Tag: 2016
Reality Check: 2015 Ford F-150 crash tests
This week the IIHS announced results of their crash testing for the 2015 Ford F-150 pickups, which had both good and bad news for its new all-aluminum body. The good news is that the new full size crew-cab achieved...
First Drive: 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
Along with some new styling for the 2016 model year that gives a more premium and upright look, the popular Toyota RAV4 this year gains for the first time, a hybrid model. It was something customers had been askin...
First Drive Review: 2016 Toyota Tacoma
For the last several years Toyota has been happily selling their Tacoma pickups to a loyal group of buyers, but the market got hotter this year with the new GM mid-size trucks in the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon....
Is Top Safety Pick for passengers? Not so much
The 2016 Hyundai Tucson was the only compact SUV in its class of Top Safety Pick contenders to be true to the honor this week when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) tested them all for the small-overla...
First Drive: 2016 Lexus CT200h Hybrid
To start with, the Lexus CT200h is compact as you'd expect. While it shares is hybrid powertrain with the iconic Toyota Prius, it's chassis platform architecture comes by way of the Corolla. It does have its own uniqu...
Motoring Minute: Cadillac CT6 Twin Turbo V6
General Motors this week announced another tidbit about their upcoming Cadillac CT6 flagship sedan, an all new generation of high-feature V6 engines. The top rung of this new engine architecture is a 3.0 liter twin...
First Drive: 2016 Toyota Prius Two ECO
Putting the oil companies and their ubiquitous gas stations out of business is the dream of many drivers enslaved by the pumps as a necessary evil to getting on with life as we know it. When the Toyota Prius arrived, ...
Test Drive: 2016 Fiat 500C Abarth
Frenzied was the atmosphere when we got news the 2016 Fiat 500C Abarth would come to us for a week long test. It didn't disappoint on our mountain back roads, offering up a pugnaciously fun driving character and a bit...
First Look: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro
Over the weekend the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro was unveiled in Detroit, giving Mustang and Challenger their newest race-day rival. The new Camaro brings evolutionary styling much in the same way BMW or Audi mov...
Under The Hood: 2016 Audi Q3 Quattro 2.0 TFSI
Because the the 2016 Audi Q3 is still based on the older A5 or Golf V architecture, it was not updated with the latest generation of the 2.0 VW/Audi EA888 engine. This means that it's one generation back of what most ...
