Tag: Road Test
Test drive: 2014 Toyota Tundra CrewMax 4×4 1794 Edition
For 2014 the Toyota Tundra was redesigned inside and out. The exterior shed its bubbly conservative look for a more chiseled and masculine theme with harder edges and sharper creases. The grill is bold and tall wit...
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...
Test Drive: 2014 Lexus GS450h
The GS450h shares its design with the GS350, only giving up its identity with subtle touches like its optioned LED headlamps and blue highlighted emblems all around. At the rear, the Hybrid gets concealed tailpipes in...
Road Test: 2014 Toyota Sienna Limited AWD
With only a few minivans on the market today from the likes of Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Chrysler the genre has moved more upscale than when they first came to market in the 1980's. Nowadays, buyers expect many more c...
First Drive: 2015 Lexus NX300h Hybrid
The 2015 Lexus NX300h is an all-new model this year, sharing much of its underlying architecture and size with the ever popular Toyota RAV4. It competes in the market with also new entries like the Audi Q3, BMW X1, an...
MPG Challenge: 2014 Mazda3 Grand Touring 2.0
Before we hit the road, lets do a quick walk-around of the new Mazda3 sedan. No longer sharing its underlying architecture with Ford, Mazda made a few styling changes right away. It follows the company's KODO design l...
Test drive: 2014 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 TSI
The new 1.8 liter direct-injected engine is the big news for 2014 here under the hood. This new standard engine betters the old 2.5 liter five by some three mpg on the highway. The third generation EA888 four-cylinder...
Road Test: 2015 Lexus RC350 F Sport
The new 2015 Lexus RC350 climbs into an increasingly hot bed of voluptuously artistic sport coupes including the BMW 4-Series, the coming Infiniti Q60, and the Cadillac ATS. In terms of design it takes license to be e...
Back Road Test: 2015.5 Volvo V60 Cross Country
The Volvo V60 sport wagon made its return to our shores for the 2015 model year, getting back into the game with a wide range of models. And for a mid-year surprise, they introduced the all-weather and all-road Cross ...
Test Drive: 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Z71
We spent a week with the all-new 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 crew cab long bed pickup truck to see what it's like to live with and if it challenges competitors. What did we find? To start off with the 2015 Chevrole...
