Tag: Road Test
First Drive Review: 2015 Jeep Renegade Sport
The 2015 Jeep Renegade represents many firsts for the brand. For starters it's the first Jeep to be sold in North America which is manufactured on another continent. Built in Italy, the Jeep Renegade shares the assemb...
Test drive: 2014 Lexus IS350 F-Sport AWD
The F-Sport is a package you can order on either the IS250 or the most powerful IS350 sedan. In addition you can also order up all-wheel drive on both. Akin to the BMW M Sport or Mercedes Sport packages of the past...
Test Drive: 2014 Hyundai Elantra GT MT
What makes the Elantra GT unique is that it trades its traditional sedan silhouette and trunk for a rear hatch. This puts the car out there in a niche shared with only a few competitors. And like them, the five door E...
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...
First Drive: 2104 Cadillac CTS VSport
Styling is the latest evolution of Cadillac's Art and Science theme, which has softened its edge in some ways over the years. A caveat in the mix is that while less edgy, it brings more of a signature Cadillac heritag...
Test drive: 2014 Lexus IS 250
When Lexus revealed the new IS, we saw that the company previously known for less exciting style actually had some daring and risque DNA in their toolbox all along. Up front, the IS got an aggressive version of the...
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...
Quick drive: 2015 Volvo XC60 T6 Drive-E
Volvo is at the beginning stages of re-inventing their entire product lineup, building on the safety reputation of its heritage, but adding in some exciting new elements. We recently got a very brief chance to test th...
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...
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...
