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 Cadillac CT4 Oct 06, 2026

Here's a strange fact: Cadillac is the only brand of luxury car that still sells a rear-wheel-drive, compact sport sedan — the CT4 — that's available with a manual transmission. The BMW 3 Series, Lexus IS and Audi A4 (which is fron... Read More

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2027 Nissan Frontier Sep 29, 2026

This one's hard to believe, but it's a fact: There's only one midsize pickup that even offers a six-cylinder engine — and it's the one that comes standard with one. That one is the 2027 Nissan Frontier. It is also one of the only midsize trucks... Read More

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2026 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sedan Sep 22, 2026

This will be the last year you'll be able to buy a Mercedes C-Class sedan with an engine — at least for a while. Next year, the C-Class sedan will come only with a battery (and electric motors) — at least for a while. Sometime after the n... Read More

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2027 Kia Telluride Sep 15, 2026

Something interesting has happened to the twins — Kia's Telluride and its Hyundai-badged sibling, the Palisade. Both of these midsize crossovers used to come standard with V6 engines. Now only one of them — the Palisade — does. What... Read More