Items of added concern, in addition to the coronavirus, seem to pop up fairly frequent these days. For instance, the newest test-drive is a Jeep, and preceding its delivery I receive a note that the parent company is now “Stellantis,”…
The car-building bosses at Kia from South Korea, perhaps heady from the sales successes with their Telluride and Seltos SUV crossovers in the past year, are taking aim at the midsize sedan market with the 2021 K5. Around 30 grand…
“Is it the electric Mustang?,” I was asked dozens of times while driving the new Ford hatchback. Yes, it’s the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-e4 all-electric crossover, which had only begun to reach Ford dealer showrooms by early in 2021. The…
Toyota Camry and RAV4 and the Ford F-series continued their ride atop new light-vehicle sales in the U.S. in 2020, a year in which slowdowns and shutdowns for the coronavirus pandemic reduced totals by 15 percent. Consumers continued the switch…
The Toyota Land Cruiser, a pinnacle of toughness in the U.S. for 60 years, will be discontinued at the end of the 2021 model year. That the end of the line for the Land Cruiser is that imminent was confirmed…
As far back as I can remember, GMC has offered the most comfortable ride among the auto industry’s full-sized SUVs. Following a week with the 2021 GMC Yukon AT4 four-wheel drive, I’d say it continues to hold that distinction. It…
“Merry Christmas” was my 2020 holiday greeting from the open window of the 2021 Mazda CX-5 Signature all-wheel-drive edition. The message was muffled somewhat by the mask on my face, adhering to suggested practice in the face of the severe…
Nissan unveiled the 2021 version of its full-sized SUV, the Armada, in a 12-minute virtual presentation one morning in December 2020, a month before it was to go on sale. Twenty minutes after the online showing, a noise in my…
Thankful I am this Thanksgiving weekend; I’ve just finished driving and testing the toughest, most powerful half-ton pickup ever – the 2021 Ram TRX. It’s amazing. A thankful mood, too, for last week’s delivery of the new, midengine Chevy Corvette…
Moments after exiting the 2020 Chevy Corvette Stingray, parked beneath a light for a nighttime stop at a restaurant, a young man in a Silverado pulled up beside it, hopped out hurriedly and exclaimed, “Ah, the new Vette, it reminds…
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