Yesterday, I asked you to look back. Now, with 2023 less than two days away, I am asking you to look forward.

I'm currently multi-tasking -- in a different browser tab, I have open a draft post about the best and worst cars we pros drove this year. It should run right after this one.

I went to wash a test car today, and I thought I'd timed it so there'd be no line, since it's warming up here after a deep freeze and a lot of people want to get the salt off their rides.

No such luck -- I sat in line for at least half an hour.

We're taking a break from car-related QOTDs today because a) it's almost Christmas and b) I can't think of one, anyway.

A huge percentage of the country is under some sort of winter storm watch or warning right now. Here in Chicago, it appears the amount of snow we're going to get will be easily manageable but the temps are supposed to be very, very cold.

The Kia Stinger is dead. The Nissan Maxima is going to die after 2023. The Volkswagen Arteon oft seems to be forgotten. Is there hope for mid-size sport sedans (and four-door coupes) with front-wheel or all-wheel drive and priced between $45,000 and $60,000?

Chris Tonn reviewed the Toyota Tundra for us this morning. A running theme that I've noticed whenever we review a Tundra or Nissan Titan is that we often say, even if the truck is good, that there's nothing about it that will help it steal sales from the Detroit Three.

We just ran a Used Car of the Day post -- and there's a decent chance that the featured car could fetch more than it's objectively worth, since auctions like Bring a Trailer tend to have crazy results.

The weather outside is frightful. That's a nice song lyric, but it's miserable in real life.

I've been following the Elon Musk Twitter drama relatively closely. In part because I use Twitter on a personal level, in part because TTAC has an official account, in part because of Musk's connection to this industry, and in part because I care about misinformation/disinformation.

One of the perks of this job is getting to drive on some cool roads in some very scenic places. In fact, I appreciate that particular perk more than the quality of the hotel or dinner -- I'd be fine with a Holiday Inn and Mom's Steaks and Seafood.

I've been lucky enough to drive part of the Pacific Coast Highway, the Tail of the Dragon, Malibu's famed Snake, and the Angeles Crest Highway outside L.A. Yesterday, for the first time in about 10 years, I drove through the famed Valley of Fire outside Las Vegas while testing a Kia.

I'm in Sin City testing the Kia EV6 GT this week -- check back next week for the review -- and one thing I've noticed is the neon green brake calipers.

Yesterday, a reader wrote in asking if there was any point in using Costco's or Truecar's car-buying programs.

I wrote back saying I didn't know, I knew little about either program and have never used either. He then suggested I toss the question out to y'all as a QOTD.

Earlier today we ran our " video of the week" and it was about Travis Pastrana's recent rip-roaring run across Florida -- all tailor-made for YouTube.

I just posted about Carvana's most recent financial woes. So, naturally, I have to ask -- can the company be saved? If so, how?

I've been playing with crossovers in Tennesee today -- we even tracked a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which I will tell you about next week -- and during a break in the action I saw this story cross the timeline and I had to do a double-take.

I've spent a decent chunk of my day getting to rainy Nashville so that tomorrow I can drive the next Mitsubishi Outlander. So, naturally, I am thinking about the brand and its struggles.

Those who have been paying attention will note I live in Chicago. As a resident of the North Side, I often use the famed Lake Shore Drive to from point A to point B. The nearest entrance ramp to southbound/downtown-bound LSD to my house has a pavement buckle that looks like a mini speed hump. It's been there for years -- perhaps for the entire 13 years I've been in my current spot.

Today's Lotus UCOTD got me thinking -- what right-hand drive car would you like imported to the States for your personal use?

It appears that Chevrolet will officially be building two new vehicles under a sub-brand. They'll use the C8 platform but not the Corvette name, and one will be a crossover and the other a four-door coupe.

The question is, will this work for Chevy?

Yesterday, we asked you who had the worst infotainment system. So, naturally, today we're asking you about the best.

Today's Volkswagen news has me wondering: Does VW have the worst infotainment system? Or is it someone else?

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I have visions of a Steve Martin/John Candy movie classic in my head.

Today is one of those days in which I pose a QOTD based on an earlier news story -- as if you all aren't already arguing in the comments.

Over the weekend, I saw a tweet suggesting that people are searching for "KN car" in a number of 30K a month. The tweeter posits that it's because the new Kia logo is so confusing that people are mistaking it for "kn".

Hello from sunny Southern California. You may notice a later-than-usual posting schedule today and tomorrow as we work our way through the LA Auto Show -- we're sorta working on West Coast time.

Which brings me to the QOTD -- what debut from this show has you perking up?

I am typing this from 40,000 feet over the middle of nowhere as I travel to L.A. for the auto show. Sometime tonight I will see the next Toyota Prius for the first time, along with hordes of other shrimp-eaters. Until then, however, I can surf my browser over to the Google machine and find information on the Japan-spec Prius, which has already broken cover.

