Benjamin Preston's posts

People either love to hate minivans, or have completely forgotten about them, even though they’re the most…

I’ve always had an affinity for grandpa sedans, especially fast ones. Ask anyone who knows me. I even drove my son…

The redesigned-for-2019 Subaru Forester doesn’t top the charts at any one thing. But it does do a lot of things…

The 2019 Ford Edge ST is certainly quicker than its more pedestrian stablemates, but it lacks the raw performance…

As any car enthusiast in a relationship knows, it’s easier to own something boring and inoffensive to all parties…

It’s a fading, crumbling snapshot of America as aspiring industrial superpower and as self-contained promised land.…

When and where I was growing up in the 1980s and early ’90s, the Volvo 240 wagon was the default car for a family to…

I couldn’t use the 2019 Lamborghini Urus’ most aggressive mode with my kid in the back because, well, the…

The redesigned 2019 Ram 1500 is big, capable and nice to look at. On paper, it seems like an adept family car…

Once in a while, you hear an old war story that restores your faith in humanity. Usually it involves a moment of…

If you want to see the edge of civilization without going to the desert, look no further than Southern Louisiana.…

Comedian Bill Hicks once said, "Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a jet ski, and you never see an unhappy…

If you ever chance to visit the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tenn. – and you really should – one of the first…

Forget all about Jimmy Fallon and that puddle of beige goo Lincoln has been calling cars of late. Let's go back to a…

Juan Ponce de León, and everyone who has come since, willed himself to think that a swamp with no gold in it could…

After a stunning racetrack debut complete with scantily clad, real life pinup girls, Speedycop and the Gang of…

In Italy, old Fiat 500s are ubiquitous the way aging VW Beetles are everywhere else. They weren't around for as long…

You may have spent your entire winter holed up on a project car and forgotten that there's other stuff to do out…

Will North Carolina have to relinquish its "First in Flight" license plate slogan to Connecticut? Evidence suggests…

Saudi Arabia is a special place. It has many venerated traditions, one of which unfortunately, is that every woman…