Fast as a real Mustang, but Mach-E is an electric pony SUV ... Ford either made a big mistake naming its electric compact SUV the Mustang Mach-E, or that was a brilliant marketing move. Why? Because it causes confusion among average new vehicle buyers. Tell someone you just bought, or are testing, a 2023 Mustang... Continue Reading →
Review: 2024 Mazda CX-90 PHEV Premium Plus
Stylish new plug-in hybrid SUV oozes luxury ... Credit Mazda with creating its first plug-in hybrid, the stylish three-row CX-90 SUV, which takes the place of its CX-9 for 2024. Mazda is moving mostly to double digits after its CX label for all its crossovers and SUVs, so CX-30, CX-50, CX-70, CX-90, oh, and there’s... Continue Reading →
2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 AWD Prestige
Electrified luxury SUV makes great even greater ... Hold on for just a minute, I thought I’d driven the finest luxury compact SUV about 18 months ago when I gushed over the twin-turbo 375-horse V6 Genesis GV70. But now they’ve gone and electrified it, boosting the power. I know, I know, some of you feel... Continue Reading →
2023 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy AWD
Refreshed Palisade still a walk-off homer of style, function ... As if the Hyundai Palisade 3-row SUV weren’t snazzy enough it has been slightly restyled for 2023 to make an already stunning family hauler more eye-popping and safer. That’s right, this 5-star safety rated SUV adds standard side airbags for rear seat occupants now, while... Continue Reading →
2023 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Tremor
New Tremor trim is an off-roading hot rod ... Apparently, Ford didn’t think there were enough F-150 choices and trims, hence the new Tremor pickup. To be clear, there are dozens of F-150 choices from the base with a standard cab to crew cabs to SuperCrew cabs. There also are off-roading and on-roading choices, along... Continue Reading →
2023 Land Rover Defender 130 S
Size matters, the longer 130 seats 8 ... Consider this a fair warning. If you purchase a Fuji White Land Rover Defender 130 S, or attempt to pass one on the freeway on a sunny day, you could be blinded. Sounds dangerous, but if you have invested first in a sturdy pair of sunglasses you... Continue Reading →
2023 BMW X7 M60i
X7 a pulse-quickening luxury 3-row SUV ... BMW is one of the best automakers at straddling the line of performance and luxury and nowhere is that balancing act more challenging than the large SUV market. Yet BMW does just that with its X7, a big beauty that handles like a smaller sportier SUV or crossover,... Continue Reading →
2023 Toyota Sequoia Platinum 4WD Hybrid
Big Sequoia is improved, but has a couple Big issues ... Big, bold, beautiful? It’s hard to argue beauty for any full-size SUV although the sparkling silver paint job on this motoring monster, the Toyota Sequoia, added some sparkle. But Sequoia, as its name implies, is big and the restyling for 2023 helps it fit... Continue Reading →
2023 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum 4WD
Pathfinder a calm, quiet, smooth performer ... The Bath County Courthouse (Va.) provides Pathfinder's backdrop. Somewhere along the Skyline Drive overlooking Shenandoah National Park in Virginia the calm, quiet, and smooth performance of Nissan’s 3-row Pathfinder settled in. We had driven through unplanted flat Midwestern farm fields and mountainous West Virginia only to settle for... Continue Reading →
2023 Range Rover Sport SE
Sport is strong on power and price, weak on practicality .... Driving a Range Rover Sport feels a bit like embarking on a world cruise. Rovers are designed and built in England. Yet Rover is owned by the Indian firm Tata. And the tested Sport SE was bathed in Giola Green. For the uninitiated Giola... Continue Reading →