Compact and sporty the Mazda CX-5 offers 250+ horses if you use premium fuel. Plus, it'll hold a family of four easily.
Review: 2025 Mazda CX-5 2.5 Turbo Premium
Review: Toyota Grand Highlander Platinum Hybrid MAX
Toyota expands its Highlander to Grand Highlander 3-row status with a comfy near luxury interior and hybrid power.
Review: 2025 Subaru Outback Touring XT
Outback remains a great AWD family mover, now with more power and a quieter interior with luxury trim.
Review: 2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited
Family running on a tight budget, but you need a new vehicle? Sonata is a fine family sedan at a good price, plus the hybrid saves you money every fill-up.
Review: 2024 Land Rover Defender 110 S
Whether fording a 35-inch deep river or slopping through mud, the Rover Defender 110 S will do it in style and a fair amount of luxury bits too.
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 →
2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid EX AWD
New hybrid is larger, more efficient, family-priced SUV ... Kia’s Sportage just keeps getting bigger and better, and now with a hybrid power system it’s more efficient and still can boast of family-friendly pricing. That’s a lot! But Kia and its twin cousin Hyundai have always been about value, generous feature content, top-notch warranties, and... Continue Reading →
2022 Subaru WRX Premium
WRX better in a rally than on a road, but it rocks ... After we had been driving for two blocks my wife, a devout Subaru owner, asked rather emphatically, “WHO would ever buy this car?” The car in question was a flashy metallic Solar Orange Subaru WRX Premium, the rally racer style compact sedan... Continue Reading →
Mazda CX-9 Signature
Attractive styling, 3 rows make CX-9 a standout ... Family vehicles come in all shapes and sizes, but Mazda’s CX-9 mid-size SUV is among the more attractive 3-row options with its distinctive beak-like nose. So many SUVs and crossovers are so darned boxy that it’s nice to see a distinguishing characteristic. Amazingly the CX-9’s design... Continue Reading →
2022 Volvo XC60 B6 AWD R-Design
XC60 touts style inside and out, awesome ride ... Rare are the crossovers whose styling stands out enough to catch your eye on the highway or in daily stop-and-go traffic. Yet Volvo’s collection of XC models will do just that. I’m no expert on style, but (with apologies to former Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart),... Continue Reading →
Savage On Wheels 