National Motorists Association Blog

What’s a big SUV without a big engine? If it’s a Ford Expedition, it’s the strongest big SUV in its class with the smallest standard engine. It’s also the biggest, period, at least, without changing names. The Expedition comes in two sizes. Full-sized and fuller-sized. Both of them skinned in Reynold’s Wrap. Well, aluminum. There’s […]

Toyota has sold something like 44 million Corollas so far over the course of about 40 years. To put that number in context, Volkswagen sold only half as many Beetles over twice that span of time. The Beetle, not the new one recently cancelled but the much-beloved original model with the engine in the back and cooled […]

The old Land Rover Defender, last sold new in the 1990s, was a primal SUV—the thing didn’t even have carpet. It had a hose-it-out-interior and an aluminum body with an ancient and underpowered V8. But what it did have was cachet. There was something special about driving what you saw the TV safari show guys driving. It could […]

What if you’d like a new Navigator but maybe a bit less of one? Something almost as big, but not quite. With three rows (the third one usable) that can pull more than its own weight but without so much length? And without such a big price? Enter the Aviator. What It Is The Aviator is Lincoln’s new […]

Subaru’s Outback wagon is known for being able to get you there, just not very quickly. It was one of the first high-riding wagons with all-wheel-drive, the automotive critter that’s called a crossover today. It was tenacious, rugged, and slow. Now, it’s quick. You can get it with a new 2.4 liter turbocharged engine that’s nearly as powerful […]