Editorials
The positions Drive Observer has taken, in its own voice and over no single byline.
The Driver Did Not Consent to His Own Abolition. This Magazine Withholds Its Signature.
Jaguar names an era, the third pedal retreats to a shorter list every year, and somewhere a spreadsheet quietly schedules the driver for deletion. On the only question that finally matters, this masthead casts the deciding vote. It votes no.
In Defense of the Third Pedal
Whatever moves a car is the carmaker's business. What the driver is permitted to do with it is ours, and the clutch is being shown the door without anyone asking the driver.
The News and the Noise
A week of musical chairs and self-issued medals is a test of a publication's nerve. We intend to pass it.
The Quiet Death of the Cheap, Honest Car
Drive Observer takes no side on the engine or the battery. It will not stay silent while the plain, affordable new car is priced out of existence.