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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

Looking for captain’s chairs? For the 2019 model year, these three-row SUVs offer them in the second row.
Cadillac has shown a very light refresh of its 2020 XT5 mid-size SUV in China, apparently with a welcome multimedia and control change.
The 2020 Nissan Altima, arriving at dealers now, makes its active safety tech package available across the board and has small price increases for most trim levels.
Kia unveiled a classy, high-tech new Seltos small SUV, though it did not say when (or if) we’ll see it on sale in the U.S.
The rollout of BMW’s new flagship 8 Series continues with the unveiling of the 2020 Gran Coupe, a four-door coupe-style sedan that will join the 8 Series two-door coupe and convertible.
The 2020 Toyota Corolla earned a Top Safety Pick award in IIHS testing when equipped with optional curve-adaptive headlights system, but its score fell short of a Top Safety Pick Plus.
Kia has shown a little more of the 2020 Seltos subcompact SUV in a video tease and announced that the global reveal will be Thursday.
Toyota and Lexus vehicles with proximity keys will get an automatic engine shutoff and vehicles with electronic shifters or parking brakes will be able to reduce rollaway risks.
Kia reveals more bits and pieces of the coming 2020 Seltos subcompact SUV with a video teaser.
Meta: Lincoln’s all-new 400-horsepower 2020 Aviator three-row SUV has been rated at 21 mpg combined with front-wheel drive, compared to 20 mpg for the FWD 2020 Cadillac XT6.