An alternative to Pilot and Highlander I didn’t get a chance to drive this SUV for very long, but I came away impressed. If you’re shopping for a Honda Pilot or a Toyota Highlander, you ought to check out the Veracruz as well. Although it is priced like a Pilot or Highlander, it seems more [...]
Cadillac’s All-Star Gets Even Better The CTS could be called the car that saved Cadillac. At the very least, it was the car that turned the company around. Its edgy styling and fine driving dynamics sent out a message that Cadillac had changed. Here was a car that someone under 60 would buy. And buyers, [...]
Audi Updates an Icon What do you do when it comes time to redesign an icon, like the Audi TT? You sure don’t want to screw up a winning formula. Audi gave it a lot of thought, and chose to update the styling (but not drastically), make the car larger, and reduce the weight. As [...]
Honda’s Pocket-Rocket Comes With Four Doors If you’re in the market for a small, reasonably priced performance car, but need one with four doors, Honda has something you should look at—the Civic Si sedan. The Si comes with a gutsy engine, a six-speed manual gearbox and a sport suspension. And, the Civic looks sporty to [...]
Goodbye Body Cladding It’s been nearly five years since I drove a Honda Element. When I reviewed it then, I thought the styling was a bit strange, but the functionality of this little wagon was impressive. At that time, Honda referred to it as a “dormitory on wheels,” and geared its marketing to a young [...]
More V-8 Power for ML SUV The last time I drove a Mercedes ML was in October 2005, right after it had been redesigned. The new vehicle impressed me with its sleeker styling, better ride and improved handling. Now, after driving a 2008 model, my opinion hasn’t changed, I’m still impressed. This year, Mercedes has [...]
Revamped Outback Gets facelift If there is a hall of fame at Subaru headquarters back in Japan, a prominent place should be set aside for the Outback wagon. It’s the vehicle that saved Subaru’s American operation. Back in the mid ‘90s, the Japanese automaker was struggling for its very existence here. They didn’t have the [...]
‘08 Sebring Gets Hard and Soft Tops Chrysler has taken an innovative approach with its Sebring convertible. They make it available with both a soft top, and a retractable hardtop. Other automakers, like Pontiac and Volvo, have come out with retractable hardtop convertibles, but Chrysler is the first to offer buyers a choice of fabric [...]
Ford Brings Back A Familiar Name Ford has brought back the Taurus name, and attached it to a full-size sedan for 2008. The car that was known last year as the Five Hundred is now the Taurus. The reason Ford made the name change was that the Five Hundred moniker was unfamiliar to potential customers, [...]
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