Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA weekly E-Newsletter #716 from October 2022. In several objective ways, new cars are less “safe” than cars built decades ago. A strong statement. One that probably seems ridiculous, too, given all the “safety” features new cars have that old cars did not, and the fact that new […]
If “Safety” Really Mattered
• December 23, 2022 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Eric Peters, SAFETY, Technology
The Vehicle Weight of the Matter
This is a tale of two trucks, kinda. Both are not really trucks. They have beds like trucks do, but neither was built on truck-type (rear-drive) layouts or have or offer four-wheel-drive and a two-speed transfer case as trucks, properly defined, always do. Both are basically cars made to look like trucks and there’s nothing […]
Red-Light Cameras Turned Off in Greenville, NC—At Least for Now!: NMA E-Newsletter #727
December 19, 2022 • 0 Comments • LEGISLATION, NORTH CAROLINA, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE
If there ever was a system that says ‘taxation by citation,’ the North Carolina red-light camera system is it. A little background. In March 2022 the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled that Greenville’s red-light camera program was unconstitutional but not because of the cameras themselves. Under the state’s RLC citation scheme, expenses from […]
Used Car Market Won’t Recover Till 2025
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach Prices of new and used cars seem to be fluctuating every day. You probably don’t want to hear this but, the car industry (both the new and used-vehicle markets), has seen prices skyrocket in 2022, and my prediction, it won’t recover for three years. The car insurance savings app Jerry, […]
2022 Lexus GX460 Review
The blockbuster novel and movie Jurassic Park was all about resurrecting the dinosaurs, but wouldn’t it have been better to just keep them from going extinct in the first place? The Lexus GX460 is one such dinosaur well worth preserving. It’s been around and largely unchanged since 2010–an automotive Jurassic Era ago. Most cars and trucks get a […]
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