Tag: First Drive
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...
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: 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: 2015 Nissan Murano
The Nissan Murano has long been known for its bold art and design presentation, and for 2015 it gets even more gallery than ever before. Forgive my liberal references to art and design, but how can you not look at ...
First Drive: 2017 Toyota Prius Prime
After the debut of the 2017 Prius Prime at the New York Auto Show last spring we've been waiting patiently to drive the new Super Prius, the plug-in ultra extendo range one with all the goods. That day has come and...
First Drive: 2014 Nissan Rogue SV
The 2014 Nissan Rogue also sold as the X-Trail in other parts of the world has been gaining a following and after spending some time with it this week we are beginning to see why. For this year it was restyled fro...
First Drive: 2016 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ Z71
Among the new for 2016 stuff is the big up front you see here. The Chevrolet Silverado gets new grille designs across the board as well as a reshaped bumper fascia with new trims. Our LTZ Z71 here has a body color gri...
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 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 Nissan Titan XD 5.6
If you’ve been watching the new 2016 Nissan Titan XD and its Cummins diesel V8, but really want to pump gasoline when you buy fuel, your day has finally come. The new 5.6 liter Endurance V8 is now landing on store she...
