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 Ford F-250 Sep 02, 2025

Do you want a big truck with just two doors, an 8-foot bed and a big V8 rather than a small six with a turbo? It' hard to get all those things together in a half-ton truck, and some half-ton trucks no longer offer those things anymore (the c... Read More

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2025 Chevy Tahoe Aug 26, 2025

The Chevy Tahoe is an SUV, but it's also the replacement for the full-size, V8-powered and rear-drive American sedan — which is a type of car that's not made anymore. The last full-size, rear-drive, V8-standard American sedan was the F... Read More

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2025 Infiniti QX55 Aug 19, 2025

Mercedes and BMW were the first to come up with what they called the four-door coupe — or words to that effect. The idea was to take something boxy and practical and make it look more like a coupe while still being practical. The Mercedes GLA, ... Read More

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2025 Toyota 4Runner Aug 12, 2025

Change can be good, bad — or just scary. Toyota's 4Runner just got changed. It's no longer available with the 4.0-liter V6 that used to come standard, but it now comes standard with a turbocharged four that's stronger than the previously standa... Read More