GCBC’s The Good 12 for 2017 includes the vehicles that would be most welcomed as permanent members of the GCBC Towers driveway.... Read More
It’s 2017. Cars are faster than ever. More efficient than ever. More capable, more reliable, more available. More… whatever other... Read More
GCBC’s The Good 12 for 2016 includes the vehicles that would be most welcomed as permanent members of the GCBC Towers driveway.... Read More
In 2016, for a second consecutive year, GCBC’s The Bad 8 features only two new nameplates. Six contestants remain from last year, as... Read More
GCBC’s The Good 12 for 2015 includes the vehicles that would be most welcomed as permanent members of the GCBC Towers driveway. Park... Read More
GCBC’s The Bad 8 features just two new nameplates for 2015. Six contestants remain from last year, as an insufficient number of... Read More
2014’s condensed Good 12 simplifies matters compared with previous years. These are the vehicles that would be most welcomed as... Read More
GCBC’s The Bad 8 has been abridged for 2014. These are the vehicles that would be least welcomed in GCBC Towers’... Read More
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID In the earlier part of this millennium, hybrid versions of conventional vehicles were so obscenely priced that claims... Read More
TOYOTA COROLLA CE Like any good Mac user, I perpetually believe that every Windows user is in a constant state of... Read More
LINCOLN MKS Originally, the Lincoln MKS had but one stylistic fault. And that’s where this story gets really bizarre. Lincoln’s... Read More
NISSAN VERSA SEDAN Usually, car segments are defined by size or status. Sometimes they’re called subcompact, compact, midsize, or large.... Read More
HONDA CROSSTOUR When attacking the Crosstour, the typical response from Honda defenders sounds something like this: “It drives like an... Read More
FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM AWD Generally speaking, the second-generation Ford Escape’s deficiencies are minor. It’s perhaps a bit small in the back.... Read More
CHRYSLER 200 CONVERTIBLE Does the 200’s presence here really require explanation? If you want to look like somebody who lives... Read More
CHEVROLET SPARK Oddly, the Chevrolet Spark’s problems aren’t self-inflicted. Okay, some of them are. The Spark’s headlamps are outrageously disproportionate.... Read More
TOYOTA COROLLA CE We’re not lambasting the whole Corolla range, here, though it would be hard to recommend Toyota’s historically dominant... Read More
NISSAN VERSA SEDAN It worked fairly well the first time around, so Nissan stayed true to practice with the second-generation Versa... Read More
NISSAN MURANO CROSSCABRIOLET We get ideas. Some of us go on Dragons’ Den or Shark Tank to face snide remarks from... Read More
LINCOLN MKS There are faces only a mother could love, and then there are faces even a mother couldn’t love. The... Read More
HONDA CROSSTOUR On April 1, 2011, BMW revealed the M3 Pickup Concept. Though strangely cool, the M3 Pickup was a joke.... Read More
FORD EXPLORER ECOBOOST The Ford Explorer is not, at its core, a bad vehicle. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make... Read More
CHRYSLER 200 CONVERTIBLE It should be hard to hate a convertible. The very idea of dropping the top and basking in... Read More
ACURA RL The what? Friends of GoodCarBadCar who’ve asked for a preview of The Bad 8 don’t even know what... Read More
VOLKSWAGEN GTI Since the Golf-based Volkswagen GTI first came to market nearly 30 years ago, numerous rivals – both direct and... Read More
PORSCHE BOXSTER SPYDER As if it wasn’t enough that the Porsche Boxster was one of the best cars in the world... Read More
NISSAN JUKE Remember when Elaine’s roommate, George’s girlfriend, got the nose job? Things didn’t turn out so well. So before you... Read More
LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER EVOQUE There’s no doubt the Range Rover Evoque has already won more prestigious awards. Top Gear named... Read More
LAND ROVER LR4 The Land Rover LR4 is classic. A quick glance reveals the same boxy and evocative shape the LR3... Read More
KIA RIO 5-DOOR Less than ten years ago, less than two generations ago, the thought of a Kia Rio entering The Good... Read More