National Motorists Association Blog

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 […]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist I think I know how they felt. You know — guys like me, reviewing the final cadre of muscle cars some 40 years ago, back in the early 70s. They could feel the wind shifting, knew the show was almost over — the lights about to go out for good. […]

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Not everyone is going small . . . under the hood, that is. The just-redesigned 2013 Acura RDX comes standard with a bigger — and more powerful — engine than it did last year: A 3.5 liter V-6 vs. a 2.3 liter (turbo) four. 273 horsepower — vs. 240.

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist “Car guys” hate the Prius. I am a car guy. Therefore, I ought to hate the Prius, too. But it is winning me over. God help me. It all began the day after the new-for-2013 plug-in Prius arrived. This is the latest version of the famous hybrid from Toyota. Unlike […]