National Motorists Association Blog

A Jaguar crossover SUV is a strange cat. What’s next? KISS releasing a country record? But then, no one wants to see Gene Simmons in a cowboy hat singing about his pick-up truck. On the other hand, crossovers are the in-thing. They are becoming almost the only thing. Even for a company like Jaguar, which was known […]

Would you be interested in a lighter, quicker, and less expensive iteration of BMW’s Z4 roadster with a hard top rather than a soft-top? Then step right up! Toyota has what you’re looking for in a package that’s very similar, but not similarly skinned, or priced. What It Is The Supra name goes way back […]

VW made the Atlas because people want big crossovers with three rows and room for seven. But what if you don’t need something quite that big? And not too small? Enter the Cross Sport. What It Is The Cross Sport is a slightly smaller, two-row version of the three-row VW Atlas, which is the biggest VW ever. It’s […]

Want the good news first? The just-redesigned Nissan Frontier pick-up not only still comes with a V6–it’s standard. Some of the others in this class like the Chevy Colorado come standard with a four. One of the others in this class (the Ford Ranger) comes only with a four. Ready for the bad news? There’s no option to […]

It’s hard to make a crossover different from all the other crossovers without making it something other than just another crossover. It’s akin to trying to make a family-friendly Corvette. But Mazda does a better job than most with the CX-9, its largest, most family-friendly crossover. It is just slightly less practical than some of its rivals having just a […]