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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 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV has earned a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety when equipped with optional with automatic braking. The status also applies to similarly equipped 2018 Bolt EVs.
After a 2019 model year with just two trim levels, the refreshed 2020 Volkswagen Passat brings back a full range of trims, including a base S that costs less than a comparable 2018 Passat S.
Mitsubishi has teased a new, more modern look for what it says is an updated version of the low-price subcompact Mirage hatchback and Mirage G4 sedan.
Volkswagen redesigned the 2019 Jetta and Jetta GLI compact sedan to be more competitive, but they return for 2020 with little changed. Here’s everything you need to know.
The unveiling of the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq at the 2019 L.A. Auto Show comes as the automaker announced plans to expand its offering of “eco-friendly” vehicles to 13 by 2022.
Chevrolet has release official acceleration times for the entry 2020 Corvette and pegs it at 2.9 seconds from zero-to-60 mph with the Z51 Performance Pack and 3.0 seconds without.
Chrysler’s 2020 Voyager minivan has earned a top five-star safety rating from NHTSA’s safety assessment program. It’s no surprise given the Voyager is a new name for the former L and LX trim levels of the Pacifica.
The start of production for the 2020 mid-engine Corvette, which was to start this year, has been pushed back until February, a Chevrolet spokesman confirmed to Cars.com.
Ford says its Bronco R Prototype “hints at the all-new Bronco to come.” And though the desert racer is a whole lot wilder than anything we’ll see in a showroom, it does tell us a few things about the Bronco to come in April.
BMW is bringing the limited-edition 2020 BMW M2 CS Coupe, a higher-power and more track-capable version of the 2019 M2 Competition, to the 2019 L.A. Auto Show for an official unveiling on Nov. 20.