Few cars were introduced last year with more hype than the Kia Stinger GT. We were promised Nurburgring-tuned performance. We were promised BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz level quality. We were promised…
Operation Frodo: How A Mission To Save One Dog Became A Movement.
Three years ago just a few weeks before Christmas, fellow auto journalist, Nik Miles put out the call for people to help him pick up an adopted beagle from a…
Operation Frodo: A Mission For Dogs
Road trip: Michigan to Alaska and Back Airstream-style
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Driven
Destination Los Angeles: The Bolt. The Beach. The Burger. The Voice. And the Border Grill.
by Harvey Briggs December 28, 2017It was a beautiful morning in Los Angeles as my brother, his wife and I piled into the 2017 Chevy Bolt for a Sunday drive. Our destination was Studio City,…
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Kia is on a mission to shed its reputation as a manufacturer of inexpensive automotive appliances of questionable quality. It began with the redesigned Optima in 2010, gained steam with…
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Diversions
Thursday CarTunes: Da Yoopers and their Rusty 1975 Chevrolet Impala
by Harvey Briggs December 21, 2017The Song Carrying on a tradition by such storied parodists as Stan Freberg, Allan Sherman, and Weird Al Yankovich, Da Yoopers offer this simple holiday song, Rusty Chevrolet. A tale…
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Mention the name Prius to any self-respecting car junkie and they’ll likely scoff. “It’s not a car,” they’ll say. “It’s an automotive appliance.” Even though Toyota has sold more than…
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News
Monday Musings: The LA Auto Show Has More For Everyone. A Lot More.
by Harvey Briggs December 4, 2017The Los Angeles Auto Show kicked off last week and while only a few all new cars and concepts introduced, there was a lot to look at and talk about.…