by Brian Armstead | Sep 30, 2020
I love the occasional trips I’ve taken to the Northeastern and Northwestern parts of the United States. It’s hard to beat their sheer natural beauty of towering pines; majestic hills and mountains; and lakes, rivers and springs that sing a song when you are fortunate...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 29, 2020
The Prius has been around for a long time, going back to the end of the last century when its introduction forever changed the way consumers and manufacturers look at powertrains by using batteries and electric motors. This little hybrid began the slow but inexorable...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 22, 2020
AMG started life building discreet armored limousines for a few select clients, but it has evolved into Mercedes-Benz’ performance sub-brand with its distinctive attributes, such as its own subtle exhaust note, that has taken up a critical real estate inside the Benz...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 21, 2020
One of the most common questions we get about the GMC brand centers around its curious positioning as “Professional Grade,” but not a luxury brand. That becomes even more difficult to differentiate when you slip behind the wheel of the 2021 GMC Yukon Denali. There are...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 17, 2020
The Nissan Rogue has won fans in a tough, competitive segment for well over a decade and remains a stylish, well appointed, versatile vehicle that is easy to use and easy to like. The small but significant improvements that have made it one of the most popular...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 17, 2020
Say the name “Subaru,” and it’s likely to bring to mind a crossover sweeping through a curvy, back-country road, perhaps shrouded in a bit of mist. That scene came to life earlier this month when we headed down to mid-Ohio’s Amish country to check out the...
by Michael Strong | Sep 15, 2020
When Fiat products returned to American shores several years ago, the 500 was supposed to be the cute little bugger to draw in young buyers with hopes that they’d enjoy their time in them so much that as they got older they would move into the larger 500X and 500L....
by Michael Strong | Sep 11, 2020
Trucks are selling strong, even in the current economic climate and midsize pickups continue to be favorites of many buyers. The midsize pickup market had all but disappeared until General Motors offers up two options and Ford followed a couple years later with its...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 9, 2020
The new Volkswagen ID.3 battery-electric vehicle has been slammed hard by Germany’s most influential automotive magazine, Auto Motor und Sport laying in on a variety of issues including faulty fit-and-finish and electronics problems – though reviewers did praise the...
by Brian Armstead | Sep 8, 2020
So what’s behind the title of this review? Honestly, after driving the stellar 2021 Lexus LC 500 convertible, I thought about Formula 1 teams Williams and Racing Point. They utilize their own chassis but use Mercedes-Benz-built engines. McLaren is even planning a...
by Michael Strong | Sep 3, 2020
Every August/September in metro Detroit, the roads are flooded with muscle cars of every make, old and new. The rumble of big-horsepower V8s echoes through neighborhoods and on city streets as the annual Woodward Dream Cruise calls these cars out from their slumber....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 2, 2020
No car has better defined the Mercedes-Benz brand than the flagship S-Class, and few have so clearly set the bar for the rest of the auto industry. So, with a new version of the sedan coming next year, the challenge the German marque faced was where to go next. As it...
