Tag: First Drive
First Drive: 2017 Kia Sportage
If you didn't already know it, Kia is a brand on the move. Over the past decade, they've completely transformed their products from what might have been considered bland, entry level cars to stylish, sporting, and eve...
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...
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...
First Drive: 2017 Toyota 86
Hachi-Roku. The name 86 given to the continuation of the Scion FR-S isn't all that new. It comes from the same car as it's sold globally and from its spiritual father the Corolla AE-86. Today as the 2017 Toyota 86...
First Drive: 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser
The first sentence in the press materials for the 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser reads, “how do you improve ultimate?” As we got our first miles behind the wheel, it appears you simply make it better, and here that means mo...
First Drive: 2016 Subaru WRX STi
For 2016 the Subaru WRX STi is available in this brilliant Series.Hyper Blue special edition of which some 700 will be offered. It was the WRX we were given to test this week, and one we looked forward to, give it was...
First Drive: 2016 Mazda CX9 Signature
Arriving at dealerships now is the all-new 2017 Mazda CX9 three-row crossover. Replacing the oldest model in the Mazda showroom, this one brings a ground up redesign that shares nothing with the one it replaces. In...
First Drive: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro
In our first drive of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, we tested the mid-level 3.6-liter V6 variant with a manual transmission and the up-step RS package. Was it disappointing without the V8 snarl of the SS? Not in the leas...
First drive: 2014 Toyota Tundra Platinum CrewMax
Like its peers, the Tundra's new sheet metal is more chiseled and bold. The front end gets the most attention with a sharper grille and angular headlamps...which by the way are now adjustable to compensate for heavy l...
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...
