About Eric Peters

Eric Peters

Eric Peters

Eric Peters has been writing a column about cars since the ‘90s -- and working on them since he was a kid. He’s the author of “Automotive Atrocities: The Cars We Love to Hate” and “Road Hogs.”

He has written for the Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Celebrated Living and the American Airlines in-flight magazine, as well as online platforms. He is a regular guest on various radio programs around the country.

In addition to test-driving the latest cars, Eric writes about classic cars and motorcycles. He owns a bright-orange ’76 Pontiac Trans Am that has outlasted his marriage, and a number of weird old bikes, including a ’75 Kawasaki S1 250, the smallest three-cylinder two-stroke motorcycle ever mass-produced, which he restored himself.

He’s a member of the International Motor Press Association and the Washington Automotive Press Association. He graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and currently lives in the woods of rural southwestern Virginia, not far from Roanoke.

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2026 Lexus GX550 Apr 07, 2026

How much difference does two years make? About $3,385 is how much. That is how much more Lexus is asking for the 2026 GX550 — which is otherwise identical to the 2024 GX550. This isn't Toyota's fault, by the way. It is a consequence of the tari... Read More

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2026 Volkswagen GTI Mar 31, 2026

Once upon a time, Volkswagen's GTI was a hopped-up Golf. The Golf (also called the Rabbit for a while) was the mass-market model; the GTI the performance model — similar to the way there's a Mustang and also a Mustang GT. Both the Golf and the ... Read More

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2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9 Mar 24, 2026

Times are tough for electric vehicles, in part because prospective EV buyers can no longer get the $7,500 tax credit that helped to offset the higher buy-in cost versus an otherwise similar vehicle with an engine rather than a battery pack. But that ... Read More

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2026 Toyota Grand Highlander Mar 17, 2026

You may have heard the news that the 2027 Toyota Highlander is going to be electric only. That may not be welcome news if you're wanting a Highlander that isn't an electric vehicle. The good news is that the Grand Highlander still comes standard with... Read More