National Motorists Association Blog

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Here’s what’s cool about the new Avalon hybrid: It’s a full-size car, with more spreading out room than other cars in its price range; it’s a fairly quick car (0-60 in about 7.5 seconds), it averages 40 MPG — and it costs a few hundred bucks less (to start) than […]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The current Ford Escape shares virtually nothing with the previous Ford Escape — except a name and the Blue Oval badge. Conceptually, aesthetically and functionally, it’s a very different vehicle. Mostly, this is a good thing.

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Here’s some weirdness: The 2013 Nissan Altima coupe is no longer available with more than a four — and only with a CVT automatic. But you can still get a V-6 in the Altima sedan. It’s weird because usually, the coupe version of a given car is considered the sportier […]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The old Beetle was designed as “the people’s car” — for European people. It was very small — and very small engined. The current Passat, on the other hand, was specifically designed for the American people — and is actually made in America (TN). It’s a bigger car than the […]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist No car salesman ever wants to find himself admitting to a customer that he just hasn’t got what they’re looking for . . . but the guy down the street does. Before the introduction of the JX35, that was exactly the situation Infiniti salesmen — and dealers — were in. […]