By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(October 24, 2017)It was a few years ago that I was delivered a New Beetle Convertible for the week and was stumped by what was stuck on the dash. It was a plastic cylindrical tube that seemed to serve no real purpose other than to distract me.

Was it a place to store coins for tolls? No, because it was too thin for anything but a dime, and even back then the toll collectors were demanding more than 10 cents a pop. Not to mention it would be tough to get even a dime out of it, let alone a quarter.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(October 16, 2017) The Ford Explorer wasn’t the first SUV, which dates back to the 1930s with the wagon-like Chevrolet Carryall Suburban, nor was it the first of the modern version inspired by the post-World War II Land Rover and Jeep.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(October 11, 2017) A few years back I had a friend who said the reason she had bought her Pathfinder was because she had decided that if she was going to buy an SUV, she wanted a real, truck-based SUV with body-on-frame construction, not one of the new unibody crossovers that were just coming onto the market.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(October 2, 2017) I have never been a big fan of the Toyota Prius, no matter what version (Prius Hatchback, Prius C, Prius Prime, or Prius v Wagon) you are talking about. When they first came to the U.S. 17 years or so ago, I ran a few numbers and immediately thought, “Wow. You're going to have to drive a lot of miles to make up in savings on gas what you are paying in up front costs.”

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(August 28, 2017) It seems like it was just a month ago that I got a red 2017 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400 for review. Actually, of course, it wasn’t that recent. It was back in November. But this year still has over four months to go, and already now I have had the pleasure of spending a week in the 2018 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(August 19, 2017) Having resurrected the Pacifica nameplate in 2016 with the introduction of a full-fledged minivan replacing the combination wagon/SUV that went out of production after the 2007 model, Chrysler has unveiled a plug-in hybrid version of the same for the more fuel-conscious among you.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(August 5, 2017) Sales of the Ford Mustang have dipped in the U.S. recently, but the car that inspired the Pony Car craze over a half-century ago may be more popular than it ever has been. That’s because the demand for it globally continues to rise even as monthly U.S. sales numbers, which are still good enough to lead the segment by a wide margin, begin to fade just a bit.