Category: Drives
Road Test: 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
Toyota added a hybrid version of the Avalon for its major re-design last year. Now with a more sporting appearance that is decidedly modern and upscale, you can also have much higher fuel economy to go with it. Toy...
Quick Drive: 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI
With the all-new 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI going on sale in North America this month, we recently got our first impressions behind the wheel. Redesigned from the ground up, the 2015 Golf TDI has an all-new engine as we...
Road Test: 2014 Mazda MX-5 Miata
While I call it the second generation, I must acknowledge that Mazda MX-5 purists call it the third generation known as the NC. While having many detail differences, the first two known as the NA and NB were both virt...
Test Drive: 2014 Hyundai Azera Limited
The 2014 Hyundai Azera has a handsome and artful design and I think a very well balanced silhouette. It almost has the persona of a luxury speed boat in its details and presentation. I mean that seriously, not as innu...
Test Drive: 2014 Lexus GS450h
The GS450h shares its design with the GS350, only giving up its identity with subtle touches like its optioned LED headlamps and blue highlighted emblems all around. At the rear, the Hybrid gets concealed tailpipes in...
First Drive: 2014 Hyundai Tucson Limited
The Tucson is Hyundai's smallest SUV in North America, first introduced in this current generation as a 2010 model. Thus it's styling is the oldest in the Hyundai showroom, not fully embracing the company's freshest F...
Off-Road Test: 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk 4×4
At introduction, the 2014 Jeep Cherokee met a firestorm of rank-in-file enthusiast controversy over its styling as well as its car based platform architecture. With most models of the Cherokee seeming soft and suburba...
Hot Lap: 2014 Mercedes Benz CLA45 AMG
The Mercedes-Benz CLA is the brand's new entry point for the North American market, one of the first of which to offer front-wheel drive architecture. Stepping up to the AMG brings 4Matic all-wheel drive and a white h...
First Drive: 2014 Volkswagen Beetle TDI
Starting at $24,995, the Beetle TDI comes in a pretty well equipped trim level at the outset. There is plenty of chrome trim down low on the rockers, across the front fascia grille and the lower window belt line. L...
Desert Test: 2014 Toyota Highlander Limited Platinum AWD
Out here at the foot of Arizona's Superstition Wilderness there's no shortage of places to drive off into the wild and challenge any SUV. Sometimes the best of scenery can only be seen off the beaten path. The 2014...
