New Escape looks sportier, hybrid gets great mileage ... Let’s be clear, a lot of people have purchased Ford Escapes over the years. It is one of the most popular compact SUVs on the market and for 2020 it’s majorly restyled, making it slightly lower and wider. Its new nose looks a lot like a... Continue Reading →
2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
Avalon Hybrid put premium on quiet, comfy and mpg … Comfort, beauty, interior quiet, and room coupled with great gas mileage arrives in the form of Toyota’s new Avalon Hybrid sedan. Gone are the days where funky looking hatchbacks reminiscent of Woody Allen’s pod in Sleeper are the only vehicles available as hybrids. For the... Continue Reading →
2018 Hyundai Kona SEL
Hyundai's new Kona a cute value-minded crossover ... Kona’s cute, it’s inexpensive, it drives great, and like all vehicles that folks want to buy these days, it’s a crossover. Frankly, it had me at cute, but the rest is like frosting on a gluten-free homemade cupcake. I don’t want to dwell on price for fear... Continue Reading →
2017 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XLE Premium
Hybrid Avalon comfy big sedan, easy on the gas ... Sadly big comfortable sedans are about as popular these days as a new Nickelback album or The Dixie Chicks at a Texas veterans fundraiser. Too bad because as passé as big sedans are, they can move a family of five in smooth, quiet comfort and also... Continue Reading →
2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport 4×4 Double Cab
Dominant Toyota Tacoma a stylish, muscular pickup Trucks are macho, always have been. But as our society becomes more confrontational and in-your-face attitudes more commonplace it’s only natural truck styling sheet metal follows suit. Today’s Toyota Tacoma will go toe-to-toe with any pickup in the attitudinal Olympics. Its fenders bulge like a body builder’s abs... Continue Reading →
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 →