2020 Toyota Corolla
If not for the Corolla Toyota may not have survived in the American car market. It was small, fuel- efficient and reliable which was just what the driving public wanted. More than 50 years later, 50 million plus copies have ...
2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Ultimate 2.0T
There have been some big changes for the 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe. The five-passenger Santa Fe Sport is now called Santa Fe. The current long wheelbase three-row, seven-passenger model called Santa Fe has been renamed Santa Fe XL. And an ...
2019 Mazda CX-3
The 2019 Mazda CX-3 is a small crossover. It was so small it could do a good imitation of a big hatchback. We drove one here to scope out the auto show. On the way we encountered ice and sleet, ...
2019 Kia Optima SX Turbo
Kia made some incremental yet substantial changes to the Kia Optima for 2019. We had the SX Turbo, which is the top of the line. It was powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that was mated to a six-speed ...
Chicago Auto Show opened its doors for 111th show
Automakers, manufacturers and enthusiasts from across the globe are revving up for the 2019 Chicago Auto Show. The nations largest and best-attended auto show, held annually at McCormick Place, opens its doors to the public on Saturday, Feb. 9 and ...
2019 Lexus LS 500 AWD
The first thing I noticed about the 2019 Lexus LS 500 when they dropped it off was that it seemed heavier than when I drove it in San Francisco during its launch. The feeling of being heavier didn’t mean that ...
2019 Toyota Camry
It was just last spring near Portland, Oregon, when Toyota launched the all new Toyota Camry. If you’ve ever been in that area of the country, it is loaded with trees and reportedly has more aggregate surfaced highways than anywhere ...
2020 Ford Explorer
It was a Ford night last week when Ford introduced the all new Ford Explorer at Ford Field last week. The company wanted to get the jump on this week’s North American International Auto Show here and it did so ...
AUTO REVIEW: 2019 Mazda CX-9
Mazda is incrementally improving its midsize three row crossover vehicle the CX-9. But don’t get it twisted; this was a good crossover to begin with but now it can compete with top notch premium crossovers. Style is not a shortcoming ...
2019 Volvo XC40 T5
The 2019 Volvo XC40 is arguably the best small luxury sport utility on the planet but it is has one huge challenge, there aren’t enough of them to meet demand. Volvo execs underestimated the take rate on a new XC40 ...
2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 2.4 GT AWC
It wasn’t 15 minutes after they dropped off the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander that I was headed towards I-94 on my way to Chicago. During the week-long test drive I found the Outlander to be a very good crossover for both ...
2019 Toyota RAV4
It was 22 years ago that Toyota’s RAV4 first hit these shores. Now comes the fifth generation of the compact sport utility. It was the first such vehicle and it created the market we now know as crossover utility vehicles ...
2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack Widebody
I test drove something special a few weeks ago. It was a 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack Widebody. According to Dodge, “it is a drag-oriented, street legal muscle car designed with the grassroots drag racer in mind.” Further, it ...
2018 Lexus RX 350L
Lexus has literally added on to the most popular luxury CUV in the country, the RX 350L. They made it longer and gave it a third row of seats. I had the 2018 Lexus RX 350L AWD. It had bench ...
2019 Hyundai Veloster N
We came here to test drive the next step in Hyundai’s future, the 2019 Veloster N. As one executive said, “it is a racing car that we’re trying to sell to the public.” What Hyundai is also doing is expanding ...
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