(EXPANDED FROM 7/9/2018) The headline may seem overly dramatic. After all, ugly car design doesn’t have nearly the negative consequences of, say, melting the polar ice caps. However, visual blight has been proven to increase […]
Attending an auto show used to be a high point of my year, so I have wondered why this year’s Seattle event was so disappointing. Could it be harder to impress an old fart who […]
(EXPANDED FROM 2/9/2024) There was good news and bad news about Mitsubishi’s U.S. sales in 2024. The good news: Sales were up 25 percent, led by its Mirage economy cars. The bad news: This was […]
(EXPANDED FROM 3/1/2020) Once upon a time a Truth About Cars commentator lauded the simplicity of the then-new Jeep Renegade. “Well, I for one am yearning for a simpler time, and this vehicle suggests that,” […]
The following letter is in response to our story, “2018 Honda Odyssey: Somebody’s going to hell.” It appears that the Japanese manufacturers have decided to produce the “expressive” models of minivans. Honda to greater degree […]
The airdam, and its twin brother the air curtain, are the tail fins of our time. They have become such a key part of today’s vehicles that even family cars have raced to offer the […]
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