Category: Forbes

There was a lot about 2016 that was terribly disappointing but this is not the place to discuss those things. Instead I want to celebrate some of my favorites among the dozens of different vehicles I drove over the past year. I got to spend anything…

2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the foundation of AMG Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, better known to fans of fast cars simply as AMG. The firm which was started by a pair of ex-Mercedes-Benz engineers focused on racing engines…

Developing a vehicle that can drive itself takes a lot more than just some complex artificial intelligence, state of the art graphics chips and expensive sensors. At least it does if you want the vehicle to drive itself around safely and reliably in…

For give me for continuing to beat this dead horse, but as the satirical posters in many offices say, the beatings will continue until morale improves. I am a fan of station wagons and I think for the vast majority of people that crossovers and…

There was a time in history when a Buick station wagon was the quite literally the master of the road. So much so in fact that Buick called it the Roadmaster. But somewhere along the way, American car buyers fell out of love with wagons and then…

Nissan is launching ProPilot Assist in America late this year on the second-generation Leaf and they want everyone to take particular note of the second word in that brand. In January 2017, Nissan’s then-CEO Carlos Ghosn delivered two keynotes just…

Throughout the 56-year history of the Mustang, Ford has consistently introduced a range of limited edition variants, many of which have become icons in their own right including the Boss 302, GT350, GT500 and of course the Mach 1. The Mach 1 is…

In the space of companies working on automated driving systems, there is essentially Tesla and everyone else. Tesla CEO Elon Musk derides lidar, high definition maps and geofencing as unnecessary crutches for anyone developing automated driving. In…

Ford has spent the past five years carefully calibrating its scope and is now finally ready to aim directly at the heart of Jeep and pull the trigger. The weapon Ford has crafted is the second in its lineup to wear a badge shaped like a wild horse…

One of the core beliefs of almost everyone promoting automated vehicles is that they will be the panacea that cures the scourge of road fatalities. That will probably be true – eventually. But we don’t actually have any real evidence of that just…