National Motorists Association Blog

The Genesis GV80 does not have a V8, as its name seems to suggest it might. But it does have something else that’s getting hard to find in a crossover SUV–especially in something that costs less than $50,000 to start. Rear-wheel-drive. None of the other models in its class—the Lexus RX, the Acura MDX, and the Audi Q5 —are […]

You used to be able to get a V6 in a Honda Accord sedan. But now that one’s a four-cylinder-only sedan. The good news is, there’s a new sedan made by Honda that’s available with the strongest V6 Honda ever put into a sedan. The bad news is, it’s not being sold under the Honda label. It’s […]

Buying a hybrid is beginning to make economic sense again because the price of gas is going up again, making up for the hybrid’s higher buy-in price. And maybe more so. How much you save or not ultimately depends on how high the price of gas goes. Right now, it’s looking like gas will be at least […]

There is one class of new car left that offers buyers real choice — as opposed to a choice of badge. Ironically, it is the class of car you’d expect to offer the fewest choices. The compact sedan class. After all, it’s the transportation appliance class. You don’t expect a lot of variety when shopping for toasters. Nevertheless, […]

They don’t make the great cars anymore—cars like the original (rear-engined/air-cooled) VW Beetle. Many consider the original Bug to be the greatest car ever made—if the standard for greatness is a car almost anyone could afford to buy and, for that reason, put almost everyone on the road who wanted to be on the road. Hence the people’s car. The Ford Model […]