I’ve been looking forward to the Cadillac ATS ever since I learned it was being developed a few years ago. Okay, I looked forward to the less expensive Pontiac off the same new “Alpha” platform even more, but that one’s clearly not happening. I like compact cars more than larger ones. And rear-wheel-drive tends to make a car much more… More →
Day: January 8, 2012
The rich…
The rich are different than you and me. Or at least their cars are. Normally I pay little attention to ultra-premium cars. The people I know well and the great majority of TrueDelta members aren’t likely to ever buy one. And TrueDelta is unlikely to ever have a large enough sample size of any of them. But I was invited… More →
2013 Dodge Dart Preview
The U.S. government offered to give a further five percent of Chrysler to FIAT if the latter offered a U.S.-built car that achieved 40 MPG in the EPA’s tests. The skeptic in me figured that FIAT would lightly rework one of its cars, minimally tweak the styling to make it a Dodge, and call it a day. But have they?… More →
2012 NAIAS
For the media, the 2012 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS, a.k.a. the Detroit Auto Show) starts today and runs through Tuesday afternoon. I’m going to try to cover it more promptly and intensively on these pages than I have in past years. Among the new 2013 cars that will be shown, in the order they’ll be revealed: Cadillac ATS:… More →