Tag: Test Drive
Test driven: 2014 Jeep Patriot Latitude 6-Speed Auto
We take Jeep's new 2014 Patriot out for a second test drive to see how well the all-new for this year 6-speed automatic transmission transforms the drive. It replaces the old Constantly Variable Transmission (CVT), wh...
First Drive: 2016 Lexus CT200h Hybrid
To start with, the Lexus CT200h is compact as you'd expect. While it shares is hybrid powertrain with the iconic Toyota Prius, it's chassis platform architecture comes by way of the Corolla. It does have its own uniqu...
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...
First Drive: 2016 Lexus RX450h Hybrid
When it comes to luxury crossovers, the Lexus RX has been at the top of sales charts both in its class and in Toyota’s luxury brand showrooms. Adding to its gravitas, its hybrid offering the RX450h has been a signific...
First Drive: 2016 Toyota RAV4 SE
Getting our first drive in the 2016 Toyota RAV4 SE took us around the coastal inlets of Laguna Beach, California but also on the autocross course where we really had the chance to stretch its legs. For 2016 Toyota'...
Test Drive: 2014 Hyundai Azera Limited
The 2014 Hyundai Azera has a handsome and artful design and I think a very well balanced silhouette. It almost has the persona of a luxury speed boat in its details and presentation. I mean that seriously, not as innu...
Mall to Mountains: 2014 Volkswagen Touareg TDI Clean Diesel
Our Touareg TDI Lux model is indeed very much at home here in the high rent shopping district with its rich Germanic style and attention to visual details. U shaped LED daytime running lights add a jewel-like luster t...
First Drive: 2014 Hyundai Tucson Limited
The Tucson is Hyundai's smallest SUV in North America, first introduced in this current generation as a 2010 model. Thus it's styling is the oldest in the Hyundai showroom, not fully embracing the company's freshest F...
First Drive: 2017 Nissan Pathfinder
Since the Nissan Pathfinder left its truck-based SUV role for the brand and became a more gentrified soccer-mom crossover with a sideways sitting engine and uni-body architecture many a man has groused. Nissan howe...
First Drive: 2015 Ford Transit Van
For 2015 the Ford Econoline van gives way to the all-new for America 2015 Ford Transit. Built in Kansas City, its design comes from Europe where it has been an award winning best seller for decades. Our drive this ...
