National Motorists Association Blog

Here is a tonic for those who still see cars as more than just transportation: Mazda no longer offers an automatic transmission in two out of three versions of the 2022 Miata, the company’s much more than mere transportation car. An automatic is still available optionally if you swing that way, but in contrast to the general practice, it […]

Does anyone still make mid-sized family sedans? Haven’t they all been cancelled in favor of crossovers? Most of them, yes, including most recently, the Mazda6 sedan, which Mazda recently announced it won’t be selling anymore after the end of this model year. But there are still a few. One of the remaining not-quite-last-of-the-Mohicans being the 2022 Hyundai […]

Back in the ‘70s, every other car was a wagon. These were usually based on cars made more practical by turning them into wagons, which had much more room for cargo and in some instances, passengers. Then wagons became unfashionable and were replaced (at first) by minivans, which became unfashionable in their turn. These, in […]