National Motorists Association Blog

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Safety’s not the sell it once was. Because everyone’s selling it. Multiple air bags, ABS, traction control — and much more. It’s common — and it’s a given. Almost everyone has pretty solid crash test scores, too. So where does that leave Volvo — an automaker whose main selling point […]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Where does bread and butter end — and entry luxury start? It’s a tough question, because there’s no longer a clear line in the sand — in terms of equipment and features — and even power/performance — separating the mass market from the something a cut above. Volkswagen’s CC occupies […]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The battleship Iowa and her three sisters managed to survive not only World War II but a post-war world in which they’d long since become anachronisms. Amazingly, these massive gunboats lingered on as active duty warships for decades — into the 1990s. But everyone knew they had been living on […]