, versatile and useful. But their design layout also inclines them toward being large and heavy and less than aerodynamically efficient.
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