2017 Subaru BRZ
What if Porsche sold minivans?
Even if it was a really top-drawer minivan, it’d be a tough sell - because most Porsche buyers aren’t minivan buyers. Eskimos and ice.
Subaru faces a similar...
2017 Jeep Compass
It’s a really good sign that Fiat continues to invest money in new Jeeps - like this just-updated 2017 Compass. It suggests there is a future for Jeep.
Probably because Jeeps sell.
For...
2017 Jeep Cherokee
Most crossover SUVs can't cross over very much. They lack the clearance - and the capability. They are basically - actually - cars masquerading as SUVs. They are built on car...
2017 Toyota Prius
The burden on the Champ is to remain the Champ - or know when to retire before retirement is forced upon you.
The Toyota Prius is still the Champ - and has...
2017 Kia Cadenza
One of the most successful luxury cars ever is the Lexus ES. Along with another Lexus - the LS - it ate Mercedes' and BMW’s lunch . . . and didn’t...
2017 Mercedes Metris
When you hear “minivan,” probably the first thing that pops to mind is not Mercedes.
But in Europe, Benzes are dominant in the commercial/work fleet - everything from taxis to buses to...
2017 Subaru Impreza
Subaru has at least four things going for it.
With the exception of just one model - the BRZ sport coupe, which is a quasi-Subarau, a step-Subaru that’s really half-Toyota - every...
2017 Mazda3
In the last Terminator movie, an aging, saggy Arnold tells his younger, time-traveling and still-buff self: I have been waiting for you.
Well, me too.
For the SkyD diesel engine that Mazda was...
2017 BMW 5 Series
There is a Moore’s Law for cars, too.
Like computers, they get faster - and cheaper - with each new generation.
BMW’s new 5 Series is a case in point. It is now...
2017 Cadillac ATS
It was the late '90s and Cadillac was trying to shed the AARP Aura that had enveloped the brand like a sickly fog of Vicks Vapor Rub since at least the late...
