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4 Predictions About The Future Of The Auto Industry

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist What's likely to happen to the car business over the next year? A great deal, of course. But don't take that to mean it will all be bad. Some will be. But much of the change that ...

GM Should Not Stand For “Government Motors”

By Jim Baxter, NMA President It’s now becoming common to refer to GM as “Government Motors.” From a realistic perspective, this is an impossibility. If you have ever visited, or worked in, an automobile assembly plant you have to have an appreciation ...

7 Features That May Be In Your Next New Car

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist New cars are (literally) the vehicles for showcasing new technology. Take a look at some of the features you might find in your next new ride: 1) Around View Monitor Infiniti (Nissan's luxury car division) has developed an ...

When A Good Crash Test Score Really Isn’t So Great

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Those crash test scores you read about are more than a little misleading. You read, "highest possible" or "Five stars" -- and conclude, reasonably, that the car in question must be pretty safe. Well, maybe it is. ...

What Might Bankruptcy Mean For Me — And My Car?

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist If GM (or Chrysler) goes toes up, what will it mean for me if I own a GM (or otherwise in receivership) brand of car? How about brands croaked by a reorganizing automaker -- like GM's ...

Ford’s 5 Biggest Flops Of The Past Twenty Years

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Selling cars is easy -- if you have cars to sell that people want to buy. Unfortunately, America's Big Three have had more than their share of bad ideas over the past 20 years. Let's look at ...

Trucks Like They Used To Build ‘Em

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Trucks have become frou-frou. Most of them are useless for work and can't be driven off-road. You just don't do that with a $40,000 Lariat or whatever. They might be capable of it, but you don't want ...

The Cars Were Never Better — But It Probably Doesn’t Matter

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The collapse of the U.S. auto industry would be easier to take if the cars were junk. That's how it was the last time one of the Big Three (Chrysler) went belly up back in 1979. If ...

The Department Of Annoying Driving Technology

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist This just in -- from the Department of Annoying Driving Technology: Nissan "EcoPedal" Imagine an accelerator that doesn't want you to and you will understand the essence of Nissan's new gizmo. Designed to "assist drivers to become ...

Is Your 4WD Vehicle Really 4WD?

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist It says "4WD" on the tailgate -- and there it is again on the list of standard or optionally available equipment. But is it really four-wheel-drive? Or just all-wheel-drive pretending to be something more than it ...