Sharp declines in sales of midsize cars, unprecedented in the U.S., marked the tally of light-vehicle sales for 2018. The long-popular Toyota Camry, though retaining its longtime lead in car sales, dipped by almost 44,000 units from a year earlier….
Driving a 2020 Mercedes-Benz prototype of the GLE450 4Matic SUV to snowy Avon on a December weekend was an early Christmas pleasure for Jan and me. The snow was light as we entered I-70’s Eisenhower Tunnel on the east on…
Oh, so refined, is the Honda Pilot, which has been refreshed for the 2019 model year. While others in the crowded SUV/crossover field continue to tweak offroad capabilities, get a charge through turbo power and borrow hybrid gas/electric technology from…
The beautifully styled 2019 Volvo V60 all-wheel-drive wagon, in its second-generation debut, showed up at my place with, of all things – plaid seats. Pay no attention to what they’re called, Blond City Weave Textile Upholstery; they’re interwoven gray and…
The 1979 Plymouth Arrow and its look-alike Dodge D-50 are the newest of the hot-selling mini-pickups, built in Japan and imported by manufacturers in the U.S. A test of the Arrow Sport pickup showed it to be strong in economy…
Sticker prices on 84 new cars, trucks and SUVs driven and reviewed by Bud Wells in 2018 in The Denver Post and Greeley Tribune averaged $50,602. This is slightly below the $50,967 average for 98 new ones driven the previous…
The Beetle is going away – again. Volkswagen said it will discontinue the Beetle following the 2019 model year. Only 13,000 have been sold through the end of October this year. Special models planned for the finale were featured at…
Upgrades were in evidence as I looked over the 2019 Subaru Forester in my driveway one evening. Most obvious was a new color, jasper green metallic, and the Sube looked roomier with a low beltline and tall glass for good…
With snow blowing and almost dark at 4:30 p.m. on a Sunday, first day of daylight saving change, we turned off U.S. 24 and headed west on U.S. 50, climbing Monarch Pass enroute to Gunnison. The 2019 Ram 1500 Longhorn…
(Forty years ago, in 1978, I reviewed in The Denver Post the 1978 Buick LeSabre four-door sedan. Following are excerpts:) You can still buy a big car with a big trunk and air conditioning for about $7,000. The car is…
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