Fri., June 11, 2021
Last year, we welcomed the all-new, eighth-generation Hyundai Sonata. The remade Sonata, a midsize, front-wheel drive sedan, made a giant leap forward. It carried itself with a low-slung, wide-track swagger. Its roomy cabin was nicely finished, with fresh tech and clever storage solutions. Power came…
Fri., June 11, 2021
The number one requisite to drive well, I believe, is attention to the task
Sat., June 5, 2021
Almost certainly, if Evel Knievel were still with us he’d be tooling town in a 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat. The motorcycle-jumping daredevil and the Hellcat were made for each other. The Hellcat is the most powerful crossover built, a 710-horsepower three-row rocket ship that…
Fri., June 4, 2021
And a greater activity surge is expected this year with the easing of COVID restrictions.
Fri., May 28, 2021
The 2021 Infiniti Q50 is quick and beautiful. Its four-person cabin flirts with luxury and bristles with tech. The Q50 is a compact luxury sport sedan, a segment dominated by high-profile Germans. Expectations run high here. The Infiniti has the requisite trappings: terrific street appeal,…
Fri., May 21, 2021
A familiar name is missing from the Kia lineup this year and there’s a new one in its place. After a successful 10-year run, Kia’s midsize Optima has departed the scene. Its replacement is an all-new midsize sedan called K5 that picks up where Optima…
Sun., May 9, 2021
Apparently, Honda hasn’t received the memo announcing the death of sedans. For 2021, it fields a variety of four-doors, with a strong focus on fuel-efficiency and clean-burning engines. Its flagship sedan, the midsize Accord, is one of the country’s most enduringly popular cars. It’s known…
Fri., April 30, 2021
Not so long ago, we had a word for a car like Volkswagen’s Arteon. The midsize Arteon is Volkswagen’s halo car, the designated exemplar of all things VW. That includes engineering, of course, and technology. But it’s also an expression of Volkswagen design. Outside, Arteon…
Sat., April 24, 2021
Well, that didn’t take long. Hyundai’s three-row Palisade crossover turned one not long ago and already Hyundai is gilding its latest lily. The 2020 Palisade and its Kia cousin, the Telluride, landed with a bang in early 2019. Lauded for their roomy and well-appointed cabin…
Sat., April 17, 2021
Last year, Mazda surprised the world when it dropped a small crossover called the CX-30. Lending the element of surprise was the fact that Mazda already had a subcompact crossover in the similarly named CX-3. Mazda’s fourth crossover, the CX-30 ($22,050) slips into the lineup…
Sun., April 11, 2021
Since their inception, minivans have been the most efficient way to transport people and their stuff. Like other remnants of the 1980s — read: parachute pants, Cyndi Lauper and Beverly Hills Cops — their luster has faded. But they survive due to sheer practicality. This…
Fri., April 2, 2021
Acura faced an interesting challenge when it set out to create the fourth-generation, 2022 MDX. In 2001, the midsize MDX CUV pioneered the three-row crossover. Soon enough, the market was flooded with competitors and Acura was having to fend off the upstarts. Over time, the…
Fri., March 26, 2021
…aggressive driving tendencies are rising in the United States.
Fri., March 19, 2021
Lexus debuted in 1989 with two sedans in its portfolio, the full-size LS 400 flagship and the midsize ES. For its first decade, the ES was Lexus’s only front-wheel-drive sedan. Historically, it has been powered by V-6es or, more recently, hybrids. Over the years, the…
Fri., March 19, 2021
Will drivers’ skills diminish with declining use?
Sat., March 13, 2021
Hyundai figures if one new Elantra is a good thing, four would be better. Elantra is Hyundai’s compact four-door sedan. It’s fully made-over this year — new platform, new sheet metal, redesigned cabin, updated electronics … the works. Elantra, which recently was named North American…
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