Smooth and Serene – Expectations Exceeded Our Crimson Red, 2017 Buick LaCrosse tester arrived with little fanfare……I mean it’s just a full size sedan right? Well, despite being somewhat overshadowed by Lexus, more so by…

An Elevated Wagon In More Ways Than One Scheduling meant that my 2016 Golf R would be swapped out for the intriguing 2017 Golf Alltrack. In one day I went from a 296 hp hot…

More of the Same Brilliance It’s been 2 years since we first tested the Golf R and we were eager to get back in the driver’s seat. The wait was finally over, except for the…

Still Grinning……….. So what is the 2017 Fiat 124 spider?….well it’s the result of an engineering partnership between Fiat and Mazda, which produces the 124 Spider is alongside the MX-5 in Hiroshima. The partnership is…

The all new Touareg should be released as a 2017 model but we don’t have confirmation yet. Meanwhile VW dropped off a 2016 VW Touareg V6, which is effectively the base model. The top end…

Drives Like A Rally Car And Good For Groceries Too………. Ford recently invited us to an event up in Los Angeles to drive a few of their cars, but it was one on particular I…

The Cat’s Meow We had the opportunity to drive the 2016 Jaguar F-Type R at his year’s Coronado Festival of Speed in San Diego a few weeks ago. Jaguar had provided a short and twisty…

Get ready to get your Beastie Boys on ……this Dodge has the Brass Monkey package featuring 20-inch burnished Bronze aluminum wheels, gloss-black exterior badges, and in our tester’s case a red paint finish.  Our 2016…

The VW Jetta is a curious vehicle in that so few are sold outside the US. Very few Jetta’s are bought in Europe, instead the Golf is the preferred choice. In the US Golf’s curiously…

Surprise Surprise My perception of the Malibu has always been picking one up from the rental counter and having it get me to my hotel and meetings, while at the same time desperately wanting to…