Category: Drives
Desert Test: 2014 Ford Escape 2.0 EcoBoost 4WD
The third generation Ford Escape started production in the 2013 model year and rolls into the 2015 with few changes. It's sold around the world, known as the Ford Kuga in Europe and indeed has a distinctively European...
Quick Drive: 2017 Volkswagen Jetta GLI
The Volkswagen Jetta GLI has always been the spiritual equivalent to a GTI with a trunk. This has been the case since the 1980s and continues to this day, offering all the high-performance driving fun in a more grown...
Test Drive: 2016 Lexus RX350 F Sport
Lexus has traded on a number of things. Quiet luxury is one of them, now a buzz term Lincoln uses to sell their latest entries. Toyota's luxury brand however has always been there, offering a level of solitude behind ...
First Drive: 2016 Chrysler 300S
We took the 2016 Chrysler 300S out on our favorite back roads to see if it's as fun to drive as the dearly departed SRT model which is no longer available. And we found there's still a lot to like. First of all, se...
Test Drive: 2015 Toyota Camry XLE
The 2015 Toyota Camry received what is called a re-skin for this year meaning that its underlying chassis and powertrains remain largely unchanged, getting a freshly draped envelope of sheetmetal and trim to for a new...
Test Drive: 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
For 2022 the interior of the Chevrolet Silverado is fully redesigned with a new premium dash and trimmings on LT and above. Standard now is a 13.4-inch-diagonal color touchscreen infotainment system and a 12.3-inch ...
Quick Drive: 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid
The latest shiny new thing from Honda in their crossover lineup is the 2020 CR-V Hybrid, a vehicle competing with the growing field of electrified crossovers offerings including the RAV-4, Ford Escape, Nissan Rogue ju...
Test Drive: 2017 Volkswagen GTI S
Driving the 2017 Volkswagen GTI on the mountain roads of Arizona was a holistic wayback machine experience for me having cut my canyon carving teeth some 30 years ago on the same roads in a 1984 GTI, the first generat...
Test Drive: Alfa Romeo Stelvio Ti
Alfa Romeo's return to the North American market is beginning to gather steam now with two additional models to the lineup, a mainstream sport sedan in the Giulia and a mid-size SUV in the Stelvio. Named from the f...
Test Drive: 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Summit
In 2021 came a complete redesign of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the addition of a new three row variant in the Grand Cherokee L. The first was aforementioned long version and the two-row Grand Cherokee joined us i...