Today's minor Ford Bronco Sport news got me thinking -- where do you stand on the concept of the soft-roader?

Today’s question stems from a note buried in some text we read for yesterday’s news post in which we spoke of VW reviving the Scout brand. As the owner of a relatively niche vehicle, would you rather use a private internet forum – or one operated by the company itself?

Today's QOTD is straightforward and simple. The Honda Accord is one of the most well-known (and most popular, in terms of sales) nameplates on market. So when there's a new one, which happens every four to five years, people take note.

The midterm elections were yesterday, and I'm thinking about politics. You probably are, too.

A winning ticket for the Powerball has been sold. What would you do with over $2 billion?

We've covered two stories today in which the dealership model comes into play.

We spend a lot of time here at TTAC covering dealer markups, inventory shortages, and so on.

Following Matt's post about Borla making fake exhaust systems for EVs, I have to ask...yay or nay?

SEMA is happening right now in Las Vegas. We're not there -- it's not typically worth the travel costs for us to cover since we can typically cover anything in our wheelhouse remotely.

This is what we did with two posts this morning.

Today is Halloween. Appropriately, a spooky fog blanketed Chicago, where I make my home, earlier today.

It's official. Tesla boss Elon Musk now owns Twitter, one of the most influential social media platforms.

Every day I see more dealer markup stories. For example, yet another Nissan Z markup story crossed our internal news wire desk this morning.

One of my VerticalScope colleagues pointed out to me that Polestar's stock has taken a dive. This is a bit odd if you believe that Polestar is one of the EV companies that is having some success as EVs move more and more into the mainstream, as some believe.

Matt's story about car buyers being willing to pay a LOT over MSRP begs the question: How much over MSRP would YOU pay if you were buying a new car?

Who says every QOTD has to be about cars? Especially on a Friday?

Given the recent legal struggles that Hyundai and Kia have been facing, I started wondering if the two brands had shed their past reputation for reliability -- or lack thereof.

Once in a while, I see a Bentley Bentayga or Lamborghini Urus bopping around town. We also know the Ferrari Purosangue is on the way. So, I wonder, which automaker has gotten the extreme high-dollar luxury SUV right -- and wrong?

Last night, I was driving down one of Chicago's main North Side thoroughfares when I passed through a notorious stretch of street that sits between two cemeteries.

Just a bit ago, Matt wrote about how the 2023 Honda Civic is dropping its value-priced LX trim. He pointed out that Honda has done this with other models.

We've been on the privacy kick lately, reporting a bit this week on automaker plans to use technology to provide over-the-air updates and feature upgrades, at the possible expense of your privacy.

A report suggests that IndyCar and Netflix are working on a docuseries that would be similar to "Drive to Survive", which covered Formula One.

This may be a bit inside baseball, but two big automotive media sites, CNET and The Drive, apparently let some writers and editors go recently.

My current test ride is a Lexus LC convertible. Or was, as it went back to its home on press-fleet island about an hour ago.

Now that Stellantis owns Citroën, there's a chance North America may see automobiles wearing French badges populating its streets once again. However, the corporate emblem may look a little different from the one you remember – assuming you're old enough to recall seeing them before the company pulled out of the market in 1974.

Yesterday, I had to haul a bathroom vanity from my folks' house to mine, a drive of about 50 miles. This vanity is a new one, still in the box, and that box partially blocked my view when looking in the rearview mirror of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV I am testing.

We've talked a bit here about high markups from dealerships, but thanks to friend of TTAC, Zerin Dube, we've heard about some real serious insanity from a Mercedes-Benz store in British Columbia.

I hate to repeat QOTDs, and I know I've asked a version of the upcoming QOTD at least twice -- but I am struggling a bit with ideas today, and I am also thinking, still, nearly a week later, about how dead NAIAS was in Detroit.

You may have noticed a dearth of posts today. That's because one of us was driving to Detroit for the North American International Auto Show and at least one of us has been working on some news we cannot yet share...look for that info as embargoes lift.

You've likely heard about the craziness that's happening at car dealerships right now. We've reported on insane markups, for example. And I've heard whispers, anecdotally, that so-and-so's friend's co-worker's cousin who's going with this girl who works at 31 Flavors got screwed when trying to buy a new car.

Our recent QOTD post asked for your thoughts on the best Infiniti model ever. Therein, I promised a follow-up post with my answer to that very important question. So let’s get right down to it: I think the first generation FX was the best Infiniti ever.

We've asked before about which EV startup you would invest in, but what about full-line/legacy carmakers? If you had some extra cash lying around, which one would you invest it in?

There have been some rumblings around the TTAC virtual newsroom lately about Infiniti, and consideration of the company’s best-ever product. The best of their product is certainly not found in their present lineup, which I took time to lambast in late 2020. We bring this question to you today, dear readers: What’s the best car Infiniti ever made?

Today's QOTD is simple, and I won't need many words to set it up.