Tag: First Drive
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...
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: 2016 Toyota Prius Two ECO
Putting the oil companies and their ubiquitous gas stations out of business is the dream of many drivers enslaved by the pumps as a necessary evil to getting on with life as we know it. When the Toyota Prius arrived, ...
First Drive: 2017 Kia Niro Touring
The 2017 Kia Niro represents the brand's first toe in the water with a dedicated hybrid model to take on the Toyota Prius. In our first test drive, we've found a formidable foe with a different take that sets it apart...
First Drive: 2016 Acura ILX
The 2016 Acura ILX Tech Plus we have here comes with fresh design since the model made its debut for 2013. This year it gets a new front fascia sporting Acura's now trademark LED Jewel Eye headlamps and daytime runnin...
First Drive: 2017 Nissan Armada
The 2017 Nissan Armada comes to showrooms soon, replacing the Titan pickup based Armada we've come to know since 2004. The new Armada comes by way of the global market Nissan Patrol, also recognizable here as a cousin...
First Drive: 2016 Lexus RX 350 F Sport
In my first brief drive in the all-new 2016 Lexus RX 350, I discovered that Lexus is getting quite practiced at evolving their brand of luxury into new areas while at the same time polishing up what already works well...
First Drive: 2017 Fiat 124 Spider
The Fiat 124 Spider returns in the new century, bringing with it the charm and heritage of the original that made its debut in the 1960s. Today however it's got something different going on beneath its skin. A few ...
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 Lincoln MKZ AWD
The Lincoln MKZ was one of the first existing models in the brand's luxury liner fleet to get the new face of Lincoln for 2017. Carefully grafted it appears directly from the larger Continental, it's joined by a numbe...
