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Payne: Get the Griswolds a Honda Pilot road-warrior
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 29, 2026
San Diego — Honda makes sensational hot hatches for gearheads with the ferocious, corner-carving Civic Type R at the front of the parade
The Honda Pilot is not that car.
The three-row SUV is Honda’s band leader for a different hatchback parade: ergonomically brilliant hatchback for families. If the driver-centric Civic Type R is built for adrenaline-pumping short sprints, Pilot is made for the long haul — a rolling living room for 4-7 passengers.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Cartoon: Coach Walz Diagrams Anti ICE Plays
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 27, 2026
Rolex 24 thriller: Motown icons Penske and Cadillac put on a show
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 27, 2026
Daytona Beach, Fla. — Twelve manufacturers, 47 race teams and 232 drivers from all over the world came to Daytona Beach over the weekend for North America’s most prestigious 24-hour sportscar race, the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
But in the end, all eyes were on two Detroit icons battling it out for the win.
In a repeat of the 2024 result, Porsche Penske Motorsports beat Whelen Cadillac Racing to the finish line by a scant 1.5 seconds. Capping an epic race across 24 hours, a six-hour fog delay and Daytona’s 30-degree bankings, the Team Penske Porsche 963 and Cadillac V-Series.R went hammer and tongs over the final hour at speeds up to 200 mph.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Cartoon: Davos Trump versus Europe
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 27, 2026
Payne: Toyota Prius Nightshade looks hot, drives easy
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 27, 2026
Charlevoix — The Toyota Prius is really getting cheeky.
America’s favorite green nerd car underwent a fourth-generation transformation in 2025 from ugly duckling to swan. Sleek fascia. Scalloped flanks. Horizontal rear taillight. I saw your head swivel when I sailed by.
For 2025-26 it got a hot Nightshade edition. Take a look at my hot hatch tester (also being featured at the Detroit Auto Show) with yellow paint, black wheels, black mirror caps. It’s a look familiar to enthusiast hellions like the Honda Civic Si and Ford Mustang that offer look-at-me Skittle colors.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Cartoon: Hoosiers Win College Football Championship
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 21, 2026
Payne: The Dandy Dozen, Detroit Auto Show 2026 highlights
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 21, 2026
Detroit — Brave the ice outside, come see the ICE inside the 2026 Detroit Auto Show.
After years of taking a backseat to electric vehicles as automakers strained to meet government emissions and gas mileage mandates, the internal combustion engine is back inside Huntington Place.
From muscle cars to trucks to off-road dirt-kickers, ICE vehicles are the stars of the show. Even Aston Martin brought a quartet of its greatest ICE hits. Not that EVs have gone away. General Motors Co. is still bullish, with electrics fronting the Chevy display — and you can take test rides on a dedicated EV track.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Cartoon: Walz Illegal ICE
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 20, 2026
Cartoon: Canada Allies with China over Trump
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 19, 2026
Payne: Chrysler Pacifica minivan is super cool — no kidding
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 18, 2026
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Memphis, Michigan — You think minivans are uncool?
I emerged from a game of Padel into a black Michigan night. With my arms full of a tennis bag and water bottle, I walked up to my red 2026 Chrysler Pacifica minivan tester and swung my foot under the rear door.
Open sesame!
The door automatically slid sideways, exposing the cavernous interior. I deposited my bag, then shut the door behind me with the push of a button on the B-pillar. Then I strolled around back where I had kept my laptop bag secured and did the same with the rear hatch.
Payne: At light speed in the Lucid Gravity — call it CyberVan
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 18, 2026
Troy — Mrs. Payne and I recently enjoyed “Tron: Ares,” an action-packed sci-fi movie featuring lightning-quick light bikes and glowing digital displays.
Then we climbed into our own Tron-mobile.
As I approached the 2025 Lucid Gravity SUV tester with key in pocket, the electric SUV awoke. Door handles popped out to meet us and LED lights wrapped the front and rear ends (what, no Tron-like LEDs ringing the wheels?). We slipped into the interior and big digital screens glowing to life at the touch of the brake pedal.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Cartoon: Revenge of Gas Cars 2026
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 17, 2026
Cartoon: Democrats Insurrection January 6 Plus
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 14, 2026
Cartoon: Scott Adams RIP
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 14, 2026
Cartoon: FBI Takes on Terror not Trump
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 10, 2026
Cartoon: Mamdani Free Maduro Arrest Netanyahu
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 10, 2026
Cartoon: Walz Opens Daycare Center
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 6, 2026
Cartoon: Maduro Trump Police Car Arrest
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 4, 2026
Cartoon: Socialist Maduro Falls Mamdani Rises
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 4, 2026
Cartoon: Ukraine Putin Trump Peace Talks
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 2, 2026
