Honest car reviews both big and small
Yup, the people known for making great small engines came up with this. This spot is sort of special to me because Briggs & Stratton is located right here in Milwaukee, and has been manufacturing small engines since 1908. If you have a lawn tractor, chances are it has an engine they manufacture. It also... Continue Reading →
BMW delivers spunky small crossover starting below $40k ... Small crossovers are a dime a dozen, but spunky luxurious ones are a bit rarer. And spunky ones starting below $40,000 are as precious as that last hidden Easter egg found before the cat discovers it. BMW offers several luxury spunkmobiles, as do a couple of... Continue Reading →
All-electric crossover features a funky name, and interior ... Electric vehicles are growing in number, range, and pricing options. That’s all well and good, but not all feel like a big step forward. When that feeling comes from a Toyota, it simply feels odd. It’s especially weird since Toyota and Subaru, two long-time winners in... Continue Reading →
High-horse plug-in hybrid rekindles joy of driving a sedan ... Sedans are such a rarity now that it’s a special treat to drive one, especially when it’s a sophisticated looking, high-horse plug-in hybrid from Volvo. You may recall a time when Volvos were boxy and boring, but safe as the vault at Fort Knox, assuming... Continue Reading →
Perfect sized CX-5 Turbo continues to excel, remain a bargain ... Only a year separated me from my last review of Mazda’s top-seller the CX-5, a snazzy looking compact crossover, but only a week separated me from testing its new stablemate, the CX-50. There’s going to be confusion in the marketplace with such similar names,... Continue Reading →
2023 Zoomies, the best vehicles of the past year ... Zoomie goes all social media trendy this year whittling the 50 or so vehicles I’ve tested in the past year down to a dynamic Top 10. Eat your heart out Letterman*! What’s the Savage criteria for a Zoomie? Art: Stuart Carlson There’s no point system.... Continue Reading →
Savage's top vehicles since 1990, the hits and misses .... My annual Zoomie Car of the Year awards just debuted on WUWM.com yesterday and will appear here on Wednesday. But if you want to check my track record, here are my past 29 choices. I missed a few years when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel stopped... Continue Reading →
New crossover bigger than CX-5, aimed more for off-road use ... What do you do when you’re a smaller auto manufacturer, but you have one big hit in the hot crossover market? Make another slightly larger version of it, right? Welcome to Mazda’s world. The Japanese car maker has constantly been putting stylish and superb... Continue Reading →
Toyota, Subaru, VW launch new vehicles, but there's much more … Chicago’s Auto Show is always amazing and also a drain as Paul Daniel and I walk a good 5 miles a day to take photos and video. This year it was worth it as there were four new production models introduced, plus some new... Continue Reading →
Low-cost Kicks loaded with a bevy of standard features ... Remember when entry-level cars were bare bones beaters? I’m thinking Ford Mavericks, Chevy Vegas, and AMC Gremlins of my youth, or more recently Honda Civics, Toyota Tercels, and Nissan Sentras. Times change and this week’s cute low-cost two-tone mini crossover is chock full of modern... Continue Reading →
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