Ah, the mid-size wars. This is perhaps the most savagely fought car war out there, since most Americans buy mid-size cars, from the Impala to the Camry, and from the Optima to the Accord. The Nissan Altima has long been near the top of this pack, and for good reason. Though others, especially the...
When I was at another publication so many years ago, there were a few clichéd and worn phrases it was universally agreed upon that we should never use. To wit: Ending a story with “Stay tuned,” or any form of the phrase, “If you build it, they will come,” and of course, “This is...
The 2013 Infiniti FX35 has to be the Mack Daddy of the luxury SUV segment. It’s the Escalade with panache. If that sounds like an oxymoron, it’s just that the FX takes everything in the luxury mix, and gives it a seriously stylish home. Since its 2003 launch, the Infiniti FX35 was the immediate...
How long ago was it now that the New Beetle was introduced? They dazzled and impressed, like hot sexy ladybugs complete with a vase for a flower. We understand Bill Gates even bought a dozen of them for friends and employees. Come 2012, the Beetle got its shoulders raised, its stance altered, and a...
That the US leader in small eco-friendly cars would be GM, specifically Chevrolet, is somewhat of a revelation, not to mention revolution, when one considers this is the home of the Corvette and the Camaro, two of America’s rock stars. And this one is small, we mean tiny. It’s up there, we mean, down...
The American luxury car, all power and flash, but perhaps with a kinder heart and bigger brain, lives on at Cadillac. Though one of these is actually classified by the EPA as a compact, there is nothing compact about either one. Cadillac’s ATS (the sport sedan), and the XTS (the full-size ride), are two...
Just down the street from our offices sits this shiny, Alien Green 2013 Kia Soul. There’s another one parked around the corner. And look, there goes one now. Ever since Honda introduced the idea of the mail truck as cool ride, the style and shape of the Kia Soul has been ubiquitous to the...
Worth waiting for? Quite. We requested a test drive of the Forte soon after we first saw them on the road last year. Press fleets are becoming more and more iffy these days, so it took more than a year to finally sit ourselves behind the wheel. Again, worth waiting for. We’re big fans...
Forget April. August is the cruelest month. In the auto industry, it’s when the current year models get sent back to the manufacturers in eager anticipation of the next year’s models. So, cars get sent back, schedules get changed and switched, and cars get cancelled. That was the dilemma we found ourselves in as...
There’s this onramp on to the Arroyo Seco Parkway which leads north to Pasadena, leaving Downtown in its hazy, curved wake. You descend slowly to the entrance, turn your side mirror to point directly at the northbound flow, and as soon as the picture clears, you stand on it. It’s the only way. The...
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