2015 Infiniti QX70 3.7 AWD

QX70 a stylish performance ute with a stiff ride Porsche, Audi and others blend performance sedan and sport-utility truck, but few deliver as stylish a blend as Infiniti with its QX70. This isn’t exactly new. The sporty QX with its bulging fenders and long muscular sports car-style hood was formerly known as the FX37 and... Continue Reading →

March 21, 2015 0

2015 Toyota Tundra CrewMax Platinum 4X4

Tundra CrewMax looks, feels big ... and luxurious Need a big truck? Toyota has one, the Tundra CrewMax. Need a luxury pickup? Consider the Tundra Platinum version. That’s what I drove this past week and luckily it was the 4-wheel-drive model as we still had a fair amount of snow to navigate on the side... Continue Reading →

February 21, 2015 3

2015 Lexus NX 300h FWD

Lexus NX 300h (hybrid) long on edgy styling, short on power Credit Lexus with designing a sporty, exciting looking hybrid SUV/crossover. With swept-back styling the NX looks fast and agile from its sporty LED headlights to its sculpted angular sides. It stands out from most of the luxury SUV crowd, and its hybrid-ness, only adds to... Continue Reading →

February 7, 2015 0

2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport AWD 2.0T

Santa Fe Sport blends car, sport-ute nearly flawlessly There are few crossovers that come close to being the perfect blend of car and sport-utility, yet are comfortable and affordable too – but Hyundai’s Santa Fe Sport is pretty darned close. Hyundai remodeled its popular Santa Fe crossover lineup a couple years back and essentially split... Continue Reading →

February 1, 2015 0

2015 Chevrolet Colorado 4WD Z71 Crew Long Box

Chevy's new 'mid-size' Colorado only slightly smaller than Silverado Chevrolet is patting itself on the back and most of the automotive media are ladling on the praise for Chevy’s new “mid-size” pickup, the Colorado. The later probably has more to do with ad dollars being spent in the national publications, but there’s some justification. Yet let’s not... Continue Reading →

January 24, 2015 0

2015 Kia Sedona SX Limited

Sedona roomier, more powerful, will carry 8 Kia becomes more competitive in the minivan market with its new Sedona, a roomier van with more power. Pricing and extras, for that price, have been a hallmark of Kia products for several years once the South Korean automaker got serious about the U.S. market. Sedona is all... Continue Reading →

January 18, 2015 0

2015 Mercedes-Benz ML400 4Matic

Luxury laden Mercedes ML400 will spoil you Most of us will never drive a Mercedes-Benz M Class, and that’s probably just as well because we’d all just be spoiled. There’s not much to put a person off, unless it’s the price. But even there you have some choices to make that might allow a few... Continue Reading →

January 12, 2015 0

2015 BMW X4 xDrive 35i

BMW X4 blends car, SUV and gets it about half right When is a car not a car, or an SUV an SUV? When it is an X4, BMW’s new blended vehicle. From the front it looks like a BMW sedan, it even has four doors, but a decidedly taller profile that unfortunately looks bloated... Continue Reading →

January 3, 2015 0

2015 Mitsubishi Outlander 3.0 GT S-AWC

Outlander remains a middler in SUV market Mitsubishi’s new Outlander is a handsome SUV, but remains a middler. Its performance falls in the middle of the crowded small to mid-sized sport-utility market. Little stands out. The tested “rally red” ute was the 3.0 GT S-AWC model, meaning it’s loaded with Mitsubishi’s more desirable V6 engine... Continue Reading →

November 30, 2014 0

2015 GMC Yukon 4WD SLT

GMC Yukon continues to go BIG! If you’re the type of driver that feels bigger is better you’d better hustle off to a GMC dealer and declare your love for the 2015 GMC Yukon. This is a heavyweight that’ll pull at least 8,200 lbs., has room for 6 or 7 adults, rides high and... Continue Reading →