#carchat | Driving the Nation

Driving the Nation’s Lou Ann Hammond appears on the Washingtonpost.com Real Wheels carchat every Friday with Warren Brown. An Automotive Forum that Discusses any automotive topic with auto enthusiasts.

Range Rover Evoque convertible, turbo, carchat

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-08-14T13:52:40+00:00 August 1st, 2017|Categories: #carchat, Automobiles and Energy, Warren Brown, Washingtonpost.com|Tags: Automobiles and energy, carchat, washington post|

Good Morning Warren and Friends, One of the chatters last week asked, "What group would have this information? I know when the turbo 4 ECOBOOST came out at first, people seemed unsure about it in terms of MPG and reliability. Specifically talking about the 2.0T in the Fusion Titanium, not the smaller 1.5. Has the [...]

World Premieres, speakerless cars, WAPO carchat

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-07-21T07:53:04+00:00 July 21st, 2017|Categories: #carchat, Washingtonpost.com|Tags: washington post carchat|

Sorry that we couldn't chat last week. We're back! The last time we chatted a chatter asked about the new concept from Continental AG, one of the big auto suppliers. They were showcasing a speakerless car; the system was built into the car instead. The chatter asked, "Using structural elements of the vehicle as speakers [...]

Toyota Pig, Alfa Romeo, Infiniti WAPO carchat

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-08-14T13:54:44+00:00 July 7th, 2017|Categories: #carchat, Alfa Romeo, Infiniti, Toyota, Washingtonpost.com|

Good Morning Warren and Friends, I promised you I would have the 2018 Toyota Camry new car review written for your viewing pleasure, and it is here. The first paragraph starts, "My husband, Stretch, owned the ugliest vehicle Toyota has ever made. Inside Toyota, the vehicle was referred to as the pig but was sold [...]

Race car driving autonomous cars WAPO carchat

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-08-14T13:55:07+00:00 June 30th, 2017|Categories: #carchat, Lexus, Racing, Volkswagen, Warren Brown, Washingtonpost.com|Tags: carchat, vw, washingtonpost, ZF|

A couple of weeks ago a chatter asked about the redesign of the Hyundai Azera for 2018 because they loved the car and would be interested in purchasing one. I just got word from Hyundai that, "There won't be a 2018 model Azera. We didn't have enough fans like this one." Do you watch racing? [...]