Test Drives

At Subaru, the Impreza WRX plays the role of a sports car, attracting a younger clientele to the showrooms. There have been two versions of the WRX available for several years now, the base model and the brutish WRX STi. While the first one, at about $35,000, already commanded a …

While the automobile world seems unable to separate itself from the global economic crisis, Audi is not only managing to get by much better than many of its competitors, it is even unveiling new models in what are not necessarily the most popular categories. When the sports car market was …

Unwisely, GM has all too often gotten caught up in the game of offering three or four similar models sold under different banners. Case in point, the recent Uplander/Montana SV6/Relay/Teraza foursome of minivans, turned out to be a miserable failure. Despite repeating this mistake over and over again, this year …

Once upon a time, Lincoln’s were considered the crème de la crème of the automotive world. Placed on a pedestal shared with Cadillac, they’re gargantuan Continental luxury coupes and sedan utilized the very latest in technology and design, pioneering everything from bulletproof windshields and four wheel brakes for police vehicles …

Every year, our job requires us to cover a series of regional, national and international auto shows. That’s where we learn about new developments in the field, get the latest industry news and pick up all kinds of information, which ranges from handy to downright funny. This year, I travelled …

There’s a lot of fuss made about a vehicle’s name these days. When Lincoln revived the Zephyr nameplate for their entry level sedan, enthusiasts applauded the effort... shortly before Lincoln traded the iconic badge for a trio of nonsensical letters. Likewise, the return of the cute and comical Rabbit to …

This year, we took a five-door Toyota Yaris Hatchback LE to go to Detroit, where I attended the Detroit Auto Show for the eighteenth time. Now, I didn’t just choose this car at random. I wanted to get to know this vehicle a little better after having tried the previous …

When the Honda Fit first rolled onto the scene in 2007, it already had a fair bit of experience under its belt. Though introduced as a new model, it had already been sold in Europe for a few years under the name Jazz and in Japan as the Fit. Well-received …

Every day, another happy car shopper leaves a dealership contented with their purchase, contentedly conducting their Civic, Corolla, or similar economy car safely down the road. So very responsible, their small displacement motors run on nothing but water, while their tailpipes emit unicorns and pixie dust. With pleasant interiors and …

Perhaps it’s fitting that the next evolution of BMW’s first SUV comes on the cusp of the nameplates 10th anniversary. Melding BMW’s handsome design language with the relatively massive proportions of a seven-seater SUV, the 1999 BMW X5 was the bizarre result of an extensive development program than included the …