Category: Commuting

With Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia, and Buick Enclave, General Motors crossover SUVs get competitive.

smart fortwo coming to USA provides unique parking opportunities.

Jeep goes flex-fuel and adds diesel for the 2007 Grand Cherokee.

The real test for hybrid engines will come when Toyota offers it on the full lineup. Only then will be see if the powertrain option can stand on it’s own.

The Fuel Price Impact Survey conducted monthly by AutoPacific's VehicleVoice indicates that the median fuel price paid by U.S. motorists increased from a September 2005 peak of $2.90 per gallon to a new peak of $2.94 a gallon in April 2006. This was up from $2.42 in March. April's spike is the largest month-over-month spike since September 2005.

Orange County to Malibu on The Day Without an Immigrant in a Dodge Durango

Exercise is good for you. Park in remote spaces. Don't troll for close in parking spaces where you doors can get dinged.

The Land Rover LR3 was an excellent vehicle for what could have been an unsettling drive and the reinforced my understanding of the reason many drivers keep SUVs around: An SUV can provide the feeling that we have the ability to go anywhere, anytime, weather be damned. Never mind how often I drive in the snow, or how deep that snow is. That is not important. What is important is that I can.

SUVs as successful commuters comes back to the SUV intangibles we've known in the auto business for years now - sitting up high, visibility both for me as driver and for others seeing me. The SUV seems safe and secure compared with commuting in a very small car.