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Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief

Fred Meier

Former D.C. Bureau Chief Fred Meier, who lives every day with Washington gridlock, has an un-American love of small wagons and hatchbacks.

Articles by Fred Meier

The all-new, city-friendly 2020 Mazda CX-30 subcompact SUV offers the classy styling and good driving manners expected from Mazda. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
Kia has released teasers of its redesigned 2021 Sorento and says the new three-row SUV will be unveiled March 3 at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show.
The 2021 Kia Seltos subcompact SUV will start at $23,110 including destination and standard all-wheel drive for the base LX.
Dodge is rolling into the 2020 Chicago Auto Show with two new factory appearance packages to dress up theDurango SRT with stripes or a blacked-out look.
At a Miami reveal, Genesis provided more U.S. details of the 2021 GV80 and showed its Super Bowl ad featuring power couple John Legend and Chrissy Teigen.
Cadillac’s Super Cruise semi-autonomous system can now change lanes by itself, and it arrives in new vehicles for 2021: the CT4 and CT5 sedans and the redesigned Escalade SUV.
Toyota has teased its plans for the 2020 Chicago Auto Show with a photo of a Tacoma pickup truck wheel kicking up dirt and a promise to show new variants that are “sporty and outdoorsy.”
Hyundai is using its Super Bowl ad time and celebrities with Boston connections to demonstrate the 2020 Sonata’s Remote Smart Parking Assist feature on Beantown’s tight streets.
Buick has priced its new Encore GX small SUV, which fits in size and price between the Encore subcompact and Envision compact SUVs, to start at $25,095 including destination.
Cadillac released a teaser of the redone 2021 Escalade that will be revealed Feb. 4 with a short film by Spike Lee in the week leading up to the Oscars.