2018 Mitsubishi Outlander GT S-AWC – How Does it Stack Up?

July 13, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Previous experience with Mitsubishi products may have tainted my perception of the brand for the worse. Has Mitsubishi changed their tune for 2018?

What if Science and Reason Dictated Automotive Design?

May 11, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Ever notice how hybrid and electric cars, share a similar shape no matter what brand they are? Of course there are exceptions like the Tesla Model S that make efficiency look sexy, but on the whole these cars look like an egg cut longways and dropped onto skinny tires.

2018 Toyota C-HR XLE Premium – Big Name, Small Car

April 27, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

The Toyota CH-R didn’t begin life as a Toyota at all. It started as a design project by Scion way back in 2014. Since then Scion has died, but the little C-HR lives on under the Toyota marque.

2018 Honda Civic Type R – The R is for RIOT!

April 23, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

In a previous article, I said the 2017 Civic Si could be the best Civic yet. That was before I drove the 2018 Type R. This car is hysterically fun to drive without sacrificing practicality.

The No Man’s Land Between Driverless And Traditional Cars

March 9, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

We’re living in a weird transitional purgatory between yesterday’s traditional vehicles and driverless cars. Cars are designed to insulate occupants from road and wind noise. A quiet smooth ride is a sweet thing. The bone I have to pick is with being insulated from the experience of driving by invasive technology. Either give me a car that can drive me to the store, or let me get on with it without interfering.

2017 Lexus LX570 – How Much SUV Do You Get For $100K?

February 22, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

What is white on the outside, red on the inside, and almost inconceivably large? If you guessed Moby Dick, you guessed wrong . It’s the 2017 Lexus LX 570!

2018 Toyota Camry XSE – Toyota Redefines The Camry

February 12, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Before driving it, I had preconceptions of what a Camry was. Terms like dependable, practical, and reliable come to mind. Those are all good things, but exciting and fun? Not really. I was expecting plain vanilla ice cream. But what I got was bananas flambe.

2017 Lexus NX300h – Entry Level Luxury Aimed at the Ladies

January 29, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

With every new review I try and follow the sage advice a veteran motor journalist once offered me. That is, discover what a vehicle is trying to tell me and share that with audience. After deliberation, I believe the Lexus NX300 is telling us that it wants to get home in time for the Murder She Wrote marathon.

2017 Toyota RAV4 Platinum – Toyota’s Likable Mid-Market Crossover

November 17, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Love them or loathe them, crossovers sell. They’re the right size for a lot of folks, they’re relatively capable and efficient.It’s a winning recipe, which is why practically all manufacturers have at least one offering in the segment. With all those options how is one to ever determine the best of them?

2017 Lexus IS 200t F Sport – A Beautiful, Boosted Bummer

September 21, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

This year Lexus didn’t change up the recipe too much for their IS series. They added large fighter jet style scoops on either side of the grille and a 10.25 inch screen in the dash. But the real appeal is a clever 241 horsepower 2.0L turbo-charged four cylinder.