Tag: Compact
Test Drive: 2015 Honda Fit
The Honda Fit is all-new for 2015, improving on a design which was already quite popular as the brand's entry-level model in North America. Its new design is evolutionary, retaining much of its familiar styling and pa...
Test Drive: 2017 Honda Civic Type R
There are many cars that enthusiasts in the United States have watched from afar, the drivers in other lands enjoying and could not have here. One of them is the Honda Civic Type R. For a long many of generations, Hon...
First Look: 2018 Nissan Kicks
The 2018 Nissan Kicks has joined the hot and affordable compact crossover class with its debut at the LA Auto Show, replacing the quirky Juke and poised to compete against the many heavy hitters in the market. Goin...
Quick Drive: 2018 Hyundai Elantra Value Edition
With the 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT what you get is like most five-door sport hatch compacts in class, an upgraded base model that's packed with more goodies and niceties than you will find in the four-door sedan on whic...
Test Drive: 2017 Toyota Corolla SE
Can you believe the Toyota Corolla has been with us for fifty years? That was the first thought when we began our test of the 2017 Toyota Corolla 50th Anniversary Special Edition. Redesigned slightly for 2017, the ...
2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo: First Drive
The 2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo is now headed to dealerships, offering a more powerful version of their already popular SR trim. As I found out in my first brief test drive, it's likely to be a hit. The Nissan Sent...
First Drive: 2019 Hyundai Veloster N
One of the cars I've been looking forward to driving this year is the all-new 2019 Hyundai Veloster, since small sporty coupe slash hatches are getting hard to come by. Anything new in this segment is a welcome breath...
First Drive: 2017 Honda Civic Hatch Sport
If you're one of those who says the Honda Civic has gone stale, offering little or nothing for the enthusiast then you haven't been looking lately. The brand is about to infuse its core Civic with more driving excitem...
What’s New: 2017 Kia Forte & Forte5
Making their debut at the Detroit Auto Show, the 2017 Forte sedan and Forte5 Hatch both received a mid-cycle freshening to keep them competitive, with some new styling enhancements, some new powertrain choices, and ne...
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...
