Category: I’D BUY IT
Test drive: 2014 Lexus IS350 F-Sport AWD
The F-Sport is a package you can order on either the IS250 or the most powerful IS350 sedan. In addition you can also order up all-wheel drive on both. Akin to the BMW M Sport or Mercedes Sport packages of the past...
Test Drive: 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon EcoDiesel
The advent of the pickup version of the Wrangler, the Jeep Gladiator was one many waited for. It was one I waited for and was not disappointed when it came on the market. Adding the option of a diesel engine only make...
Test Drive: 2015 Chrysler 300C
For 2015 Chrysler put the fine detail pen to their now venerable 300 sedan, polishing it up once more to keep it contemporary, fresh, and desirable in a market where most competitors have seen many designs come and go...
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...
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...
Round Up: Id Buy It List 2017
The 2017 TestDrivenTV “Id Buy It” list rounds up the best of the best for my test drives this year, my version of the ten bests or the cars of the year. They represent the cars I would spend our own money on. Kia S...
2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid: Why I SOLD It.
https://youtu.be/Om8NpeiFM-E When I was one of the first to reserve my 2022 Ford Maverick in June of 2021, I had no idea what an experience the purchase and ownership of this new kind of vehicle would be. I just...
Test Drive: 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE
For 2021 the hybrid ante is upped with the new Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in crossover, offering the most powerful, efficient and expensive version ever of the brand's popular SUV. In our week-long test drive review th...
Test Drive: 2020 Honda Civic Si Sedan
When we first tested the Honda Civic Si back in 2017when it became available in the current generation, we loved it. It went on our I'd Buy It list just as the previous generation had. The combination of grin inducing...
Route 66 Road Test: 2014 Ford Fiesta ST
We get the keys to a 2014 Ford Fiesta ST and the first thing that comes to mind is a road trip. Funny though, this little puppy isn't very happy on the interstate with cruise control. No, it wants a back road to play....
