Archive for May, 2009
2009 Ford Flex Limited AWD
It’s hard to know what to say about the Ford Flex – it’s not quite an SUV, certainly not a diminutive passenger car, and nothing at all like a minivan. In a week of driving it around, it reminded me most strongly of those big station wagons of the 1960s and early 70s that so [...]
DSTV 15: Olympus Rally, Cars at MRLS
Ryan and Aaron present Episode 15 of Driving Sports TV. In this show archive (originally webcast live on May 6, 2009) you can see Dave Mirra crash a bike, plus, raw clips from the Olympus Rally in Aberdeen, Wash., and Ryan recaps his recent visit to Mazda Raceway where he tried out the latest cars [...]
Rough Roads at the 2009 Oregon Trail Rally
The Oregon Trail Rally is known as one of the toughest on the Rally America calendar, and as the fourth round of the national championship series, it’s the moment when the race for the title is at its most intense. Early in the season, it’s anyone’s game; Late in the year, the race is likely [...]
Rockstar Rally: Olympus 2009
Tanner Foust and Chrissie Beavis of the Rockstar Energy Drink Rally Team contend for the podium in a Mitsubishi EVO X at the 2009 Olympus Rally. Round 3 of the Rally America National Championship.
2009 Mitsubishi Outlander SE
It’s been a little over a year since I took a 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander on the Alcan 5000 winter rally. With some friends, I drove that Outlander over 10,000 miles from Los Angeles, California to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, and then back again. Tuktoyaktuk is located at about 70 degrees north latitude at the end of [...]
2009 Mazda Mazda6i Grand Touring
The Mazda6 is a solid mid-size sedan, with plenty of room to carry 5 adults. The trunk can only be described as cavernous. This is a car you can use to haul people around in comfort. It’s comparable to the Ford Fusion, Hyundai Sonata, BMW 3 series, or the Chevy Malibu.
With that being said to [...]
New Roads Change the Scene at Washington’s Olympus Rally
Even as Rally Racing is gaining market share and new fans throughout the United States, there’s a growing threat to the sport – in the last few years several leading events including Rally America’s Olympus and Oregon Trail and NASA’s Rim of the World have all lost access to the signature roads that have been [...]
2009 Mazda MX-5 PRHT – Grand Touring Edition
Mazda’s MX-5 Miata is the best-selling roadster of all time. Since the model’s introduction in 1989, Mazda has built and sold over 800,000 of the plucky little sports cars – with most of them sold here in the United States.
Most of those Miatas sold here are still on the road. Miata owners love their cars [...]
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