Lieberman: Few cars exist in a bubble (hello Veyron) so to make sense of VW’s first in America, fifty state, clean diesel Jetta TDI, I think we first have to establish where it competes. Starting with nothing but size, price and number of seats, the non-diesel, five-cylinder 2.5 Jetta goes up against Honda Civics, Subaru [...]

I’m sipping on a double shot cappuccino at the Coffee Bean in Studio City waiting for a buddy to arrive for a Sunday morning canyon ride. It’s early and there’s no one around. Suddenly I spot a metallic light blue Lotus Elise pulling in. Wait a minute, that’s not an Elise, that’s a freaking Tesla! [...]