By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Best-case mileage you can get in a new car is 48 MPG – the advertised highway mileage of a 2012 Toyota Prius hybrid. It sucks. If, that is, you can remember… . Back in 1981, the Dodge Omni (and several other small cars) was delivering 50 MPG. And 40-something was […]
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An Ode To The Two Stroke
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist I’m in the process of restoring an old Kawasaki motorcycle – a 1975 S1C Triple. I love the bike’s lines and looks – but I also admire its engineering. Which is startlingly simple. Because it’s a two-stroke. There is much less to the engine – parts and physical size-wise. The […]
Bye-Bye Saab
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist There will be no bailout for Saab – and so, no bailout for Saab owners. Sweden’s other automaker, formerly an appendage of GM, recently filed for bankruptcy liquidation – not reorganization. It no longer builds cars and no longer intends to build cars. There will be no 2013 Saabs – […]
5 Recent Auto Industry Belly Flops
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The poor ol’ Pontiac Aztek is old news – and also, it’s been beaten so badly I think it deserves some mercy. Or at least, it deserves to be left alone to pick its teeth up off the floor and wipe up the blood… . How about some new targets?
CAFE Spells RIP For Trucks?
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The government’s pending (2016) 35.5 MPG CAFE fuel efficiency requirements – which for the first time apply to trucks as well as passenger cars – are going to make it very difficult for any automaker to sell trucks in volume this country. Ford has has just dropped the compact-size Ranger […]
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