By John R. Quain
Jul 31, 2019
Is Parking the First Task to Go Autonomous?
Last week's announcement that Bosch and Mercedes-Benz would begin the first government approved deployment of a fully-autonomous driving...
By John R. Quain
Feb 1, 2019
2019 Honda Passport Review: Competing on Price and Safety
While some car companies like Ford are thinning their model lines, others like Honda are filling them out trying to offer a just-right...
By John R. Quain
Jan 22, 2019
I Drove a 40-Ton Tractor Trailer (Daimler's eCascadia)
"Go slow." Yeah, you don't have to tell me twice. It's the first time I've ever driven a full-blown, road-hogging, fully-loaded (78,000...
By John R. Quain
Jan 14, 2019
CES 2019: Self-Driving Cars Dominate
"It's really an autonomous car show now," Valeo's CTO, James Schwyn, told me one evening at this year's CES consumer electronics trade...
By John R. Quain
Oct 19, 2018
Swede Emotion: 2019 Volvo S60 First Drive
With every new model, Volvo refines its semi-autonomous safety technology, and the snazzy 2019 Volvo S60 is no exception. Snazzy? A...
By John R. Quain
Sep 17, 2018
GM Debuts a Baby Caddy: The 2019 Cadillac XT4, a Comfortable, Compact Crossover
Can we squeeze one more model into the luxury compact crossover category? Cadillac thinks so and has just introduced its all new bouncing ba
By John R. Quain
Aug 31, 2018
2019 Honda Pilot: Tough When You Want It To Be
Honda wants to remind buyers its Pilot likes to play in the dirt (and the sand and the snow). For the launch of the 2019 Honda Pilot the...
By John R. Quain
Jun 21, 2018
2019 Acura RDX: More than Just a Pretty Interface
Historically, luxury compact crossovers have gotten a bad rap, probably because the sine qua non of the category was initially the Lexus...
By John R. Quain
Feb 15, 2018
2016 Cadillac ATS Coupe Review: Well Connected and Frisky
Full disclosure: My grandfather owned a Cadillac. Actually, a series of Cadillacs. Really. But being the land yacht brand for the AARP...
By John R. Quain
Feb 8, 2018
Rolls-Royce Wraith: Driving a $400K Dream Machine
Mellifluous, yet powerful. Gracious, yet gutsy. An engineering and technical pleasure to drive, the 2015 Rolls-Royce Wraith is a truly...
