We delude ourselves a little each day, creating harmless conceits about how slim we are, how smart we are, how thin, how generous, how tall and how rugged. Human nature. This brings me to Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep brand. It plays off – and preys on — the typical male fantasy of toughness. Most men, even …
Review: 2017 Chevy Bolt delivered on time, as promised. Tesla take note.
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Here behind the wheel of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV (electric vehicle), I am tempted to drive straight over to the House That Elon Musk Built just six miles away in Palo Alto. I’d ask: “Mr. Tesla Motors, waddya think? Range is said to be 383 km between charges, and with taxpayer …
Chrysler Pacifica a jewel of a minivan — at gemstone pricing
The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is exactly as advertised, a luxurious and modern minivan with front buckets as comfy as Barcaloungers, the most accessible and sensible infotainment/vehicle systems interface in the business and long-distance ride manners that cry out for a road trip. But really, $62,340 as tested? Six Large-plus for a family hauler with front-wheel …
AMG GLE 43: an SUV that explains why Mercedes now out-sells BMW
The man behind the AMG GLE 43 and everything else at Mercedes-Benz is a real-life look-alike of Mister Geppetto, Pinocchio’s creator. Like Geppetto, Dieter Zetche is kind of warm and fuzzy in person – at least as far as car company CEOs go. I like him; most everyone does. And I really like the AMG …
2017 Fusion Sport, 2017 Accord Hybrid: doomed to be historical footnotes
The frisky Ford Fusion Sport and the gizmo-gem that is the Honda Accord Hybrid are two very good, similarly-sized and entirely different midsize sedans caught up in the marketplace equivalent of a slow-motion crash. Sadly for both, each is destined to be largely overlooked because of this broader trend away from family sedans entirely — …