Category: Drives
Quick drive: 2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatch
To keep the Fiesta fresh in the marketplace, it received a new design up front which includes a larger grille which is more like the handsome Ford Fusion. New headlamps and a lower fascia with built-in spoiler round o...
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 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...
Quick drive: 2014 Ford Escape Titanium EcoBoost
Today we took a quick drive in the new 2014 Ford Escape Titanium. Ours was a fully loaded example with the 2.0 liter EcoBoost engine and all-wheel drive, along with all the Titanium Tech Package. It had all the bells ...
Test drive: 2014 Chevrolet Malibu 2LT 2.5
The Chevrolet Malibu was all new for 2013, a car which is sold in countries around the globe including Europe, the Middle East, China, and Australia just to name a few. While it was a ground-up fresh design, Chevrolet...
Mall to Mountains: 2014 Volkswagen Touareg TDI Clean Diesel
Our Touareg TDI Lux model is indeed very much at home here in the high rent shopping district with its rich Germanic style and attention to visual details. U shaped LED daytime running lights add a jewel-like luster t...
Quick drive: 2013 Ford Explorer Sport
A quick drive this week in the 2013 Ford Explorer Sport opened our world to a fun to drive, but thirsty alternative to the garden variety XLT model. The Sport of course while once the base model Explorer is now a high...
First drive: 2014 Chevrolet Sonic Turbo
Our test with the 2014 Chevrolet Sonic Turbo started with a road-trip from Phoenix to Los Angeles to test the ability of this small compact to meet or exceed its 40 mpg highway rating and 29 mpg city estimates. Our...
First drive: 2014 Infiniti Q60S Convertible MT
The Infiniti Q60S likely looks familiar and it should. It has been on sale for many years as the Infiniti G37. Nissan's luxury brand re-named all of its cars this year starting with the letter Q for cars and QX for SU...
Test driven: 2014 Jeep Patriot Latitude 6-Speed Auto
We take Jeep's new 2014 Patriot out for a second test drive to see how well the all-new for this year 6-speed automatic transmission transforms the drive. It replaces the old Constantly Variable Transmission (CVT), wh...
