As vehicle dependability continues to rise, your chances of being stranded by the side of the road with a dead car are down. But some car brands are finding that consumer perception lags behind their dependability story. That’s the big news out of this year’s edition of the just-released J.D. Power and Associates U.S. Vehicle Dependability [...]

Do you remember when the first Taurus was introduced?  It was 1985.  My best friend’s family had just gotten a new Ford station wagon–one of the big Country Squire wagons that ended production that year.  The thing was a beast.  But the new wagon in the driveway wasn’t was my friend was excited about.  He [...]