It has become nearly routine. Sometime in November, the Seattle-based vendor that brings us our test vehicles mounts a set of Bridgestone Blizzaks onto a Mazda MX-5 Miata and sends it over the mountains. This means a) we get to test a lightweight rear-drive sports…
If weeks were refundable, I would have asked for one when I last tested Acura’s RDX crossover. The RDX is a luxury-sport compact CUV that strikes all the right notes. It’s quick, responsive and engaging but never punishing. Its tech-rich cabin is roomy, comfortable and…
The 2020 Honda Insight is a compact hybrid sedan that earns an EPA-estimated 52 mpg in combined city and highway driving. It’s quiet about its efficiency, though; the only clues to its hybrid heart lie in a pair of small badges. This contrasts with the…
This year, Mazda drops a difference-maker into the compact car segment. The fourth-generation 2019 Mazda3 arrives and with it comes optional all-wheel-drive. Subaru’s Impreza has long dominated the AWD comer of the segment. And, while the all-new AWD 3 isn’t likely to put a big…