Category: Drives
Test drive: 2014 Toyota Avalon Limited
The 2014 Avalon is built on a stretched Camry platform but fortunately shares no sheet-metal or family resemblance at all. It's much more premium and upscale looking, if not a little bit sporty. Our Limited's ten spok...
Test drive: 2014 Toyota Corolla LE
Our 2014 Corolla LE also represents the most popular trim grade Toyota expects to sell, with take rate of over half of total sales. The mid-grade LE comes in above the L which starts at $16,800. The top of the line S ...
Test Drive: 2014 Toyota Highlander XLE
The Toyota Highlander competes against pretty strong rivals including the perennial Ford Explorer, Nissan Pathfinder and even the Jeep Grand Cherokee when similarly outfitted. When they set out to redesign and update ...
Test drive: 2014 Toyota Tundra CrewMax 4×4 1794 Edition
For 2014 the Toyota Tundra was redesigned inside and out. The exterior shed its bubbly conservative look for a more chiseled and masculine theme with harder edges and sharper creases. The grill is bold and tall wit...
Test drive: 2014 Toyota Venza Limited V6 AWD
The term “crossover” has been so overused in the past near decade now that it's been hard to know what it really means anymore. The 2014 Toyota Venza however is clearly in the cross-hairs of what crossover means, an a...
Test Drive: 2014 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
Volkswagen entered the hybrid sedan realm with the Jetta in 2013, surprising many who had typecast the brand as the clean diesel car company. Now with other hybrids and an electric vehicle on the way, Volkswagen is fa...
Test drive: 2014 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 TSI
The new 1.8 liter direct-injected engine is the big news for 2014 here under the hood. This new standard engine betters the old 2.5 liter five by some three mpg on the highway. The third generation EA888 four-cylinder...
Test drive: 2014 Volkswagen Passat TDI SE
This Volkswagen Passat was introduced in 2011, as a car designed and built specifically for the North American market. It's larger than the Passat sold in Europe, with a 110” wheelbase and some 2” wider than the Jetta...
Test Drive: 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Z71
We spent a week with the all-new 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 crew cab long bed pickup truck to see what it's like to live with and if it challenges competitors. What did we find? To start off with the 2015 Chevrole...
Test Drive: 2015 Chrysler 200S
The 2015 Chrysler 200 is the brand's first credible entry into the mid-size sedan segment in some time, taking a generous swipe at mainstream buyers with an American flavor, contemporary styling, and a sporting presen...
