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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

On the eve of Earth Day, Cars.com data shows shoppers still must be 
 willing to pay more for almost all lower- or zero-emission vehicles.
Cars.com analysis shows eco-cars struggling on eve of 47th Earth Day.
Volkswagen unveiled this electric SUV concept in China and says it will be 
 produced by 2020.
Mercedes-Benz unveiled a concept for a possible new A-Class sedan, as 
 well as what the future may look like for its other compacts.
The 2017 Honda Civic Type R is all elbows, aero and vents. And the high 
 wing is sure to inspire spoiler envy.
Kia's Rio subcompact people mover switches to a new platform and gets an update for 2018.
The Civic Si remains the average buyers' performance Civic with a 
 turbocharged 1.5-liter, bigger brakes and an adaptive suspension.
A Porsche Panamera wagon? What a concept! But it's not a concept, it's the real thing having its U.S. debut at the 2017 New York auto show.
The two plug-ins are the essentially same car with different powertrains, 
 sharing the 2017 Honda Clarity's visual eccentricities.
Sure to be one of the hits at this year's New York auto show is Toyota's 
 innovative FT-4X concept for a subcompact SUV.