I’ve been a fan of Jaguar ever since I spied my first E-Type as a wide-eyed kid wandering through the paddock at Watkins Glen back in 1971. With its sinuous…
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When you think of Volvo what comes to mind? If you’re like most people it’s generally safe sedans and wagons that define the term, “understated.” I know, because the Volvo…
I don’t know about you, but when I think of Bentley, I think of low slung, powerful coupes and sedans with long hoods that offer impossibly luxurious and ostentatious cabins.…
This was going to be a very different story. It was going to be a story about the awesome experience I had a few weekends ago at the Red Bull…
On the list of Circumstances under Which I Want to First Test Drive a Car, I can now definitively say that the option for “in urban road construction, minutes after…
If you ask anyone who knows anything about cars they’ll tell you that even the sportiest models have become quieter, more drivable, more comfortable and just flat out more livable.…
Saying the premium compact SUV category is crowded is like saying it rains a bit in Seattle where I was invited to spend the day driving the Infiniti QX30 compact…
If you’re looking for a high performance sport utility vehicle, you’d be hard pressed to find one that does both sport and utility as well as the Range Rover Sport SVR. I had the pleasure of spending some time behind the wheel of this beautiful Estoril Blue Metallic beast on the streets of suburban Chicago […]
“Voodoo,” that’s the code name Ford engineers gave the engine in the new Shelby GT350 Mustang. After spending a morning driving around Road America in Ford’s ultimate pony car, I can see why. I am completely under its spell. This magical power plant is a 5.2 liter naturally aspirated, all-aluminum V8 engine that makes 526 […]
The streets of Chicago in late spring/early summer are, in a word, horrendous. There are potholes roughly the size of the Vredefort Crater. Expansion joints here look more like fault lines. And, the long stretches of broken pavement resemble the aftermath of a climactic battle in a Michael Bay action film. So when McLaren called […]