2022 Lexus GX460 Review
The blockbuster novel and movie Jurassic Park was all about resurrecting the dinosaurs, but wouldn’t it have been better to just keep them from going extinct in the first place? The Lexus GX460 is one such dinosaur well worth preserving. It’s been around and largely unchanged since 2010–an automotive Jurassic Era ago. Most cars and trucks get a […]
2022 Nissan Titan Review
The only new half-ton truck that still comes standard with a big V8 engine isn’t an American truck. It’s the Nissan Titan. Who’d a thunk it? Some new half-tons, the new Toyota Tundra, for instance, don’t even offer V8s anymore. On the other hand, if you want a regular cab or an eight foot bed, the Titan doesn’t […]
2023 Audi A3 Review
Here’s an interesting fact–while small sedans have largely disappeared from the general market you can still find a number of them in the luxury car market, including subcompact models like Audi’s A3 sedan. It’s a really small car (about the same size as a Hyundai Accent), which is pretty much the smallest sedan you can buy. This […]
2022 Genesis GV70 Review
If something works, why not do it again? Last year, Genesis launched the GV80, the first mid-sized luxury crossover SUV to be offered by Hyundai’s luxury division by using the bones (so to speak) of its G80 mid-sized luxury-sport sedan. This year, Hyundai’s luxury division has done the same thing, again. This time, the automaker […]
2022 VW Taos Review
Sometimes, a car company will bring out a new model so appealing it winds up costing sales. This new Taos from VW, for instance. It’s less expensive than the VW Tiguan, and roomier, too. Did we mention that it gets better gas mileage on top of that? And comes standard with features like the Digital Cockpit instrument cluster that up […]
2022 Dodge Durango Review
The last of the V8 Interceptors from the Mad Max movies was a car. The real thing is something like the Dodge Durango SUV, especially the SRT 392 variant, which is equipped with the biggest V8 you can still get in just about anything. Plus, every Durango variant is now equipped with something else, too. What It […]
2022 Subaru WRX Review
The just-redesigned Subaru WRX does not have a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine–making it different from others in its class like the VW Golf GTI and the Hyundai Veloster N, which do. It also comes standard with a high-performance all-wheel-drive system, as it always has. This is a feature neither of these two front-wheel-drive rivals offers. It also comes […]
2022 Honda Insight Review
It’s interesting that partially electric cars (which are nearly “zero emissions” cars at the tailpipe) have fallen out of favor with government regulators because hybrids achieve nearly everything regulators insist is absolutely necessary, such as very high fuel efficiency and extremely low emissions at a price point that makes it feasible for almost anyone to afford one. That […]
2022 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Review
Is 15 or so miles-per-gallon more worth paying $3,900 more? It depends. Right now, the $3,900 more you know you’ll pay to buy the hybrid version of the Elantra, which goes about 15 miles farther overall on a gallon of gas than the non-hybrid Elantra, must be juxtaposed against the right-now cost of gas, which […]
2022 Land Rover Range Rover Review
Before there were “SUVs,” there were 4x4s such as the original Ford Bronco, the Chevy K-5 Blazer and the International Scout. These were go-anywhere rigs but not gentleman’s rigs. You wanted a Range Rover, if you wanted something like that. The original model was also a 4×4. There were no “SUVs” back in 1970, when the first one was […]