Tag: AWD
First Drive: 2016 Honda Pilot
The all-new 2016 Honda Pilot is dramatically more stylish than last year's more squared off and boxy design, with sexier creases and lines, more artful details, and in general a less dowdy appearance. It's much closer...
Test drive: 2014 Toyota Venza Limited V6 AWD
The term “crossover” has been so overused in the past near decade now that it's been hard to know what it really means anymore. The 2014 Toyota Venza however is clearly in the cross-hairs of what crossover means, an a...
Test Drive Review: 2016 Acura RDX Advance AWD
Our first extended test drive of the 2016 Acura RDX luxury crossover SUV illuminates the vast differences in performance, refinement, and features these vehicles offer compared to one another. With regard to stylin...
Desert Test: 2014 Toyota Highlander Limited Platinum AWD
Out here at the foot of Arizona's Superstition Wilderness there's no shortage of places to drive off into the wild and challenge any SUV. Sometimes the best of scenery can only be seen off the beaten path. The 2014...
Test driven: 2013 Toyota Highlander AWD
While the Highlander is a car-based crossover, it breaks from recent trends and has styling that is more related to Toyota's tough trucks than their cars. It has a muscular front face and bulging flared fenders that m...
First Drive: 2017 Acura MDX Advance AWD
In our recent drive of the refreshed 2017 Acura MDX we find a new take on the brand's top of the line crossover SUV that continues to be a must not miss when shopping. For 2017 the Acura MDX three-row crossover SU...
First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Tucson Limited AWD
The 2016 Tucson comes to market with a far more aggressive look and style than the last generation, incorporating the brand's latest design elements like the bold hexagon grille and angular headlights. Creases and ben...
Test Drive: 2014 Toyota Highlander XLE
The Toyota Highlander competes against pretty strong rivals including the perennial Ford Explorer, Nissan Pathfinder and even the Jeep Grand Cherokee when similarly outfitted. When they set out to redesign and update ...
First Drive: 2016 Chevrolet Trax
The Chevrolet Trax comes to 2016 virtually identical as it was when it arrived just last year. The new compact crossover SUV shares its bones with the popular Buick Encore and like it, is built in Korea. The sub-co...
First Drive: 2018 Hyundai Kona AWD
The latest entry into the compact crossover wars for our testing pleasure was the 2018 Hyundai Kona Ultimate AWD, a turbocharged well equipped thrill ride into tall seating position but not a real SUV land. While t...
