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Best of Dan Neil: Most popular car reviews of 2008

A look at the 10 most-read columns written by "Rumble Seat" automotive critic Dan Neil Nissan Cube: The right angles Dan Neil says: "This is the car you get when you put the American market's appetite for mega-space, utility and people-moving together with a 35-mile-per-gallon CAFE standard and $5- and $6-per-gallon gasoline. You get a box on wheels."

A look at the 10 most-read columns written by “Rumble Seat” automotive critic Dan Neil

Nissan Cube: The right angles

Dan Neil says: “This is the car you get when you put the American market’s appetite for mega-space, utility and people-moving together with a 35-mile-per-gallon CAFE standard and $5- and $6-per-gallon gasoline. You get a box on wheels.”  (Mark Boster/ Los Angeles Times)

A look at the 10 most-read (online) columns written by “Rumble Seat” automotive critic Dan Neil.

Fiat 500

Fiat 500: Budget-wise and Mini-splendored

Dan Neil says: “The car is squat and wide, with a well-planted feel that surprises, given its toy-like proportions. The power steering has a city-assist switch that increases boost, to allow for easier parking. Obviously, the 500 is no sports car, but it’s got a lively, wide-awake feel at the tiller that is part of its overall vividness.”  (Dan Neil/ Los Angeles Times)

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