2018 Ford Focus
I often envy the original gangsters - guys like Brock Yates, for instance. He invented the affectionate term, shitbox. Or - going back even farther - Uncle Tom McCahill. The guys...
2014 Lincoln MKZ
Elvis did it in '68 - maybe Lincoln will pull it off now.
You know, make a comeback.
No other automotive brand in recent memory was doing so well - in the '90s...
2024 Ford Lightning
Ford has been having some trouble persuading people who want to buy a truck to buy an electric truck.
While sales of the F-150 have remained as healthy as ever (the F-150...
2013 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
Power is everything - when it comes to the Cadillac CTS-V.
Its 556 hp (and 551 lbs.-ft. of torque) supercharged 6.2 liter V-8 make a BMW M3's 4 liter, 414 hp -...
2017 Mini Clubman “Works” All4
Mighty Mouse is back!
Well, the Mighty Mini . . .
Last year, Mini - which is really BMW, which designs and makes them now, not the Brits - redesigned the Clubman. Which is...
2012 Infiniti M35 Hybrid
Hybrids are getting interesting.
How about this 2012 M35 hybrid?
Infiniti says it's got V-8 muscle and delivers four-cylinder fuel economy. Well, the first part is true blue. This thing hauls tail....
2016 Nissan Altima
There is just one thing missing - but maybe it doesn't matter anymore.
A manual transmission.
This is, after all, supposed to be a sport sedan.
But then, the Youth no longer care much,...
2017 VW Jetta
Channeling Mr. T, I pity VW.
The company has been Hiroshima'd by the fallout from the diesel "cheating" scandal. But the nuking was its own doing.
Not the "cheating" part.
The bending over part.
VW should have...
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning
It’s interesting that the first electric vehicles of the modern era weren’t trucks - which have a lot more room than cars do for batteries. This matters because electric vehicle batteries...
2014 VW Beetle R-Line Turbo
Back in the Pleistocene - you know, before the '90s - a "quick" Beetle (the original Drittes Reich model designed by Dr. Porsche and you-know-who) was a 12 second car.
Not in...