By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(July 2, 2018) MIAMI — Though the vehicle started arriving in showrooms in May, Nissan last week took time to “introduce” its latest model, a subcompact crossover dubbed Kicks, at a preview for media. It is the second such session company publicists have conducted for automotive journalists, the first being earlier in June in San Diego.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(May 29, 2018) If you’re looking for a vehicle that tells the world “I’ve got it made” yet exudes a more carefree air and fun driving experience than you might ordinarily find in the Super Luxury Class, the Mercedes-AMG S63 Cabriolet may be a perfect fit. After bringing the coupe back to the S-Class portfolio from under the CL banner for 2015, Mercedes unveiled its first S-Class convertible since 1971 with the the S-Class Cabriolet a year later as a 2017 model.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(May 24, 2018) I have owned only three in my life, and I don’t own one now, but convertibles still remain my favorite kind of car. You can bet that if I ever win the lotto (hard to do when you don’t buy a ticket) one of my first purchases will be a convertible/cabriolet/droptop as a “second” car.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(May 18, 2018) One afternoon some time back I was sitting in an establishment enjoying an adult beverage and happened to be overhear a couple of guys discussing pickup trucks. For the record, it wasn’t that I was eavesdropping. It’s just that we were the only people there save for the bartender, and it wasn’t a very big bar.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(May 7, 2018) If you had gone by what was being said about them a decade or so ago, you would have thought that full-size SUVs, like the dinosaurs that provide them the fuel to run on, would be extinct by now. High fuel prices gave even those consumers who had a legitimate need for such a big vehicle reason to pause and rethink their potential purchase.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(April 27, 2018) The Hyundai Accent moves into its fifth generation with the introduction of the 2018 model with the big change being the elimination of the hatchback version of this well-equipped and under-appreciated economy car. The Accent is now available only in sedan form, but that should serve the market well.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(April 24, 2018) Chrysler may have pulled the plug on its midsize 200 sedan after the 2017 production run because of lagging sales, but the company’s full-size 300 sedan remains a viable competitor in its class.

Though sales of the 300 were off just under 14 percent for the first quarter of 2018 compared to a year earlier, March numbers showed a significant jump of 25 percent over the same month in 2017, making it only one of 10 in its segment to show an increase for the month.