When Toyota finally redesigned its full-size pickup after more than a dozen years, it had a lot of ground to make up on Ford, Chevy, and Ram. While the previous…
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When I first drove the Lexus NX F Sport in 2015 upon its introduction, I was unimpressed. In an attempt to appeal to a younger audience, the NX felt like…
First Ride: 2022 BMW M 1000RR, Summon All Demons
As I folded my 6-foot 3-inch, 62-year old body onto the frame of the latest superbike from BMW, I had just one question: Had I lost my freaking mind? Sure,…
When we hit the road at six AM, the range indicated on the F-150 Lightning’s instrument panel was 263 miles. I figured that was plenty to comfortably take me the…
Driven: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Modena, An Exotic Daily Driver
As teenagers we all dreamed of blasting over back roads in a Lambo or screaming along the highway in a Ferrari, as if in some real-life version of the 80s…
Driven: 2022 Toyota Sienna XSE AWD, Smart, Sensible, and Decidedly Unsexy
People are dumb. No, I’m not talking about these Darwin Award winners or the 31.5 million individuals who follow Kanye West on Twitter. One need look no further than the…
Driven: 2022 Jaguar F-Type P450, Clawing Its Way To The Finish Line
As I drove slowly down University Avenue with the tan top lowered on the brilliant red Jaguar F-Type P450, I felt a bit like a rolling cliche. A balding, middle-aged…
First Drive: 2023 Subaru Solterra, Taking EVs off the Beaten Path
Our Pilatus landed at the Airport in the Sky on Santa Catalina Island at about 12:30 in the afternoon. We had spent the morning driving the all-new Subaru Solterra on…
Driven: 2021 Toyota Land Cruiser. Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow.
After more than 60 years, the Land Cruiser is no more in America. Toyota has decided that those who want a full-size, body on frame, incredibly capable, premium SUV will…
Volkswagen was founded as a company that built cars for the masses. The original Beetle was a brilliantly packaged, well engineered, easy to maintain vehicle that just about anyone could…