By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist I guess everyone gets to that point in life where they start to say, “I remember when… . ” Here’s some from me: Economy cars were rear-wheel-drive Today, only a handful of cars — most of them high-end cars — are rear wheel drive. But back in the day — […]
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Honda MPG Lawsuit: Well, She Won
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Heather Peters (no relation to this writer) just won her lawsuit against Honda over what she argued were misleading claims about the gas mileage she’d get out of her then-new 2006 Civic hybrid. She was awarded $9,867 in compensation, the maximum amount she could have been awarded in small claims […]
Fuel Economy: Here’s What We’re Missing
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 […]
Mileage-Based User Fees: A Tax By Any Other Name
Note: This article originally appeared in the Summer issue of Driving Freedoms, the NMA’s quarterly member newsletter. By Gary Biller, NMA President Depending who you listen to, there are different reasons to institute a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) to supplement or replace the current per-gallon tax we pay at the gas pumps. One claim is […]
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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