Every now and then, not often, a new wagon shows up in the U.S. auto industry. Don’t get fooled into thinking they’re all crossovers. The 2018 Buick Regal TourX is an all-wheel-drive wagon. My gosh, the last Buick wagon I…
Lotus this month (July 2018) celebrated its 70th anniversary at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, England. Most of us recognize the Lotus marque, one of the most iconic in the world of sports cars and racing. Few,…
“Toss it,” is the keyword among Ford decision-makers these days, and its significance is apparent in the attractive, redesigned 2018 Expedition 4X4, full-sized SUV. The new one has shed 300 pounds of curb weight with an aluminum-alloy body, yet offers…
With a last bite of key lime pie put away on an April night at the Oceanaire Restaurant in downtown Denver, I crawled into the driver’s seat of the 2018 Kia Stinger GT and drove away from two days and…
A comfortable, roomy interior, 2.0-liter turbocharged engine and smooth, 10-speed automatic transmission highlighted the 2018 Honda Accord through a 350-miles circle drive to Wray, Sterling and back to Greeley on Memorial Day weekend 2018. In its 10th-generation restyling, the Accord…
There is no slicker-looking midsize sedan out there, and, now, finally, it’s got turbocharged power. It’s the 2018 Mazda6 Signature four-door, which has retained its “soul of motion” sleek design in red crystal, and emboldened the front with a larger…
Offroading along a sandhill trail following three or four rainfalls topped off 10 days for me in the driver’s seat of the 2019 Ram 1500 Rebel Crew Cab 4X4. Earlier, the rugged Rebel showed its mettle in an afternoon drive…
Two automobile power sources beyond the norm, one from Nissan and the other from Nissan’s luxury division Infiniti, have rolled my way. Particularly smooth is the Nissan Leaf’s fully electric system, which for the second-generation 2018 model has achieved an…
The 2019 Volvo XC40, enroute to the Denver Auto Show, took a side road to the north and wound up in my garage for a few days. Backed out of its stall, it carried Jan and me 60 miles to…
Noticeably firmer in suspension with less body roll, the 2018 Hyundai Sonata has added an 8-speed automatic transmission to its turbocharged engine in an effort to move upward in the always crowded midsize sedan market. Hyundai in 1998 drew attention…
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