ORIGINAL INTENT for this piece was a brief commentary on the exceptional steering of the Mitsubishi Outlander, which uses good old-fashioned hydraulic power assist. Outlander’s steering quality stands as a measure of what we have lost with the nearly wholesale move to electric power steering, where some companies have it figured out, mostly, and other [...]
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KIA continues to amaze. Using component sets from sister Hyundai, KIA turns out better vehicles—holistic, thought out, complete, though still in need of more finessed engineering. With Soul, KIA clearly took direction from the original Scion xB, which was a fantastic package that might have benefitted from another 20 horsepower. Soul is an excellent urban [...]
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C. Van Tune is a former Editor-in-Chief of Motor Trend. I received an email today that I thought you’d be interested in. It came from the PR department of the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show, proudly noting how many “green cars” would be on display. No other vehicles were noted, just a long list of [...]
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