National Motorists Association Blog

Speed, it’s said, is a question of money. How fast do you want to go? Well, how about looks? Audi’s A7 is a much more dramatic looking car than the A6 sedan. It has “coupe-like” styling, including a more rakish windshield and lower roofline. It’s also about $15k-to-start more expensive than the A6. How good do you want […]

It’s no accident that the best-selling Cadillac model right now is very much like the models that used to define what a Cadillac was back when Cadillac sold more luxury cars than any other luxury car brand. It just happens to be an SUV. That model is the Escalade, a vehicle that has much in common with […]

Minivans are hugely practical, not very popular vehicles. Well, not anymore. They were hugely popular back in the ’80s and ’90s, but that was before SUVs and crossovers became more popular. Several major brands, GM, Ford, and Nissan, no longer sell a minivan. But everyone (even Porsche) sells SUVs and crossovers, which aren’t as practical as minivans but have […]

Here is a fun fact: The only new Acura besides the NSX supercar that comes standard with more than a four-cylinder engine under its hood isn’t a car. It’s the MDX, which is a three-row crossover SUV. It comes standard with the last V6 Acura installs as standard equipment in anything else except the NSX (the Type-S […]

You often hear that new cars, especially new crossovers, are so similar they (the car companies) might as well get together and just sell one. The complaint has some merit. It is hard to tell one crossover from another without looking at the badge. But there are still some differences, even if they’re not easy […]