Tag: Test Drive
Test Drive: 2024 Ford Mustang GT Performance
For 2024 the S550 Ford Mustang became the next-generation S650 Mustang with an evolutionary styling rework, an all-new interior and a number of detail tweaks throughout. While almost all of the part numbers will h...
Test Drive: 2022 Ford Maverick XLT AWD FX4
The 2022 Ford Maverick has captured our attention from the word go with the announcement last June that it would start at $19,995 and come standard as a hybrid with 40 plus mpg. Since then we've ordered one and ha...
First Drive: 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid
The 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid comes to us in the last years of the current generation, offering the most fuel-efficient version of the Liftback model you can buy. Styling is familiar as the Prius has been the b...
Match Up: 2015 Honda Fit vs 2015 Toyota Yaris
When it comes to the sub-compact class, entry-level no longer means stripped down to bare bones. Buyers want healthy tech features, quality materials, and a fun to drive experience to go along with their high mpg. ...
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 Toyota Tundra Platinum CrewMax
Like its peers, the Tundra's new sheet metal is more chiseled and bold. The front end gets the most attention with a sharper grille and angular headlamps...which by the way are now adjustable to compensate for heavy l...
Test Drive: 2022 Ford Maverick XL Hybrid
The headline of the press release for the 2022 Ford Maverick read, “40 MPG city, standard hybrid, seats five, starts under $20K”. Yep that sounds like the deal of the century, where do we sign up? We did exactl...
Test Drive: 2016 Toyota Tacoma Limited 4×4
The Limited trim grade of the new 2016 Toyota Tacoma has its own unique look and feel from the others like the TRD Off-Road and SR-5. Of note, being a more luxuriously appointed truck it has more chrome and bright wor...
First Drive: 2018 Hyundai Kona AWD
The latest entry into the compact crossover wars for our testing pleasure was the 2018 Hyundai Kona Ultimate AWD, a turbocharged well equipped thrill ride into tall seating position but not a real SUV land. While t...
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...
