Small Car

What American Motors lacked in scale and financial depth, it made up for in pluck and creativity. The Kenosha, Wisconsin based carmaker seemed to always be on the brink of crisis, yet somehow managed to keep things interesting in the market place.

While pumping the brakes is (was) a tried-and-true method of regaining control of a vehicle, anyone who has employed the method can tell you that a limited factor of the process is how quickly a human driver can actually apply the brakes in a given period of time. And generally speaking, it’s not quick enough.

Jill and Tom welcome Sam Fiorani, AutoForecast Solutions Vice President of Global Forecasting, to the show. Sam shares his automotive “bucket list,” noting a number of fun and rewarding things car folks should consider trying in the near future. Tom contributes his own suggestions, many of which cannot be described as safe. 

We salute Lucid’s design team, for forging a look that is both modern and yet somehow familiar. During our test week, the Consumer Guide team was treated to a bevy of quick thumbs-up reviews of the Air, with the staff at this editor’s favorite McDonald’s expressing some serious love for the car.

The ID. Buzz had a lot of hype surrounding it when the first concept vehicle made its debut at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show. The COVID-19 pandemic, among many other stops and starts, pushed full production of this retro EV back to 2022 for Europe and 2024 for North America.