By Bud Wells (About this time 25 years ago, just before Thanksgiving 1997, I drove a 1998 Chevrolet Blazer four-door in a heavy snowstorm. Following are excerpts from the review:) When I picked up a ’98 Blazer on a Friday…
Ford casts a huge shadow with its new Bronco Raptor. It’s big and wide. How wide? A fraction short of 86 inches; that’s 10 inches wider than a standard Bronco. And it stands 6 ½ feet tall. It rides on…
In its 70th year, the Chevy Corvette defies the combination of aging, on the one hand, and the rush to electrics, at the other. The opportunity to drive the 2023 Corvette Stingray Coupe 2LT reminded me of the excellent job…
The 2022 Mercedes EQB350 all-electric SUV awaited me at 7:20 a.m. on an October Friday; I slipped into the pilot seat heading to Denver for breakfast with some old driver friends. The EQB is a compact, smaller and much lesser-equipped…
Leisure time on a beautiful October Sunday was aboard the swankiest American automotive product I’ve driven – the 2023 Cadillac Escalade V-series. Swanky and pricey; in fact, at $150,580 it is the highest-priced U.S.-based luxury model to come my way….
With 20 models competing full-throttle for attention in the subcompact SUV market, “it was essential that we upgrade now,” said an official of the Honda car company. It is a statement supporting the launch of the 2023 HR-V All-Wheel-Drive EX-L…
The all-electric automobiles, such rarity just a couple years ago, continue to roll in for review in much greater number. The most recent to me in August, the 2022 Audi e-tron GT quattro, is the 10th fully electric I’ve driven…
The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning delivered more than I anticipated during the week it was in my possession. It is very comfortable, easy to drive. The electric power generated great initial acceleration, and did it very smoothly, more so than…
When the Wrangler, toughest Jeep of them all, was tested successfully last fall with the 4xe plug-in hybrid system, it became a must that the much-more-refined Grand Cherokee would soon get its turn. The occurrence, for me, came with arrival…
Clutches and manual transmissions have slipped away rapidly in recent years; surprising it was, then, that with the return of the Acura Integra to the U.S. for the first time since 2001, its buyers are offered a choice of a…
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