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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2025 Audi Q3 Nov 04, 2025

One of the things compact, luxury-brand crossovers like the Audi Q3 have in common with other, otherwise similar small crossovers from other (non-luxury) brands such as Mazda, Hyundai and Kia is that they're all very similar. That's a problem when y... Read More

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2025 Lexus LX700h Oct 28, 2025

Hybrid drivetrains — in luxury vehicles — are less about fuel efficiency than they are about more power and better performance. The new Lexus LX700h — the hybridized version of the LX ultra-luxury SUV — is a case in point. The... Read More

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2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT Oct 21, 2025

You've probably seen off-roading Land Rovers and Jeeps with Jerry cans of gas strapped to their sides. The reason for that being that there aren't many gas stations around off-road. So it's interesting to see Hyundai offer an off-road version of the ... Read More

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2025 Volkswagen Tiguan Oct 14, 2025

Volkswagen had a problem — one of its own making. It had a very successful small crossover — the Tiguan — that was the only German-brand crossover in its class. The Tiggy has always been a little more upmarket-feeling than the other... Read More