Fun to drive and stylish, but Alfa still needs to fix the small flaws that keep it from being a true luxury make.
2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Competizione AWD
2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
Alfa Romeo's Giulia makes us giggle it's so much fun ... Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rare is the sports sedan, or any car, that makes you giggle when you tromp on its gas pedal. Rare too is a car that makes your friends envious. Corvettes have become too common, Jaguars too mainstream, BMWs too numerous. No, for something... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Alfa Romeo 4C
Alfa Romeo 4C an Italian beauty ... Alfa Romeo has come and gone and come again to the U.S. market, but it has held a special place in the hearts of performance-oriented drivers in Europe consistently for 100+ years. Now Alfa is back at it with the 4C in the United States, sold through its... Continue Reading →
2015 Jeep Renegade Limited 4×4
Jeep's new baby still can crawl off road A lot of folks are calling the Renegade the Baby Jeep, and there’s some truth to that because it’s the smallest Jeep and solidly puts the brand into the growing small crossover/sport-ute segment. Renegade rides on a short 101.2-inch wheelbase and shares a platform with parent company Fiat’s... Continue Reading →
Braking News: 2016 Fiat 500X
Will utilize the Jeep Renegade platform At the Paris Auto Show today Fiat introduced its entry into the super hot mini-suv category, the 500X. Fiat is hoping the suv will give its sales a bump start. Not sure if you see this too but the rear looks Mini-ish. Read on.
2015 Chrysler 200C AWD
Fiat gives Chrysler a fine mid-size car with new 200C The former Chrysler 200 was so long in the tooth you may have wanted to nickname it Snagglepuss. It was updated a couple years back by Fiat, after it snaggled Chrysler away from bankruptcy and the U.S. government. Mostly, that change in ownership has done... Continue Reading →
2014 Fiat 500L Lounge
Fiat goes long with 500L (get it?) to connect with more buyers Credit Fiat for quickly deducing that its cute, but diminutive, 500 runabout simply won’t do for many U.S. families. The Italian automaker that owns Chrysler needed something that would cast a wider net when trying to land more customers on our shores. Voila! The... Continue Reading →
2014 Jeep Cherokee Latitude 4×4
New Cherokee brings modern look, but same off-road capability Some folks had their doubts about Chrysler and Jeep when Italian carmaker Fiat assumed control of them a few years back. Now Fiat owns them outright and the new product parade can’t have been more impressive. Latest on the list is the new Jeep Cherokee. It’s an old... Continue Reading →
2013 Chrysler 200 Limited Convertible
Despite low cost, Chrysler 200 droptop leaves us cold First impressions can be skewed by many factors, and it probably did not help that the Chrysler 200 Limited Convertible arrived on a near zero degree day in a week where snow was forecast, and fell, over several days.No, I didn’t drop the top! The test car... Continue Reading →
2013 Dodge Dart Limited
New Dart hits the mark As a kid in the 1960s we had a Plymouth Valiant convertible, a kissin’ cousin to the Dodge Dart, both pleasant, sturdy, reliable compact cars. But by the 1970s, the Dart and Valiant had grown into ugly boxy things with parts that readily fell off. They, and other Dodge, Chrysler... Continue Reading →
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