If there’s one three-row crossover that’s always welcome in our driveway, it’s Mazda’s CX-9. Regular readers know we like vehicles that are responsive rewarding to drive. And here is where the CX-9 burns brightest. Its well-tuned chassis and precise and communicative steering justify Mazda’s “Driving…
Please make mobile calls when your vehicle is immobile.
When it comes to light trucks, Toyota is playing the long game. That’s the view from the Peanut Gallery anyway. We’ve tested a number of Toyota trucks and SUVs lately — including representatives of its upscale Lexus brand — and each had grown long in…
The good news is that product improvements began for domestics in the mid-1980s.
It’s not obvious at first blush but the 2019 Subaru Forester emerges from the crossover shop this year a fundamentally changed vehicle. It rides on a rigid and lightweight new platform that enhances ride quality, bolsters passenger safety and cuts noise, vibration and harshness. Its…
Getting better at driving’s common-sense details improves roadway harmony.
Hyundai has long campaigned two crossovers under a single nameplate, the compact, five-passenger Santa Fe Sport and the midsize, three-row Santa Fe. This year, Hyundai hopes to reduce confusion by renaming them. For 2019, the Santa Fe Sport is rebadged Santa Fe ($22,750), while the…
I know of drivers who purposely block others.
In a world teeming with car-based crossovers, Lexus’s GX460 takes a stand on the side of trucks. Like the Toyota 4Runner it’s based on, the three-row GX is all truck. It rides on a rugged ladder-frame chassis and standard kit includes a full-time four-wheel-drive system…
Definitive answers to finding the right speed are elusive, at best.
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