Confessions of an Autoholic
Thoughts on cars from someone who's very obsessed
March 25, 2015
Confession #61: The loss of Top Gear as I know it stings like the loss of a show about gays
I hesitate to write about Jeremy Clarkson. There was something inevitable about his lashing out and subsequent firing from the BBC and Top Gear. But the fact the effective end of the car show as I was introduced to it came almost at the same time as the cancellation of Looking, the show I loved to hate. And suddenly, two shows I loved were done.
January 26, 2015
Confession #60: Better car dealers are not made with better decor
January 8, 2015
Confession #59: The SUV-sedan is the strangest combination that won't go away
Most wagon fans have come to terms as much as possible with jacked-up wagons, if only as a way of keeping the breed alive somehow. With successes like the Subaru Outback, you can't really argue with it – and it's about all of the SUV many, many people need.
But the offshoot of this wagon-with-cladding trend is the curious sedan-with-cladding, the likes of which haven't been seen since 2007. Thanks to Volvo and the S60 Cross Country, it's back and as charmingly confusing as ever.
November 25, 2014
Confession #58: Mercedes now makes the wildest hot hatches, or whatever they're called
Case in point is the newly announced Mercedes CLA45 AMG Shooting Brake. Dear God, it's pretty much everything I've ever wanted.
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