Driving

HERE are your talking points: Jinba Ittai, Skyactiv, Zoom-zoom. Know what any of those taglines mean? You would if you've read a review of any Mazda product over the past few years.

A car ahead of its time. A machine unlike any other, springing fully-formed from the forehead of its creator - a brilliant, relentlessly driven entrepreneur.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Tesla zapped by New York Times, fires back electronically There's no denying the Tesla Model S is one heck of a super-sedan.

AS anyone who has any experience with social media knows, automotive manufacturers love to make the most of any big reveal.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Detroit. The Motor City.

A few weeks ago, the wife and I managed to sneak off for a showing of the new Bond flick, Skyfall. I'm not in the movie reviewing business, but it has to be said: not too shabby, felt a bit like a watch commercial at times.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Hyundai: Use your phone to drive Long, long ago, cars didn't have keys.

2012 Year in Review

2012 was a fairly exceptional year for cars. Lucky me, I got to drive most of the good stuff.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Ford's fuel economy woes Remember Hyundai's recent adjustment of their official fuel-economy figures? Talk about egg on your face - and certainly one felt that competing manufactu