I love a bargain, don’t you? VW has been on a tear for a while now. Building better cars, pricing them well and then, adding on features like leather seats and premium sound at little or no cost that add up to a car you’ll love at a price you can live with. It makes…
What Drives Her: How Allyson Witherspoon, Fearless Globe-Trotting Marketer, is Shaping Nissan
Five auto makers, four countries and managing a global team adds up to a lot learned and a lot to share. “I was in Saudi Arabia the week women were allowed to drive,” Allyson Witherspoon, vice president of marketing at Nissan says in a flash of sheer happiness. She was reflecting on the monumental moment…
To Dads Everywhere on Father’s Day: Teach Someone to Drive a Manual Transmission
Thank you for all you do. Now, do this. We all appreciate you for your contributions, your support and how you’ve helped shape the people we’ve become. But there’s one more thing we think you should do: Teach your kids to drive a manual transmission (moms, you can do this too). Driving A Manual Transmission->…
2020 Honda Passport: A Mid-Size SUV Built For Big Adventure
This is how you get your kid to put down her phone. I’m about to come to the saddest chapter of my life: When my youngest kid heads off to college. So I am clinging to every possible moment with her. “Please put your phone down at the table!” is not about manners, it’s about…
What Drives Her: Melissa Grady, Cadillac’s Chief Marketing Officer, Carves New a Path to Passion
How this data geek with a creative streak made her way to the C-Suite. You might look at the diamond-cut grille of the Cadillac XT6 and know that somewhere in that designer’s soul lies the visceral spirit of a jeweler. That’s a feeling you might not expect to get from a marketer with a passion…
A Peek at the 2021 Lexus IS Shows Us That Fun Sedans Are Not Dead
I love my SUV but sometimes I just need to drive. If there’s anything the pandemic has taught us, it’s that sometimes you just need to get out and drive. And for that you need a car that is built for driving. For rolling up the windows and singing out loud. For taking the long…
Could the Honda Odyssey Minivan Be the Best Family Car Ever?
They thought of everything. Seriously, Everything. If you were going to design the perfect minivan, what would you add? After all, these machines have gotten pretty perfect in recent years. But not being one to shy away from a challenge, Honda has taken on the redesign of the 2018 Odyssey with just that in mind:…
A Note About Color and Diversity
We are diverse by design. This is why. I hope you feel welcome and comfortable here, no matter who you are. You see, when we started out to create a space for women to learn and share stories about cars, we recognized that there were not a lot of sites designed for how women shop…
Lexus UX: Is this Compact SUV the Perfect Car for City Life?
When you need it, you need it to be good. Right? It’s the conundrum car owners who don’t drive every day have: If I only need a car on the weekends should I really go all in on a car that I love? Should I splurge on luxury? Can I compromise on features I’ll only…
The 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio: All You Love, Plus a Little More
Thankfully, many of the things we love have not changed, and the additions are good ones. When Alfa Romeo announced they were making changes to the Stelvio for 2020, I was surprised. Why? This car is beautiful. Modern, elegant, delightful to look at, even more beautiful to drive. But everyone can get better, right? Same…