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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 Motor City again took the worst spot in WalletHub’s annual ranking of the 100 largest cities to own and drive a car. Detroit had ranked worst in 2018, as well.
SUV news and new-car deals for Labor Day dominated the list of Cars.com’s biggest stories for the week leading up to Sept. 3, 2019.
The 2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 starts at $37,645 with front-wheel drive, up a whopping $3,550 from the 2019 version, and growing the margin over the related 2020 A220 sedan to about $4,000.
The redesigned 2019 Hyundai Tucson got significant changes and still offers a lot of mid-size SUV value. Here is a roundup of our coverage with everything you need to know.
The 2020 Subaru Forester rolls into 2020 largely the same, but all trim levels get price increases and added safety technology.
Mercedes-Benz continues the rollout of its redesigned GLE-Class SUVs with a sportier “coupe” variant, the 2021 AMG GLE53 Coupe with a turbo 3.0-liter six and mild-hybrid system.
Volvo’s biggest SUV and sedan – the 2019 XC90 and 2019 S90 – have earned Top Safety Pick awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The 2019 Nissan Murano Platinum with a V-6 and all-wheel drive beat five other top-trim mid-size SUVs, including two turbo four-cylinders, in our real-world gas mileage testing.
Hyundai’s 2020 Kona, Santa Fe and Tucson SUVs all earned five-star safety ratings in evaluations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s New Car Assessment Program.
Revised standard headlight aiming helped Hyundai’s 2019 Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell SUV earn a Top Safety Pick Plus award from IIHS for vehicle built after June 2019.