Tag: First Drive
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 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 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: 2017 Audi Q7 3.0T Quattro
The 2017 Audi Q7 is all-new from the ground up. And in our first drive of the new top-end luxury crossover SUV from Audi we find that it continues to evolve, if not age like a fine wine. Styling is evolutionary as ...
First Drive: 2015 Volkswagen Golf R
A vehicle that enthusiasts clamored for and now have is the 2015 and now 2016 Volkswagen Golf R, the most powerful version sold in North America. With 292 horsepower and 4Motion all-wheel drive, it's got the goods to ...
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....
First Drive: 2016 Mazda CX5
For 2016 Mazda freshens the exterior design of its popular CX5 with a number of styling elements that while new, continue the theme of its KODO Soul of Motion design language. On our fully optioned Grand Touring teste...
First Drive: 2016 Nissan Maxima
Our first brief test drive in the 2016 Nissan Maxima shows us a full-sized sport sedan with a well improved interior, chassis and engine performance. It has been thoroughly redesigned, now over two inches longer a...
First Drive: 2017 GMC Acadia All Terrain
For 2017, The GMC Acadia crossover SUV got not only a healthy redesign from tip to tip, but comes to showrooms some six-inches shorter and 700 pounds lighter than before. In an age of longer, wider, taller it's a risk...
Road Test: 2016 Lexus GS-F
The Lexus GS-F is really almost what you would call a successor to the last generation IS-F sedan. Instead of packing their 5.0 liter V8 into the current IS, Lexus decided to instead make it a part of its larger GS si...
