Category: Drives
First Drive: 2016 Kia Sorento AWD
For 2016 the Kia Sorento takes a deft move upmarket with a higher base price by about $600 and much higher top-out price for a fully trimmed out SX Limited such as our 2.0T AWD tester here which stickers at about $45,...
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 ...
First Drive: 2017 Nissan Pathfinder
Since the Nissan Pathfinder left its truck-based SUV role for the brand and became a more gentrified soccer-mom crossover with a sideways sitting engine and uni-body architecture many a man has groused. Nissan howe...
Off-Road Drive: 2016 Jeep Wrangler
To say there isn't much new isn't entirely fair. The Sahara model got a few new tidbits like a body-color bumper section up front and a new 18-inch wheel finishes in polished aluminum with painted pockets. Inside t...
First drive: 2014 Acura RLX Advance
Acura has made a strong pitch at getting back on track in the luxury sedan field this year with their all-new redesigned 2014 RLX. It loses the pasted on bird-beek look with an all new style front to rear that comes o...
Test Drive: 2014 Hyundai Elantra GT MT
What makes the Elantra GT unique is that it trades its traditional sedan silhouette and trunk for a rear hatch. This puts the car out there in a niche shared with only a few competitors. And like them, the five door E...
Back Road Test: 2015.5 Volvo V60 Cross Country
The Volvo V60 sport wagon made its return to our shores for the 2015 model year, getting back into the game with a wide range of models. And for a mid-year surprise, they introduced the all-weather and all-road Cross ...
Test Drive Review: 2023 Honda HR-V AWD
This week the all-new 2023 Honda HR-V crossover SUV showed up for our perusal. Like anything all-new, it has grown longer, wider, and more powerful. With more contemporary styling it’s also significantly more feat...
First Drive: 2018 Kia Rio EX
The 2018 Kia Rio is the most affordable model in the brand's showroom and for this year it's all-new from the standpoint of design inside and out, has more features than ever to compare with peers from Nissan, Toyota,...
Test Drive Review: 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor
https://youtu.be/iHNNMgRmSC4 I finally got my seat time with the 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor, a high-performance off-road variant of the Ranger that other countries have been enjoying for years. With the redesign of...
