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
Nearing the end of the road for this generation, the Rogue shows its age in interior design, media tech, loose driving dynamics and raucous CVT behavior.
By Fred Meier
Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief
Toyota has released a teaser, actually a 3-D illusion, for the redone 2020
Highlander SUV that it will unveil at the New York International Auto Show
next week.
By Fred Meier
April 11, 2019
Subaru has confirmed with a teaser photo that its redone 2020 Outback
will debut next week in the shadows of the new Hudson Yards skyscrapers
at the 2019 New York International Auto Show.
By Fred Meier
April 10, 2019
This week brought news that Tesla is rolling out updated Navigate on
Autopilot and will offer Enhanced Summon, as well as free Wi-Fi at
charging stations for planned in-car video.
By Fred Meier
April 9, 2019
Mercedes-Benz has teasers photo and video of its AMG CLA35, a warmer
version of the redesigned 2020 CLA-Class. It will debut this month at the
2019 New York International Auto Show.
By Fred Meier
April 8, 2019
In our 2019 Compact SUV Challenge testing seven compact SUVs, the
2019 Volkswagen Tiguan got high marks for drivability, but also finished
mid-pack in real-world gas mileage.
By Fred Meier
April 8, 2019
The 2019 Mazda6 mid-size sedan gains newly standard safety tech for the
base model, loses the manual transmission option and gets a price bump.
By Fred Meier
April 5, 2019
The redesigned 2019 Toyota RAV4's real-world gas mileage beat six other
top-of-the-line AWD compact SUVs in testing for Cars.com's 2019 Compact
SUV Challenge.
By Fred Meier
April 5, 2019
The Toyota-built Yaris hatchback, which Toyota said earlier this year would
have no 2019 model, will return for 2020 as a Mazda-built version of the
not-for-U.S. Mazda2 subcompact.
By Fred Meier
April 2, 2019
The 2019 Washington Auto Show moves to the spring this year and opens
April 5, with 600 vehicles from 35 brands at Washington, D.C.'s Walter E.
Washington Convention Center.
By Fred Meier
April 2, 2019