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…
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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…
First Drive: 2022 Subaru WRX. Fortunately Ugly Is Only Skin Deep.
You have to hand it to Subaru. They are the one car company that cannot be accused of putting style before substance. From the top-heavy ungainliness of the Forester, to…
2021 Nissan Rogue may be the most inaptly named vehicle on the road today. Nothing about it suggests anything outside the mainstream.
Driven: 2021 BMW M440i Convertible, Touring New England in BMW’s Newest Droptop
As a European living in the United States, one of the greatest attractions to this country, and for the many of tourists who will soon visit again, is the incredible…
First Drive: 2022 Toyota GR 86, They Should Have Changed the Name to GR8.
I’ve always liked the idea of the Toyota 86 (nee Scion FR-S). Small, lightweight, modestly powered sports cars like this have been my thing since I was a kid riding…
Let’s be honest. The current Subaru Outback has all the capability that 99.5% of its owners’ will ever need. Subaru, however, has never been about making vehicles for the masses.…
First Drive: 2022 Hyundai Tucson, and the Hits Just Keep on Coming.
One good vehicle might be an aberration. A couple and you start to think, “maybe they’re onto something.” Three and you’re definitely taking notice, but the run that Hyundai has…