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
Jaguar will build the XE SV Project 8, an XE sedan with a 592-horsepower
V-8 and all-wheel drive.
By Fred Meier
July 31, 2017
Kia is showing a redesign of its global Rio subcompact sedan and
hatchback at the 2017 New York auto show.
By Fred Meier
July 31, 2017
The Feds have upgraded a probe of exhaust fumes in Ford Explorer and
Police Interceptor SUVs and added two more model years.
By Fred Meier
July 28, 2017
Honda has confirmed that a Takata airbag inflator ruptured in a fatal
collision last week in Florida.
By Fred Meier
July 28, 2017
The EPA and California Air Resources Board have approved a fix for VW's
325,000 oldest 2.0-liter diesel.
By Fred Meier
July 27, 2017
Gas-electric hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles also would be banned in
move to go fully electric.
By Fred Meier
July 26, 2017
Mazda now will install airbag inflators with new type of propellant, which
replaces a 2016 recall that made temporary repairs.
By Fred Meier
July 25, 2017
No replacement is immediately planned for the former FX mid-size SUV
that first appeared in 2003.
By Fred Meier
July 24, 2017
Ford is resisting a recall on a different Takata airbag inflator as another
death is linked to the type of inflators already recalled.
By Fred Meier
July 24, 2017
The GT is fully redesigned and adds a turbocharged GT Sport as a
performance model to take on a growing field of compact hatchbacks.
By Fred Meier
July 21, 2017