Driving

I am always happy to receive any correspondence from readers, be it fulsome praise or (as is admittedly more common) stern criticism.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Volkswagen reveals 2014 GTi When I was a small boy, I thought the measure of a car could be read in the numbers it put down.

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