Tag: 2016
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,...
First Drive Review: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata
When it came time for our first drive in the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata, the only choice was to fight the hordes of tourist traffic and take it up to our favorite mountain road. Once past the point where the slow and dodde...
First Look: 2016 BMW 340i
For 2016, the ever iconic BMW 3-Series gets its mid-cycle magic wand of new features, styling updates, and a couple a new 340i model designation. Right up front the 3-Seres gets a revised front fascia and other sma...
Quick Drive: 2016 Mazda6 Grand Touring
Mazda has always traded on their talent for building true driver's cars in a world where dull and bland are king. As we found on a short drive recently, the midsize 2016 Mazda6 sedan wears its “Driving Matters” cr...
Reality Check: Chevrolet Active Phone Cooling
Our Reality Check segment is kind of a catch-all for things that I can poke fun at or which simply interest me. And this week, Chevrolet makes the cut. For 2016 Chevrolet is rolling out a seemingly simple yet brill...
First Look: 2016 Audi S7
The Audi S7 remains arguably the sexiest four-door coupe on the market, and for 2016, it only gets better with new styling, more power, and features. While it's largely the same as the 2015 model, Audi gives the ne...
Off-Road Test: 2016 Jeep Renegade Sport 4×4
Last year the Jeep Renegade arrived, a compact SUV expected to replace the aged Patriot and Compass. Based on a Fiat derived chassis along with the Fiat 500x, the Renegade instead went on sale along side the older and...
First Look: 2016 Lincoln MKX
Lincoln Motor Company as they like to be called continues to distance their newest generation of products from the Ford's on which they are based. The latest example is the all new 2016 Lincoln MKX luxury crossover un...
First Look: 2016 Volvo S90
Volvo has today unveiled their new top-of-the range luxury sedan, the S90 on Gothenburg, Sweden. The second all-new vehicle based on their Scalable Product Architecture, the new S90 will bring the brands latest Scand...
First Drive Impressions: 2016 Nissan Titan XD Cummins
At the Texas Auto Writers Truck Rodeo event last October, I was one of the first journalists in the United States to test the all-new 2016 Nissan Titan XD with the Cummins turbo-diesel engine. Only now the embargo has...